Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for State Vocational Rehabilitation (Blind)
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:
Agency Response:
The agency collaborates with the general VR agency, DVR, in order to provide the best supports for co-occurring disabilities. Through the DVR agreement with the Developmental Disabilities Administration, priority for county long-term support funds are secured for those individuals eligible for DDA services who gain employment. Until those long term supports are in place, DSB and DVR will negotiate costs, mindful that all individuals with the most significant disabilities, including youth, may receive up to 24 months of supported employment services after placement on a job until the transition to extended services - or longer if necessary to meet an individual’s needs. In addition to the 24 months of supported employment services, DSB in coordination with DVR may fund up to four years of extended services following transition to extended services until a youth reaches age 25.
Agency staff seek other natural or other supports in case the individual is not eligible for DDA long-term job support funds.