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- Program-Specific Requirements for Vocational Rehabilitation (Blind)
The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan [13] must include the following descriptions and estimates, as required by section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by title IV of WIOA:
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[13] Sec. 102(b)(2)(D)(iii) of WIOA
n. 1. Specify the State's goals and priorities for funds received under section 603 of the Rehabilitation Act for the provision of supported employment services
Current Narrative:
RSB provides Supported Employment services through the use of contracted Supported Employment Service Providers (SESPs) located throughout the state. Supported employment services that may be purchased from SESPs begin after job placement and include task analysis, and time-limited individual and group job coaching. RSB expects to receive $40,600 in Title VI funds for FFY 2020. Title VI, Part B funds will only be used to purchase services through the contracted providers following evaluation identifying the client as being eligible for and in need of supported employment services. RSB will augment Title VI, Part B funds once those funds are exhausted.
A list of the contracted Supported Employment Service Providers and their main office locations are listed below:
—Alternative Community Training (ACT), Columbia, Missouri
—Alphapointe Association for the Blind, Kansas City, Missouri
—Children’s Therapy Center, Inc., Sedalia, Missouri
—Community Living, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri
—Diversity Placement Services, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
—Goodwill of Western and Eastern Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
—Independence Center, St. Louis, Missouri
—Job Point, Columbia, Missouri
—Learning Opportunities/Quality Works, Inc., Monroe City, Missouri
—Metropolitan Employment & Rehabilitation Services, St. Louis, Missouri
—Preferred Family Healthcare, Springfield, Missouri
The supported employment program ensures that individuals with the most significant disabilities, including youth with the most significant disabilities, are afforded a full opportunity to prepare for, obtain, maintain, advance in, or re-enter competitive integrated employment, including supported employment. RSB will provide supported employment services to youth with the most significant disabilities for up to 24 months and will extend, if necessary, should these services be needed to achieve an employment outcome. WIOA permits DSU’s to utilize the funds reserved for supported employment to provide extended services to youth with a disability for a period of 4 years, or until an individual turns 25 and no longer meets the definition of a youth with a disability.
RSB will continue to work closely with the Missouri Department of Social Services MOHealthNet Division and the Department of Mental Health (DMH) Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DD) divisions to ensure that youth with the most significant disabilities are receiving extended services. Services may include job monitoring and assessment of employment stability, establishment of peer and natural support environments, and coordination of specific services necessary to assist the individual to maintain employment. RSB will work closely with the DMH DD division utilizing home and community-based waivers to increase supported employment and extended services for youth with the most significant disabilities.