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. c. the number of students who graduated during the prior year from each of theose institutions with certification or licensure, or with the credentials for certification or licensure, broken down by the personnel category for which they have received, or have the credentials to receive, certification or licensure.
Current Narrative:
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation maintains a relationship with New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU), Las Vegas, New Mexico. NMHU is the only in–state college that provides a graduate program in Vocational Rehabilitation.
All graduates of NMHU’s Rehabilitation Counseling Program are eligible to sit for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. As of last October, 2014, 28 NMHU students took the CRC examination. Since 2010, 33 graduates from NMHU have become licensed in the state of New Mexico and other states.
New Mexico Highlands University Graduates from the previous year: 19