Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for Vocational Rehabilitation
The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan* must include the following descriptions and estimates, as required by section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA:
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* Sec. 102(b)(D)(iii) of WIOA
- d. Coordination with Education Officials
- 2. Information on the Formal Interagency Agreement with the State Educational Agency with Respect To:
- I. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development(Formerly known as Attachment 4.10)). Describe the designated State agency's procedures and activities to establish and maintain a comprehensive system of personnel development designed to ensure an adequate supply of qualified State rehabilitation professional and paraprofessional personnel for the designated State unit, including the following:
- i. Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- II. Personnel DevelopmentDescribe the development and maintenance of a system for collecting and analyzing on an annual basis data on personnel development with respect to:
- II. Personnel Development
- i. Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- I. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- 2. Information on the Formal Interagency Agreement with the State Educational Agency with Respect To:
- d. Coordination with Education Officials
d. 2. I. i. II. a. A list of the institutions of higher education in the State that are preparing VR professionals, by type of program;
Current Narrative:
Indiana has one CORE–accredited Rehabilitation master’s program to prepare individuals to sit for the CRC exam. Ball State University has a long–standing Masters of Rehabilitation Counseling Program that has graduated over 80 students from the program. The Ball State Rehabilitation program has been CORE accredited since 2004. There were 6 new graduates in the spring 2015 and 3 additional graduates expected in December 2015. The program currently has 7 students enrolled.
Though Indiana has other university institutions that offer degrees in related fields that may meet or partially meet CSPD hiring qualifications (including some that offer Rehabilitation Counseling degrees that are not currently recognized by CRCC), these programs do not offer CORE accredited Rehabilitation Master’s programs. VR does encourage students to participate in internships in the VR agency and believe this to be a valuable VR Counselor recruiting practice. VR will continue to work with Ball State to increase the number of interns with hopes of increasing the recruitment pool for vacant VR Counselor positions. VR also works closely with Indiana University through the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC) in the provision of the Leadership Academy and other training initiatives.