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
p. 1. B. Describe the factors that impeded the achievement of the goals and priorities
Current Narrative:
Factors Limiting the Achievement of VR Goals
The CDOR achieved or partially achieved all eight of its goals established in the 2018 Modification to the VR Services Portion of the 2016-2020 State Plan. There were several factors that limited the achievement of the goals that were partially achieved.
Goal 1, Objective 1.1
- The CDOR was unable to determine if it met its goal of providing pre-employment transition services to 29,000 students with disabilities in Program Year 2018-2019. To mitigate this issue going forward, CDOR is working on improving its data tracking to ensure all services are made available and are accurately reported for students with disabilities.
Goal 3, Objective 3.1
- Beginning July 1, 2018, the CDOR began developing and conducting services under Authorized Activities to enhance the coordination between CDOR and education agencies, families and student service providers. During Program Year 2019-2020, CDOR is not authorized to spend any additional Authorized Activities funds and will not be continuing or completing Authorized Activities until funds are approved.
Goal 8, Objective 8.1
- As of September 2019, the CDOR has established 38 new Local Partnership Agreements. It is likely that by the end of June 2020, the CDOR will establish 12 or more new Local Partnership Agreements and achieve this goal.
Goal 8, Objective 8.2
- As of September 2019, the CDOR has provided career counseling and information and referral services to 14,101 individuals with disabilities working in subminimum wage employment. It is likely that CDOR will provide the services to 3,000 more individuals with disabilities working in subminimum wage employment by the end of June 2020. However, the number of 14(c) Certificate Holders / Employers has decreased from 130 in July 2018 to 90 in September 2019, meaning there are fewer individuals with disabilities working at subminimum wage that will receive the career counseling and information and referral services. Some of the former 14(c) Certificate Holders / Employers are now paying their employees at least minimum wage.
PERFOMANCE ON THE STANDARDS AND INDICATORS
Strategies Contributing to the Successful Passing of Performance Indicators
This information is not yet available – the baseline indicators are currently still being established for the new performance accountability indicators. However, the CDOR is engaged in local partnerships with community partners to help provide VR services to consumers. These partners included third–party cooperative programs, CRPs, and Individual Service Providers who will contribute to or support consumers’ employment outcomes.
Factors Limiting the Successful Passing of Performance Indicators
This information is not yet available – the baseline indicators for the performance accountability indicators are currently being established.