Located in:
- 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
j. 1. C. Who have been unserved or underserved by the VR program;
Current Narrative:
RSB consistently advocates to extend quality services to the unserved and underserved. RSB contracts with the Helen Keller National Center to provide comprehensive personal and vocational adjustment services to individuals who are deaf-blind. RSB identified 26 individuals who received vocational rehabilitation services with dual diagnosis of vision and hearing loss in PY 2017 and PY 2018. RSB’s policies and practices have fared well in serving the population of women in vocational rehabilitation programs. In PY 2017 48.30% of the total served were women and this percentage in PY 2018 was at 48.00%. Of the total successful closures in PY 2017, 48.13% were women and in PY 2018 women made up 47.34% of successful closures.