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
- k. Annual Estimates
Describe:
- k. Annual Estimates
k. 1. The number of individuals in the State who are eligible for services
Current Narrative:
In the Comprehensive Needs Assessment completed for 2018, the estimated number of individuals eligible for services based on the American Community Survey (ACS) (average from 2013 to 2017) was 208,646 DVR–eligible adults in Maine. This is equal to about 15.9% of the civilian non-institutionalized population of 1.3 million. This data, from the ACS, was most recently updated in 2018