PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT for EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

Do you want to work, but concerned about how you would take care of your Personal Assistance (PA) costs? 

PASREP could help if you:

• Have a functional disability that significantly limits their independent functioning in daily living activities and requires personal assistance in order to perform routine daily living activities.
• Are employed or self-employed, or have a bona fide offer of employment for an average of at lest 24 hours per week earning at least minimum wage.
• Require no less than 5 hours per week of personal assistance services to begin or maintain employment.
• Are able to employ and manage personal assistants, maintain records, and file the proper taxes, and file timely reports.
• Are unable to cover the full cost of personal assistance from your own income and other sources.

HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of PASREP

The PAS Reimbursement for Employment Program was established as a pilot in 1985 when the state legislature appropriated $200,000 for a Personal Attendant (PA) pilot program in the FY 1985-86 appropriation act of the Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS), the Michigan Department of Education.  MRS is now under the Department of Career Development.  According to the boilerplate language, the pilot program was “to explore the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of state-funded personal attendants to enable handicappers to pursue gainful employment.  Fundamentally, the program was to demonstrate cost avoidance and cost savings to the state for people with severe disabilities who could not afford to purchase personal assistance services and who chose to work or continue working.

Counties Served:
Bay
Midland
Saginaw
Arenac
Clare
Gladwin
Gratiot
Isabella