(a) The commission shall ensure that an individual employment plan developed for a recipient of financial assistance or a nonrecipient parent participating in an employment program under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, includes specific postemployment strategies to assist the recipient or the nonrecipient parent in making a transition to stable employment at a wage that enables the person and the person’s family to maintain self-sufficiency.
(b) The individual employment plan must:
(1) consider the person’s individual circumstances and needs in determining the person’s initial job placement;
(2) identify a target wage that enables the person and the person’s family to maintain self-sufficiency;
(3) provide specific postemployment goals and include methods and time frames by which the person is to achieve those goals; and
(4) refer the person to additional educational and training opportunities.