New Hampshire has legislation pending to remove from our statutes authority to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage. I am not familiar
with the terminology pre-vocational services. Is that another term for sheltered workshop or is that a different type of program? Even before the legislative initiative our State’s developmental services agency took the position that a sheltered workshop did
not meet the standard for a day service, and that if families were participating they were doing so as a private choice not supported by the government. There was some question about what was actually happening, but we have been assured that no agencies or
employers in our state are currently engaged in the practice.
Carol
Carol Stamatakis, Esq.
Executive Director
NH Council on Developmental Disabilities
2 ½ Beacon Street, Suite
10
Concord, NH 03301-4447
Telephone:
(603) 271-3236
FAX:
(603) 271-1156
Hi,
Responding to the CMS Home and Community Based Services Rule on integrated settings, how does your state propose to deal with sheltered workshops or pre-vocational services in your
state’s transition plan?
Thanks,
Ed
Ed Holen
Executive Director
Developmental Disabilities Council
1-800-634-4473