Your habilitation service provider develops an Individual Habilitation Service Plan (IHSP) for you to meet the employment goals in your IPP.[1]Section 4851(c). To develop your IHSP, your provider considers if you can:
- Keep up the paid work for a certain amount of time
- Maintain a certain workload
- Keep up your attendance level
- Behave appropriately at work[2]Section 4854.
The regional center will keep paying for habilitation services in your IHSP if:
- You make enough progress toward your habilitation goals,
- The regional center determines that the services are necessary for you to stay at your highest level of “vocational functioning”, or
- The services prepare you for vocational rehabilitation services.[3]Section 4857.
Your IPP team can review your IHSP to see if the services in your program are appropriate, and if your job is appropriate.[4]Section 4854.1. If the regional center makes a decision that affects your habilitation services and you disagree, you can appeal. (See Chapter 10 about the appeal process.)