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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> pF LOpc�r DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> * P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> •`ONFIDVN' (225)219-5600 <br /> w.• <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> February 5, 2024 <br /> James Carinio, Jr. <br /> 5033 Willow Chase Drive <br /> Benton, Louisiana 71006 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-929 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Carinio: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on February 2, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits your two-year <br /> post-employment period to begin on May 1, 2022, when you last worked as a Rehabilitation <br /> Employment Development Specialist, instead of beginning on September 8, 2023, when you were <br /> last employed by Louisiana Rehabilitation Services in the Shreveport Regional Office. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> In November 2013, you were hired by Louisiana Rehabilitation Services ("LRS") within the <br /> Louisiana Workforce Commission("LWC").You initially worked as a Rehabilitation Employment <br /> Development Specialist in the Shreveport Regional Office, which serves Region 7 and covers the <br /> Parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, <br /> Sabine, and Webster. Your duties included direct job placement, on-the-job training development, <br /> vocational assessment and counseling, employment development and follow-up, resource and <br /> consumer development, case management, public speaking, and job fair participation. Your <br /> services were provided to eligible individuals with disabilities who were cleared for employment <br /> by Vocational Rehabilitation ("VR") Counselors. <br /> On May 2, 2022, you became a District Supervisor for the Shreveport Regional Office, in which <br /> you supervised and approved the caseloads of three VR counselors who determined individual <br /> eligibility, developed a specific Individualized Plan of Employment for eligible individuals, <br /> referred approved individuals to Job Placement Vendors, and approved Job Placement Vendor <br /> authorizations. You also supervised and approved the work duties of two Rehabilitation Counselor <br /> associates, who reviewed and submitted payment authorizations for services rendered by job <br /> placement vendors, such as colleges/universities, vocational-technical schools, and supportive <br /> employment vendors; supported VR Counselors by keeping up with individual records for select <br /> caseloads; and, contacted individuals with expired cases and college/university liaisons. You <br /> remained in this position until you retired from LRS on September 8, 2023. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2023-929) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />