CESP Community Resources 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A job seeker needs affordable housing near their new job. Which federal program should an employment specialist consider as a community resource?
- Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (Correct answer)
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Correct answer: Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) provides rental assistance to low-income individuals, helping stabilize housing near employment opportunities.
Question 2: An employment specialist is building a resource map for job seekers. Which local organization would MOST likely offer free job interview clothing?
- Social Security Administration field office
- Dress for Success or similar community clothing bank (Correct answer)
- Local union hall
- State workforce agency
Correct answer: Dress for Success or similar community clothing bank
Organizations like Dress for Success and local clothing banks specifically provide professional attire to job seekers who lack appropriate interview clothing.
Question 3: Which Social Security work incentive allows SSDI beneficiaries to keep their full benefit while earning any amount during an initial trial period?
- Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA)
- Trial Work Period (TWP) (Correct answer)
- Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE)
- Expedited Reinstatement (EXR)
Correct answer: Trial Work Period (TWP)
The Trial Work Period (TWP) allows SSDI beneficiaries to test their ability to work for up to 9 months without affecting their benefits, regardless of earnings.
Question 4: A job seeker with a visual impairment needs assistive technology to perform their job duties. Which community resource specializes in assessing and providing this technology?
- State Vocational Rehabilitation Assistive Technology program (Correct answer)
- Unemployment Insurance office
- Local public library's job center
- Small Business Administration
Correct answer: State Vocational Rehabilitation Assistive Technology program
State VR agencies have assistive technology specialists who assess needs and can fund technology such as screen readers, magnification software, and adaptive equipment.
Question 5: Customized Employment is BEST described as which of the following?
- Placing any job seeker in any available position
- Negotiating a job description based on an individual's strengths, conditions, and interests matched to an employer's unmet needs (Correct answer)
- Providing on-the-job training funded by the state
- Offering temporary staffing solutions to businesses
Correct answer: Negotiating a job description based on an individual's strengths, conditions, and interests matched to an employer's unmet needs
Customized Employment involves negotiating a job based on an individualized match between the job seeker's strengths and interests and an employer's unmet business needs.
Question 6: Which agency administers the Ticket to Work program, which provides employment support services to Social Security beneficiaries?
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Social Security Administration (SSA) (Correct answer)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Correct answer: Social Security Administration (SSA)
The Social Security Administration administers the Ticket to Work program, which helps SSI/SSDI beneficiaries access free employment services through authorized providers.
Question 7: A CESP is working with a job seeker who is a veteran. Which community resource is specifically designed to provide employment services to veterans?
- Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists at American Job Centers (Correct answer)
- State Medicaid office
- Local community college admissions office
- Area Agency on Aging
Correct answer: Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists at American Job Centers
DVOP specialists are co-located in American Job Centers and provide intensive employment services specifically to veterans with significant barriers to employment.
CESP Community Resources 3
A job seeker needs affordable housing near their new job.
Which federal program should an employment specialist consider as a community resource?