Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for Vocational Rehabilitation (Combined or General)
The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan [13] must include the following descriptions and estimates, as required by section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by title IV of WIOA:
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[13] Sec. 102(b)(2)(D)(iii) of WIOA
- c. Cooperative Agreements with Agencies Not Carrying Out Activities Under the Statewide Workforce Development System
Describe interagency cooperation with and utilization of the services and facilities of agencies and programs that are not carrying out activities through the statewide workforce development system with respect to:
- c. Cooperative Agreements with Agencies Not Carrying Out Activities Under the Statewide Workforce Development System
c. 5. State use contracting programs.
Current Narrative:
The Division previously reported legislation of the State Use contract program. A vendor was identified and the State Use contracting system is fully operational. The agency conforms to the provisions of this legislation and contracts are submitted to the State Use vendor agency for first right of refusal whenever appropriate.
The vendor for the state use contract is Horizons of New Mexico. This non-profit agency works on behalf of the New Mexico Council for Purchasing from Persons with Disabilities to foster contracts for its members outside of the normal bid process, as long as, services are at fair market price. Horizons of New Mexico maintains a list of approved services available through its members with disabilities and the state refers to this vendor for those services.