Individual Training and Services Plans. The contract must include an individual training and services plan for the head of the family. Other family members age eighteen and older may choose to execute an individual training and services plan if agreed to by the HA. The resources and supportive services to be provided to each family member must be listed in the individual training and services plans which are attachments to the contract of participation. Page one of each participant’s individual training and services plan includes space for the final goal and the first interim goal needed to achieve the final goal. The additional pages provide a format for recording each interim goal and specific information related to its achievement. The first page of each participant’s plan must be signed by the participant and an HA representative. Interim goals must be specified along with the activities and services needed to achieve them. For example, a single mother with two children who has an interim goal of completing her secondary education might require several different activities and services to achieve that goal. These could include transportation, tutoring, and child care. All completion dates included in the individual training and services plans must be on or before the contract of participation expires. One of the interim goals for families receiving welfare assistance is to become independent of welfare assistance for at least twelve consecutive months before the end of the contract. Any family that is receiving welfare assistance must have this included as an interim goal in the head of the family’s individual training and services plan. The final goal listed on the individual training and services plan of the head of the family must include getting and maintaining suitable employ- ment specific to that individual’s skills, education, job training, and the available job opportunities in the area.
