Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for Vocational Rehabilitation (Combined or General)
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
d. 2. D. Procedures for outreach to and identification of students with disabilities who need transition services.
Current Narrative:
MVR counselors will provide outreach to and identification of students with disabilities in need of transition services. Students are not required to have an open case with MVR to participate in outreach activities.
MVR will inform education staff, students, and as appropriate, families, and other authorized representatives about pre-employment transition services and the general vocational rehabilitation program and may include at a minimum the following:
- Purpose of the vocational rehabilitation program
- MVR eligibility requirements
- Application procedures
- Scope and services that may be provided to an eligible and a potentially eligible individual
Specific outreach activities may include, but are not limited to, attendance at IEP and transition planning meetings, area career fairs, back-to-school nights, group presentations, transition fairs, and other events where information about the vocational rehabilitation program may be shared.
A referral to MVR may be initiated by school district personnel, by youth self-referral, by a family member, or by other educational or community resource agency or organization. Referral to MVR should be based upon the youth's individual employment-related needs.
Outreach activities conducted by MVR should facilitate timely referrals. The vocational rehabilitation counselor will work with the LEA to develop a referral packet for students/families, and to identify application procedures that will enable the counselor to act quickly in obtaining written parent or guardian consent to meet with the student, open a case, and proceed with an eligibility determination.