1004-2          USING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO SUPPORT GOALS OTHER THAN EMPLOYMENT AND SAFETY

While SSSupportive Services are intended to help a client progress in getting, keeping, or advancing in a job, they may sometimes be used to meet needs which directly support a client in attaining self-sufficiency through an avenue other than employment, or when the safety of the family depends on meeting a specific need. The most common uses of SSSupportive Services in these cases are:

• When a client is disabled and is pursuing self-sufficiency through application for SSISupplemental Security Income, SSSupportive Services may be used to provide for professional application and benefits counseling when needed, see MS 1010-3.
• When a family needs immediate assistance to flee a domestic violence situation and family, friends or a shelter are not an option for the family, Emergency Shelter or Relocation SSSupportive Services may be used to provide safety for the family.