What are CAP's Legal Responsibilities?
By law, CAP is charged with the following responsibilities:
- Advising and informing clients, client applicants, and individuals with disabilities in the State, especially
individuals with disabilities who have traditionally been unserved or underserved by vocational rehabilitation
programs, of:
- All services and benefits available to them through programs authorized under the Act; and
- Their rights in connection with those services and benefits
- Informing individuals with disabilities in the State, especially individuals with disabilities who have traditionally
been unserved or underserved by vocational rehabilitation programs, of the services and benefits available to
them under Title I of the ADA
- Upon the request of a client or client applicant, assisting and advocating on behalf of a client and client
applicant in his or her relationship with projects, programs, and community rehabilitation programs that provide
services under the Act by engaging in individual or systemic advocacy and pursuing, or assisting and advocating
on behalf of a client and client applicant to pursue, legal, administrative, and other available remedies, if
necessary:
- To ensure the protection of the rights of a client or client applicant under the Act; and
- To facilitate access by individuals with disabilities and individuals with disabilities who are making the transition
from public school programs to services funded under the Act
- Providing information to the public concerning the CAP
In providing assistance and advocacy services under this part with respect to services under Title I of the Act,
a designated agency may provide assistance and advocacy services to a client or client applicant to facilitate the
individual's employment, including assistance and advocacy services with respect to the individual's claims under
Title I of the ADA, if those claims under Title I of the ADA are directly related to services under the Act that the
individual is receiving or seeking.
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