{"id":4908,"date":"2025-07-31T13:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=4908"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:25:40","slug":"extended-employment","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/resources\/extended-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"About Extended Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section class=\"page-hero left gutenberg-block style-two-column\" id=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"outer page-hero__outer pad-top-default pad-bottom-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner page-hero__inner\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__copy-wrapper \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__copy-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-hero__header\">About Extended Employment<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__side-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg left gutenberg-block\" id=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"outer wysiwyg__outer pad-top-default pad-bottom-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner wysiwyg__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__text-wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Extended Employment program is designed to assist individuals with disabilities maintain and advance in meaningful employment within the community. This program is specifically for individuals who do not have waiver funding and may need extra support to remain employed long-term.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for Extended Employment, a person must be a Minnesota resident, be employed in a competitive integrated workplace, has a documented, diagnosed disability, must have at least three functional limitations in terms of employment, and must be willing to meet twice per month with their job coach and submit their pay stubs monthly to comply with Extended Employment requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Lifeworks accepts referrals for Extended Employment in the following counties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anoka<\/li>\n<li>Blue Earth<\/li>\n<li>Brown<\/li>\n<li>Carver<\/li>\n<li>Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Faribault<\/li>\n<li>Hennepin<\/li>\n<li>Le Sueur<\/li>\n<li>Nicollet<\/li>\n<li>Ramsey<\/li>\n<li>Scott<\/li>\n<li>Sibley<\/li>\n<li>Waseca<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<li>Watonwan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"keyword-context\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                <div class=\"keyword-context-inner\">\n                    <p>This is the keyword context popup that shows up when there&#8217;s an active keyword.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__button-wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a \n    href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/contact\/\" \n    class=\"btn wysiwyg__button blue-primary\" \n    target=\"\" \n        >\n        <span class=\"btn__inner\">\n            <svg class=\"btn__svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 14\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M14.3773 1.13028C11.5612 1.8213 8.60155 1.73225 5.83524 0.871008L4.74099 0.530571C4.35308 0.409952 3.94664 0.65908 3.89222 1.0525L3.568 3.36567C3.2322 5.75436 2.31627 8.03146 0.895483 10.0053L0.240091 10.9162C-0.451197 11.8766 0.455467 13.156 1.62267 12.8697C4.43877 12.1787 7.39845 12.2678 10.1648 13.129L11.259 13.4694C11.6469 13.59 12.0534 13.3409 12.1078 12.9475L12.432 10.6343C12.7678 8.24564 13.6837 5.96854 15.1045 3.99469L15.7599 3.08385C16.4512 2.12341 15.5445 0.843953 14.3773 1.13028Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n            Inquire about Extended Employment        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"contact-person left gutenberg-block\">\n\t<div class=\"outer contact-person__outer pad-top-default pad-bottom-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner contact-person__inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-person__header \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHave questions about Extended Employment? 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