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
m. 1. E. How individuals with the most significant disabilities are selected for services before all other individuals with disabilities
Current Narrative:
All individuals within a higher priority category for services shall be served before individuals in the next lowest priority category are served. When it is impossible to serve all individuals within a priority category, individuals shall be placed on a deferred services waiting list and served in chronological order based on the date of application. In the event that the Order of Selection is rescinded, individuals on deferred services waiting lists and in unserved categories will be contacted and served.
The number of consumers on the waiting list by Order of Selection Category follows:
- OOS Category I - 0
- OOS Category II - 0
- OOS Category III - 0
- Total - 0
In the last two PYs, there have been 4 individuals placed on a waiting list for OOS Category III (previously Category V). As funding would allow, periodically LRS opened the category in order to serve those individuals. Effective August 15, 2022, LRS will have opened OOS Category III, allowing all eligible applicants to be served without being placed on a deferred services waiting list.