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
- i. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
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:
- 1. System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- B. Personnel Development
Describe the development and maintenance of a system for collecting and analyzing on an annual basis data on personnel development with respect to:
- B. Personnel Development
- 1. System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- i. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
i. 1. B. i. A list of the institutions of higher education in the State that are preparing VR professionals, by type of program;
Current Narrative:
DRS annually collects information from higher education institutions that provide training to prospective rehabilitation personnel. Based on information provided by West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University, WVU reports 42 students enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling graduate program in the Fall 2018 semester and 11 graduates in the 2018–2019 period. For the Counseling graduate program, WVU reports 45 enrolled students and 21 graduates in the 2018–2019 period. For the Social Work graduate program, WVU reports an enrollment of 124 students and 83 graduates in the 2018–2019 period.
The report from Marshall University shows 178 students in fall 2018 and 35 graduates in Counseling graduate programs for 2018-19. It also reports 103 students in fall 2018 and 33 graduates in Psychology graduate programs for 2018-19.