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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. 2. B. Transition Planning by Personnel of the Designated State Agency and Educational Agency That Facilitates the Development and Implementation of Their Individualized Education Programs;
Current Narrative:
The Program Coordinator works collaboratively with DOE Transition Coordinator in planning for the transition of students with disabilities from school to post-school activities including VR services. Both agencies share responsibility to coordinate the provision of services, conduct outreach, and identify financial responsibility as needed. The DOE will assure that all students with disabilities and their families have knowledge of LRS policies and services including brochures and promotional information supplied by LRS. Information dissemination begins with the writing of the transition service page and continues through referral to LRS. Local Education Agencies (LEAs) also invite LRS representatives to IEP meetings at the students’ request, when a transition service page is being written for a student with a disability who may be eligible for and/or interested in VR services;
facilitate appropriate orientation meetings among LRS staff, student and family members;
provide time for LRS staff to meet with teachers, guidance counselors, and other appropriate personnel for such purposes as information sharing/gathering at both the individual and agency levels; and
assist in the development, provision, and evaluation of interagency vocational assessment processes and functional vocational transition programs.
School Districts that have entered into a third party cooperative arrangement with LRS for a Transition Specialist will have direct services provided to students with disabilities who are applicants and eligible LRS. LRS collaborated with LSU HSC Pay Check, Bossier Parish Community College, Grant, Franklin, Evangeline, Orleans Parish School Systems, Sci Academy, GW Carver and Virtual Academy of Lafourche in the implementation of third party cooperative arrangements to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services and, in the case of LSU HSC Pay Check and Bossier Parish Community Collge, to also provide employment related services to LRS eligible students with disabilities in order to increase successful employment outcomes for transition aged youth with development disabilities and individuals with mental illness. All of these TPCAs are still active.