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
e. Cooperative Agreements with Private Nonprofit Organizations
Describe the manner in which the designated State agency establishes cooperative agreements with private non-profit VR service providers.
Current Narrative:
Cooperative agreements with private non-profit organizations may be initiated at the regional and/or state level when a need has been identified for a new, expanded, or modified VR service to improve employment outcomes.
Private non-profit organizations from which MRS purchases services shall be licensed, certified, registered, or accredited as applicable for the occupation, facility or service to be provided. In the absence of these requirements, other equivalent competency assurances are required. Any facility in which services are provided shall meet the accessibility standards required by law, have staff or make arrangements to meet the special communication needs of applicants or eligible individuals, shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and assure MRS that policies and procedures are in place to prevent fraud, waste and abuse.
Currently, MRS has cooperative agreements with the following private non-profit organizations:
- Ann Arbor CIL
- Blue Water CIL
- Disability Advocates of Kent County
- disability Connections
- Disability Network Capital Area
- Disability Network Lakeshore
- Disability Network Mid-Michigan
- Disability Network Northern Michigan
- Disability Network Oakland & Macomb
- Disability Network Southwest Michigan
- Disability Network Wayne County
- Disability Network West Michigan
- Easter Seals Michigan, Inc
- Heart of West Michigan United Way
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Michigan Chapter
- Superior Alliance for Independent Living
- The Disability Network
- United Way of St. Clair County