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. 2. M. i. V. How Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities Are Selected for Services Before All Other Individuals with Disabilities; and
Current Narrative:
All individuals within a higher priority category for services shall be served before individuals in the next lowest priority category are served. When it is impossible to serve all individuals within a priority category, individuals shall be placed on a deferred services waiting list and served in chronological order based on the date of application. In the event that the Order of Selection is rescinded, individuals on deferred services waiting lists and in unserved categories will be contacted and served. Consumers determined eligible and placed in OOS Category IV on or after July 2, 2014 and OOS Category V on or after April 14, 2009 were placed on a waiting list and will be served as funding becomes available. Consumers determined eligible and placed in OOS Categories I - III on or after March 1, 2016 will be placed on a waiting list and will be served as funding becomes available.
The number of consumers on the waiting list for each Order of Selection Category is 2,429 broken down by OOS Category as follows:
- OOS Category I - 1,566
- OOS Category II - 439
- OOS Category III - 175
- OOS Category IV - 166
- OOS Category V - 83