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
- 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:
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services leadership team consists of a director, nine managers and two Office Services Supervisors. (Two positions currently overlap for succession planning to prepare for two Admin staff retirements.)
Direct supervision of field staff is provided by seventeen rehabilitation area managers and four rehabilitation supervisors. Twenty three rehabilitation specialists and three other administrative specialists support the work of both administrative and field staff by providing technical assistance, training, and consultation.
Direct service to VR consumers is provided by 160 rehabilitation counselors, augmented by nine rehabilitation representatives, twenty three job placement coordinators, a business services specialist, two community liaison representatives, and one Occupational Communication Specialists (sign language interpreters); sixty nine vocational rehabilitation technicians and sixteen clerical staff provide support to both field and administrative offices.