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- 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
- b. Request for Waiver of StatewidenessWhen requesting a waiver of the statewideness requirement, the designated State unit must identify the types of services to be provided by the program on a non-statewide basis. The waiver request must also include written assurances that:
- b. Request for Waiver of Statewideness
b. 1. A Local Public Agency Will Provide the Non-federal Share of Costs Associated with the Services to Be Provided in Accordance with the Waiver Request;
Current Narrative:
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS) is requesting approval for a waiver of statewideness in accordance with 34 CFR Section 361.26 for the following Third Party Cooperative Arrangements: LRS and Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) continue a third party arrangement to provide a post-secondary vocational training program to only those students (consumers) with disabilities who are applicants for or recipients of LRS services. The “Program for Successful Employment” (PSE) will be designed to increase the number of consumers with disabilities completing high school through dual enrollment opportunities located on a college campus leading to competitive employment. Once exited from the local education agency, consumers will complete their courses on the BPCC campus. PSE will provide career guidance, vocational sampling and training, and job placement opportunities for those consumers in the Shreveport Region.
LRS and Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College - Human Development Center (LSU-HDC) will enter into a third party cooperative arrangement to provide a Pre-Employment Transition Services program to only those students (consumers) with disabilities who are applicants for or recipients of LRS services. The "Pay Check" program will be designed to increase the number of consumers with disabilities completing high school through dual enrollment opportunities located on a college campus and apprenticeship opportunities at a local public hospital, which will help prepare students for competitive integrated employment. Participating students will be transition students currently enrolled in high school. Pay Check will provide Workplace Readiness training, including training in self-advocacy and Work Based Learning Experience opportunities for those consumers in the New Orleans Region.