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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
- 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
- I. Qualified Personnel Needs.Describe the development and maintenance of a system for collecting and analyzing on an annual basis data on qualified personnel needs with respect to:
- I. Qualified Personnel Needs.
- 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. I. b. The number of personnel currently needed by the State agency to provide VR services, broken down by personnel category; and
Current Narrative:
Currently, 105 of the 229.7 positions are vocational rehabilitation counselors. The remaining 124.7 positions consist of 28 administrative assistants, 2 office managers, 19 district and regional supervisors, 11.5 orientation/mobility & vision rehabilitation therapists, 10 business outreach specialists, 7 Business Enterprise Program professionals, 2 assistive technology specialists, 8.5 rehabilitation technicians, and approximately 36.7 central office managerial and infrastructure staff.
In addition to these positions, DVR also has the following federally or “other” funded program positions:
§ BOND program has 1 rehabilitation counselor and .20 supervisor
§ ASPIRE Program has .25 central office management staff, 2 central office professional staff, and 8 case managers located in field offices.
DVR continues to work to develop a business plan that outlines necessary staffing levels. At the current point in time, DVR has the following vacancies: 10 rehabilitation counseling positions; 2.5 administrative assistant positions, 3 business outreach specialist positions, and 5 central office professional staff positions.
The ratio of the number of vocational rehabilitation counselors to the number of clients currently being served in applicant and active statuses is approximately 1 vocational rehabilitation counselor for every 75 clients. The ratio of vocational rehabilitation counselors to field support staff is approximately 3.5 to 1.
Projections of the number of individuals to be served including those with significant disabilities are based on projected increases for the general population and incidence rates for disabilities, using Colorado census data and state demographics. These projections, in combination with DVR attrition and retirement rates, are used to predict personnel needs for the next five years.