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:
The DSA serves eligible individuals with the most significant disabilities and barriers to employment first. When all priority groups are open and it is determined there is a need to implement Order of Selection, the first group to close is priority group 3, then priority group 2, and last priority group 1. If all three groups are closed, the first one to open is priority group 1, then priority group 2, and last priority group 3.
The waiting list is reviewed monthly by program, fiscal and administrative staff to determine the current level of existing resource capacity. The goal is to be able to clear priority group 1 monthly and if possible to reduce the waiting list for priority groups 2 & 3. Releases from the waiting list are based on priority group ranking and applications with the earliest date are removed first.