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:
The Counselor assesses limitations in functional capacity to distinguish between levels of severity of the disability as follows:
Selection Group I - The Most Significantly Disabled. An eligible individual is considered the most significantly disabled (Group I) when the following apply:
a. The individual meets the definition of an individual with a significant disability;
b. The individual’s significant physical or mental impairment seriously limits three (3) or more functional capacity areas; and
c. The individual’s vocational rehabilitation is expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time.
Selection Group II – Significantly Disabled. An eligible individual is considered significantly disabled (Group II) when the following apply:
a. The individual meets the definition of an individual with a significant disability;
b. The individual's severe physical or mental impairment seriously limits one (1) or two (2) functional capacity areas; and
c. The individual’s vocational rehabilitation is expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time.
Selection Group III – Non-Significantly Disabled. An individual is considered non-significantly disabled (Group III) when:
a. the individual has a physical or mental impairment; and
b. the individual has been determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation services; and
c. the individual does not meet the above-stated criteria for an individual who is either “the most significantly disabled” or “significantly disabled.”
Should LRS need to impose an Order of Selection, it would result in the closure of the Non-Significantly Disabled priority group and progress as needed before affecting the Most Significantly Disability priority.