What can DVR do for me?
One of the most common questions to CAP is: What can DVR do? What services
can they provide? The answer is found in the federal law. DVR can provide the
services that are necessary to make a person qualified and ready for employment.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Individuals
This list is found in Section 103(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1998
(part of the Workforce Investment Act):
Vocational rehabilitation services provided under this title are any services
described in an individualized plan for employment necessary to assist an individual
with a disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an employment
outcome that is consistent with the strengths, resources, priorities, concerns,
abilities, capabilities, interest, and informed choice of the individual including:
- an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs by
qualified personnel including, if appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled
in rehabilitation technology
- counseling and guidance, including information and support services to assist an
individual in exercising informed choice consistent with the provisions of section
102(d)
- referral and other services to secure needed services from other agencies through
agreements developed under section 101(a)(l 1), if such services are not available
under this title
- job-related services, including job search and placement assistance, job retention
services, follow-up services, and follow-along services
- vocational and other training services, including the provision of personal and
vocational adjustment services, books, tools, and other training materials, except
that no training services provided at an institution of higher education shall be
paid for with funds under this title unless maximum efforts have been made by the
designated State unit and the individual to secure grant assistance, in whole or
in part, from other sources to pay for such training
- to the extent that financial support is not readily available from a source (such as
through health insurance of the individual or through comparable services and benefits
consistent with section 101(a)(8)(A)), other than the designated State unit, diagnosis
and treatment of physical and mental impairments, including:
- corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially
modify a physical or mental condition that constitutes a substantial impediment to
employment, but is of such a nature that such correction or modification may
reasonably be expected to eliminate or reduce such impediment to employment within
a reasonable length of time
- necessary hospitalization in connection with surgery or treatment
- prosthetic and orthotic devices
- eyeglasses and visual services as prescribed by qualified personnel who meet State
licensure laws and who are selected by the individual
- special services (including transportation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and
supplies necessary for the treatment of individuals with end-stage renal
disease
- diagnosis and treatment for mental and emotional disorders by qualified personnel
who meet State licensure laws
- maintenance for additional costs incurred while participating in an assessment for
determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs or while receiving services
under an individualized plan for employment
- transportation, including adequate training in the use of public transportation vehicles
and systems, that is provided in connection with the provision of any other service described
in this section and needed by the individual to achieve an employment outcome
- on-the-job or other related personal assistance services provided while an individual is
receiving other services described in this section
- interpreter services provided by a qualified personnel for individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing, and reader services for individuals who are determined to be blind, after an
examination by qualified personnel who meet State licensure laws
- rehabilitation teaching services, and orientation and mobility services, for individuals who
are blind
- occupational licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stocks and supplies
- technical assistance and other consultation services to conduct market analyses, develop
business plans, and otherwise provide sources, to the extent such 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
- rehabilitation technology, including telecommunications, sensory, and other technological
aids and devices
- transition services for students with disabilities, that facilitate the achievement of the
employment outcome identified in the individualized plan for employment
- supported employment services
- services to the family of an individual with a disability necessary to assist the individual
to achieve and employment outcome
- specific post-employment services necessary to assist an individual with a disability to,
retain, regain, or advance in employment
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