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:
- H. Interagency CooperationDescribe how the designated State unit will collaborate with the State agency responsible for administering each of the following programs to develop opportunities for competitive integrated employment, to the greatest extent practicable:
- H. Interagency Cooperation
- 2. Information on the Formal Interagency Agreement with the State Educational Agency with Respect To:
- d. Coordination with Education Officials
d. 2. H. ii. The State Agency Responsible for Providing Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities; and
Current Narrative:
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) to enter into an additional cooperative agreement with the state agency responsible for administering the State Medicaid Plan and the agency primarily responsible for providing services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To meet this requirement VR will be updating the cooperative agreement with The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) as well as including the Agency for Healthcare Administration in an agreement specifically focused on Supported Employment services.
VR is working closely with APD to develop competitive integrated employment alternatives for individuals receiving services in a segregated setting. VR will provide technical assistance and support as APD expands these program options. Under WIOA requirements, VR will provide or coordinate information and education for individuals receiving services in sheltered workshops receiving sub-minimum wages. VR is working with APD to refine the referral process so that youth and adults have the opportunity to experience competitive integrated employment prior to entering a sheltered workshop that may pay sub- minimum wages.