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. E. Who are youth with disabilities and students with disabilities, including, as appropriate, their need for pre-employment transition services or other transition services.
Current Narrative:
For the school year 2016-2017 the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has identified 375 blind or visually impaired student’s ages 14-21 registered with the American Printing House potentially eligible for VR services, including pre-employment or other transition services, with one student exiting school without a diploma. For the school year 2017-2018, 456 blind or visually impaired students were identified, with one student exiting school without a diploma. For the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years 458 and 457 blind or visually impaired students were identified.
Services provided included Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Impairments, Rehabilitation technology, College/University training, Vocational, on-the job training, basic academic remedial or literary training and specific job readiness training. Other services include those provided in-house by RSB Rehabilitation Teachers and Mobility Instructors such as teaching alternative techniques of Blindness in activities of daily living and orientation and mobility training. These are also supplemented through fee for service contracts with six CRPs providing various support services.