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
- i. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
Describe the designated State agency's procedures and activities to establish and maintain a comprehensive system of personnel development designed to ensure an adequate supply of qualified State rehabilitation professional and paraprofessional personnel for the designated State unit, including the following:
- 1. System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- B. Personnel Development
Describe the development and maintenance of a system for collecting and analyzing on an annual basis data on personnel development with respect to:
- B. Personnel Development
- 1. System on Personnel and Personnel Development
- i. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development; Data System on Personnel and Personnel Development
i. 1. B. i. A list of the institutions of higher education in the State that are preparing VR professionals, by type of program;
Current Narrative:
The University of Idaho is currently the only institution of higher education in the State that offers a VR program in Idaho. However, in 2020 the University will be sunsetting this program.
The U of I Rehabilitation Counseling Program did not have any graduates this past academic year since they accept applications for students every other year and the current cohort started Summer 2018. One student from the 2016 cohort changed to part-time and is on track to graduate with the current cohort. U of I received a record number of applications for the current cohort of students and expect to have 19 graduates Spring of 2020. Several of the current students are employed full-time with IDVR. All students are registered to take the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Exam the Spring of 2020.
Idaho State University was approved by the Idaho SBOE in November 2019 to begin a new Masters of Counseling specialty program: Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling. This program will begin in the fall of 2020 and will be offered in two Idaho locations (Meridian and Pocatello). The program will accommodate 24 full-time students.