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
f. Arrangements and Cooperative Agreements for the Provision of Supported Employment Services
Describe the designated State agency’s efforts to identify and make arrangements, including entering into cooperative agreements, with other State agencies and other appropriate entities in order to provide supported employment services and extended employment services, as applicable, to individuals with the most significant disabilities, including youth with the most significant disabilities.
Current Narrative:
As indicated in section (e), MVR enters into cooperative written agreements with CRPs to provide services on a fee-for-service basis to individuals with disabilities, which includes youth with the most significant disabilities. Ad hoc teams composed of MVR and CRP staff worked together developing new ideas and designing processes to successfully support and implement those new ideas. The CRP-MVR steering committee meets regularly to improve services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities who are receiving supported employment services.
The CRPs provide SE services, which may include:
- job placement;
- job supports;
- job accommodations;
- workplace natural supports;
- facilitation of social inclusion in the workplace;
- provision of long-term, extended services support with the individual or employer a minimum of twice per month; and
- customized employment for individuals and employers.
As indicated in section (e), MVR has signed cooperative agreements with 26 nonprofit CMHCs to provide IPS services, as well as extended services, to MVR clients including youth with serious mental illnesses in four current sites.