Section 29-113. SCOPE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

 

113.1The Rehabilitation Services Administration shall ensure, as appropriate to the vocational rehabilitation needs of each individual and consistent with each individual's informed choice, that the vocational rehabilitation services, as set forth in subsection 113.2, are available to assist the individual with a disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an employment outcome that is consistent with the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice.

 

113.2The Rehabilitation Services Administration shall provide, as appropriate, the following services:

 

(a)An assessment for determining eligibility for services by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with section 103;

 

(b)An assessment for determining vocational rehabilitation needs by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with section 110;

 

(c)Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including information and support services to assist an individual in exercising informed choice;

 

(d)Referral and other services necessary to assist applicants and eligible individuals to secure needed services from other agencies, including other components of the statewide workforce investment system, and to advise those individuals about client assistance programs;

 

(e)Physical and mental restoration services, to the extent that financial support is not readily available from a source other than the Rehabilitation Services Administration (such as through health insurance or a comparable service or benefit);

 

(f)Vocational and other training services, including personal and vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other training materials, except that no training or training services in an institution of higher education (universities, colleges, community or junior colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital schools of nursing) may be paid for with funds under this part unless maximum efforts have been made by the Rehabilitation Services Administration and the individual to secure grant assistance in whole or in part from other sources to pay for that training;

 

(g)Maintenance, in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(h)Transportation in connection with the rendering of any vocational rehabilitation service and in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(i)Vocational rehabilitation services to family members, as defined in section 199, of an applicant or eligible individual if necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to achieve an employment outcome;

 

(j)Interpreter services, including sign language and oral interpreter services, for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and tactile interpreting services for individuals who are deaf-blind provided by qualified personnel;

 

(k)Reader services, rehabilitation teaching services, and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind;

 

(l)Job-related services, including job search and placement assistance, job retention services, follow-up services, and follow-along services;

 

(m)Supported employment services in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(n)Personal assistance services in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(o)Post-employment services in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(p)Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies;

 

(q)Rehabilitation technology in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199, including vehicular modification, telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and devices;

 

(r)Transition services in accordance with the definition of that term in section 199;

 

(s)Technical assistance and other consultation services to conduct market analyses, develop business plans, and otherwise provide resources, to the extent those resources are authorized to be provided through the statewide workforce investment system, to eligible individuals who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or establishing a small business operation as an employment outcome; and

 

(t)Other goods and services determined necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve an employment outcome.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4611 (October 17, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 6189 (August 1, 2003).