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
p. 4. How the funds reserved for innovation and expansion (I&E) activities were utilized
Current Narrative:
The PRVRA carried out the following I&E activities:
- Expansion of the provision of the services to the blind persons, through referrals for employment to the Puerto Rico for the Blind Company.
Progress Report: The company recruited consumers referred by the VRA program.
- Expansion of the provision of the services to the blind persons, with intellectual deficit and other disabilities, through training and employment in the Corporation for the Blind.
Progress Report: No activities were carried out during the period.
- Expansion of the availability of the training resources to the newly recruited staff (e.g. modules), through access to the internal Web page of the agency (Intranet).
Progress Report: During PY 2018 and 2019, new Normative Communications were placed on the internal web page as a reference for new and current counseling staff.
- Continuation with the use of the video remote interpretation technology for the deaf persons.
Progress Report: The PRVRA has such technology in all its regions and is available for the deaf persons, when necessary.
- Continuation with the financing of the SRC and the SILC to assist and support their operations as well as to develop, together with the PRVRA, better employment opportunities and independent living for our applicants/consumers.
Progress Report: The PRVRA provided funds to SRC and SILC during the period.