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- 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. 2. A. Identify the strategies that contributed to the achievement of the goals
Current Narrative:
Supported Employment Goal: DVR will meet the needs of individuals with the most significant disabilities who need supported employment and will do so through collaboration with partner systems.
- Strategy: DVR will continue collaborative efforts and working relationships between local DVR office and mental health centers and between local DVR offices and agencies serving clients with intellectual disabilities.
- Progress: DVR and the Office of Behavioral Health maintain a formal agreement that stipulates collaborative planning and coordination of services by local mental health centers and DVR offices. This agreement successfully drives local interactions that support enhanced service delivery and decreases duplicative service delivery. Local DVR staff and vocational staff from all twenty community center boards have developed collaborative referral and service delivery processes to identify individuals who are appropriate referrals for supported employment services through DVR. DVR will continue this strategy and will expand upon collaborative partnerships and agreements between DVR and local providers who serve clients with mental health concerns and intellectual disabilities.
- Strategy: DVR will continue to work actively within the realm of education to assure that youth with the most significant disabilities are accessing career, transition and employment services, including supported employment.
- Progress: DVR CDE continue to support transition best practices within local school districts through the provision of onsite training, technical assistance, and facilitation regarding the provision of transition services to youth and students with disabilities, including those with the most significant disabilities. As DVR began to train and pilot Customized Employment, a local school district was included in the training in order to further develop expertise within education and demonstrate how customized employment services might be coordinated beginning when students are still in high school. CDE is an important partner as DVR continues to explore how to best develop a sustainable training approach to customized employment, including Discovery.