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Ch. 10 Rehabilitation Services, CaseManagement, Related Services
What is the state-federal VR program federally funded under? - answer The Rehab Act
of 1973
What does the state-federal VR program provide? - answer employment-related
services for individuals with disabilities, giving priority to those individuals who are most
significantly disabled.
How is an individual eligible for VR services? - answer an applicant must have a
disability (a physical or mental impairment) that constitutes or results in a substantial
impediment to employment, be able to benefit from rehab services, and be able to
eventually achieve an employment outcome
What is developed after eligibility has been determined? - answer Individualized Plan for
Employment (IPE)
What does the IPE include? - answer specific types and number of services that will be
provided to help the individual achieve his or her employment goal. Services that may
be provided under the plan include medical, psychological, vocational, and other
diagnostic assessments and evaluation services: counseling and guidance, physical
and mental therapy or treatments, occupational and vocational training and education,
interpreter services, job-placement services, rehabilitation technology services, post-
employment services, and other equipment or services necessary to achieve an
employment outcome
What are the factors that created the conditions for the establishment of the state-
federal VR? - answer-shift from farm-based economy to industrial economy
-an increased government role in creating opportunities for individuals to compete
-teaching vocational skills and creating productive workers in cities that had large
populations of people seeking to become employed and needed to be properly
educated to become employed
-the federal income tax, which resulted in moneys that could be used in the federal
sponsorship of VR programs for soldiers, veterans, and civilians. (people with
disabilities became employed tax payers which was an incentive for VR)
What were the significant mandates and outcomes of Rehab Act of 1973? - answer1.
mandated that states serve individuals with the most severe disabilities before serving
persons with less-severe disabilities
2. promoted and ensured client involvement in the rehab plan develop through joint
(counselor and client) development of an Individualized Written Rehabilitation Program
, (IWRP) that identified vocational objective, sub-objectives, and related services as well
as the criteria for evaluating client progress
3. implemented a pilot program of Client Assistance Programs (CAPs) through which
clients could receive assistance with application and advocacy services.
4. established demonstration projects in Independent Living Rehabilitation Services
5. mandated program evaluation, such that states became accountable for collecting
information on the percentage of the target population being served, the timeliness, and
adequacy of VR services, the suitability of placements and retention of clients in
employment
6. increased funding for rehabilitation and disability research
7. advanced the civil rights of people with disabilities through title 5.
What are the sections of Rehab Act 1973 - answerSection 501: mandated
nondiscrimination and affirmative action in federal hiring
Section 502: established the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board to oversee compliance to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
Section 503: prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of disability and
required affirmative action plans among recipients of federal contracts and their
subcontractors of amounts in excess of $10,000, and written affirmative action plan of
employers/contractors receiving over $50,000 or with 50 or more employees
Section 504: prohibited disability-based exclusion of otherwise qualified persons with
disabilities from participation in any federal program or activity, or any program or
activity that receives federal funding (including school districts, colleges/universities,
hospitals, day care programs, public welfare agencies, or nursing homes
What were the important mandates and outcomes of Rehab Act Amendments of 1992 -
answer1. increased client involvment at the individual level by ensuring increased client
choice and participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the
IWRP
2. increased client involvement at the agency level by requiring the establishment of
Rehab Advisory Councils to guide state VR policies and procedures and mandating that
the majority of members be persons with disabilities
3. increased access to VR services by incorporating the presumption of benefit, the use
of existing data, and requiring eligibility decisions be made within 60 days of application
4. mandated policy to prepare more people from a minority background to become RCs.
5. increased federal share of state-federal funding match to 78.7%
What is important about the Workforce Investment Act of 1998? - answerlinked the
state-federal VR program to the state's Workforce Development System. WIA
consolidated several employment and training programs into a unified statewide
workforce investment system. The purpose of the act were to streamline services by
integrating multiple employment and training programs in one agency, where customers
can easily access the employment information and services they require through a
"one-stop" system.
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