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. C. The VR agency’s goals for serving individuals in each priority category, including how the agency will assist eligible individuals assigned to closed priority categories with information and referral, the method in which the VR agency will manage waiting lists, and the projected timelines for opening priority categories. NOTE: Priority categories are considered open when all individuals in the priority category may be served.
Current Narrative:
In PY 2020, promulgation was completed to reduce and consolidate Order of Selection from five (5) priority categories to three (3). Effective August 15, 2022, all priority categories were open allowing LRS to serve all eligible applicants. There were no consumers on a deferred waiting list at that time. LRS is not under an Order of Selection and currently no individual is on a deferred wait list.