(a) Center-Based Services are provided in segregated settings, where the majority of people served have a disability.  Any employment service provided where a majority of the people at the site are persons with a disability is billed as Center-Based Services.

(b) Center-Based Services are pre-planned, documented activities that relate to the member's identified employment outcomes.

(c) Examples of Center-Based Services are active participation in:

• (1) paid contract work which occurs in a workshop or other center-based setting.
• (2) Team-prescribed therapy programs such as speech, physical therapy, or switch activation which are implemented by employment provider staff in the workshop or other center-based setting.
• (3) unpaid training or paid work experience which occurs in a setting without opportunities for regular daily interactions with co-workers without disabilities or the general public.
• (4) computer classes, GED preparation, job club, interviewing skills, or other classes whose participants all have disabilities, even if the location is in the community.

(d) Paid contract work is usually subcontracted, and the persons receiving services earn commensurate wage according to Department of Labor regulations.

(e) For SoonerCare reimbursement in Center-Based Services, a member's pay cannot exceed 50% of minimum wage.

(f) Participation in Center-Based Services is limited to 15 hours per week for persons receiving services through the Homeward Bound Waiver, unless approved through the exception process explained in OAC 317:40-7-21.

(g) Agency must meet physical plant expectations of OAC 340:100-17-13.

(h) During periods in which no paid work is available for members, despite the documented good faith efforts of the provider to secure such work, the employment provider agency ensures that each member participates in training activities that are age appropriate, work related, and consistent with the IP.  Such activities may include, but are not limited to:

• (1) resume development and application writing;
• (2) work attire selection;
• (3) job interview training and practice;
• (4) job safety and evacuation training;
• (5) personal or social skills training; and
• (6) stamina and wellness classes..