Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for State Vocational Rehabilitation (Combined or General)
The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following descriptions and estimates, as required by sections 101(a) and 606 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by title IV of WIOA.
e. 4. Sections 101(a)(22) and 606(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act require the VR agency to describe efforts to identify and arrange, including entering into cooperative agreements, with other State agencies and other appropriate entities in order to provide supported employment services. The description must include extended services, as applicable, to individuals with the most significant disabilities, including the provision of extended services to youth with the most significant disabilities in accordance with 34 C.F.R. § 363.4(a) and 34 C.F.R. § 361.5(c)(19)(v).
Current Narrative:
For youth in Supported Employment, other funding sources for extended services must be identified prior to the end of the 48 months or extended services provided by LRS and before the youth's 25th birthday. LRS will assist the youth with securing extended services funding through private pay, waiver funding through the Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, or Social Security Administration resources such as a Plan to Achieves Self Support (PASS) plan or Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) and any other identified sources available.