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.
g. 2. B. The order (priority categories) to be followed in selecting eligible individuals to be provided VR services ensuring that individuals with the most significant disabilities are selected for services before all other individuals with disabilities; and
Current Narrative:
DVR is not implementing an order of selection, but does maintain three priority categories for ease in implementing an order of selection should it ever be necessary in the future. The priority categories are described below:
Most Significant Disability: An individual is classified as having a most significant disability when they have a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits three (3) or more functional capacity areas (mobility, motor skills, interpersonal skills, communication, work tolerance, work skills, self-care and self-direction) in terms of an employment outcome; and, whose successful vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require the provision of two (2) or more core vocational rehabilitation services for at least five (5) months.
Significant Disability: An individual is classified as having a significant disability when they have a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits one (1) or two (2) functional capacity areas and who otherwise meets the same criteria for a most significant disability. In other words, the individual’s successful vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require the provision of two (2) or more core vocational services for at least five (5) months. An individual who is determined to be eligible for SSI/SSDI on the basis of their own disability is presumed to have at least a significant disability.
Individual with a Disability: An individual is classified as having a disability when they meet DVR eligibility criteria but their disability does not meet the criteria for most significant or significant disability.