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:
Each year the DRS Director receives a summary report that estimates and projects the number of such personnel that will be needed during the next five-year period. In January 2018, DRS had 109 counselors in various offices across the state. Of the 109 counselors, DRS had 52 Rehabilitation Counselors, 24 Senior Rehabilitation Counselors, 13 Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, and 20 Rehabilitation Counselor Trainees to provide services to consumers who are currently in the DRS system. DRS had several unfilled positions as of January 2018: 15 Rehabilitation Counseling positions, 5 Senior Rehabilitation Counselor positions, 1 Certified Rehabilitation Counselor position, and 2 Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee positions. Each unfilled position will be filled to expand the number of field counselors when needed.