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. i. The State Medicaid Plan Under Title Xix of the Social Security Act;
Current Narrative:
MVR is in ongoing conversations with the Missouri State Medicaid Authority, Missouri Department of Social Services MOHealthNet Division, to update its current MOU to consider the requirements of WIOA. This includes coordination of employment activities with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) and Division of Developmental Disabilities (DD), which serve individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders and intellectual disabilities provided under the Medicaid state plan and waivers.