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c. 1. Federal, State, and local agencies and programs;

Current Narrative:

Cooperation with Agencies Not Carrying Out Activities Under the Statewide Workforce Development System. The CDOR works cooperatively with the following state and local agencies that do not carry out activities under the statewide workforce investment system, through Cooperative Agreements, Memorandum of Understandings, Interagency Agreements, or grants:

California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Memorandum of Understanding: Guidelines for Joint Financial Support – establishes guidelines for the joint financial support of CDOR student consumers to achieve their educational goals, eventually leading to employment. This Memorandum of Understanding supports students enrolled in the California post–secondary setting with a financial aid office on campus.

California Commission on Disability Access

Interagency Agreement: California Commission on Disability Access promotes disability access in California through dialogue and collaboration with stakeholders including, but not limited to, the disability and business community and all levels of government.

California State University (CSU)

Memorandum of Understanding: Service Commitment for CSU Students who are CDOR Consumers – details the commitment of the CSU and CDOR to work cooperatively to provide services to eligible CSU students who are CDOR consumers with disabilities.

California Community Colleges Chancellors Office

A Memorandum of Understanding between CDOR and the California Community Colleges that provides the framework to work cooperatively to improve services to the consumers of both departments. The agreement establishes processes for information sharing and service provision by each agency. This partnership results in more comprehensive, complete, and timely services for consumers of both programs.

The Regents of the UC

Memorandum of Understanding: Service Commitment for UC Students who are CDOR Consumers – details the commitment of the UC and CDOR to work cooperatively to provide services to eligible UC students who are CDOR consumers with disabilities.

California State Controller’s Office

Interagency Agreement 1: Claim Processing – expedites services to process claim schedules containing vendor invoices for goods and services provided to CDOR staff and consumers to ensure timely payment for continuance of services and compliance with the California Prompt Payment Act.

Interagency Agreement 2: Employee Leave System – provides CDOR Human Resource staff access and use of the State Controller’s Office California Leave Accounting System for CDOR employees to perform a variety of functions necessary to accurately record and track leave system eligibility, balances, state service credits, and leave benefit activity.

Interagency Agreement 3: Human Resource Reports – provides CDOR Human Resource staff access and use of the Management Information Retrieval System to generate pre–written reports or create ad hoc reports on CDOR employee employment history, payment history, employer–sponsored deductions, and position inventory.

California Department of General Services

CDOR Purchasing Agreements – The California Department of General Services oversees the statewide contracts for purchasing where agreements establish a pre–qualified list of vendors and simplify the purchasing process. Cooperative agreements are available to all State of California governmental entities, including CDOR, that expend public funds for the acquisition of both goods and services. The California Multiple Award Schedules offer a wide variety of commodities, non–information technology services and information technology products and services at prices which have been assessed to be fair, reasonable, and competitive.

Interagency Agreement 1: CDOR Applicant and Consumer Mediation Assistance – the California Department of General Services, Office of Administrative Hearings mediators assist applicants and consumers who request fair hearing or mediation to explore options for mutual resolution of a dispute in a timely, non–confrontational manner. Through mediation, applicants and consumers can better understand CDOR regulations and policies, and CDOR can better understand the individual’s needs. The California Department of General Services, Office of Administrative Hearings also provides fair hearing services to review determinations made by CDOR that affect VR services and CDOR Student Services to individuals with disabilities and applicants and consumers.

Interagency Agreement 2: Business Enterprises Program Fair Hearing Services – the California Department of General Services, Office of Administrative Hearings provides fair hearing services for CDOR Business Enterprise Program vendor appeals.

Interagency Agreement 3: Business Enterprises Program Insurance Management – the California Department of General Services, Office of Risk and Insurance Management provides management of the Business Enterprises Program statewide insurance program funded from food service vending machine locations.

California Department of Health Care Services Information Exchange

Interagency Agreement: Verification of CDOR Applicant’s Benefit Status – used by CDOR to verify an applicant’s Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance benefit status to assist in determining eligibility for CDOR services including application of the presumptive eligibility rules for Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries in accordance with Title I of the Rehabilitation Act.

California Department of Developmental Services: Individuals Eligible for Home and Community Based Waiver Programs

The CDOR has a formal agreement with the California Department of Developmental Services, California’s State agency responsible for administering the Home and Community Based Services waiver for the State Medicaid plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). The California Department of Developmental Services has the primary responsibility to provide services and supports for individuals with intellectual disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities, including extended services, or individuals with the most significant disabilities who have been determined to be eligible for home and community–based services under a Medicaid waiver, Medicaid State plan amendment, or other authority related to a State Medicaid program period.

California Employment Development Department

Interagency Agreement: Provides CDOR with confidential California Employment Development Department wage and employer information to verify CDOR consumers’ cases can be closed as employed and conducting federally required evaluation of the federal VR program.

California Department of Technology Services

Interagency Agreement: Data Processing – provides CDOR data processing services.

California Office of Systems Integration

Interagency Agreement:  Formalized Governance – CDOR reimburses Office of Systems Integration for the proportional share of costs for on-going formalized governance, project assessment and strategic architecture services for delegated and non-delegated information technology projects.

Independent Living Centers

Statewide Grants: Administration and Oversight of Independent Living Services – Title VII Rehabilitation Act funds, state general funds, and state Social Security Reimbursement funds are used to administer CDOR’s Independent Living program and monitor 28 Independent Living Centers that provide federally required services, including Independent Living skills and assistive technology services to individuals with disabilities.

Grant 1: Provision of Independent Living Services – Assembly Bill 204 grants that are issued to non–profit Independent Living Centers provide Independent Living services that assist individuals with disabilities in achieving social and economic independence. Core services provided include peer counseling, advocacy, attendant referral, housing assistance, and Independent Living skills training; and other services and referrals deemed necessary such as transportation, job development, equipment maintenance and evaluation, and mobility assistance and communication.

In addition, grant provisions as of federal fiscal year 2016-17 have been updated to align with WIOA. This adds a new category of core services under transitions: the transition of consumers from nursing homes and other institutions to home and community-based residences; assistance to consumers who are at risk of entering institutions so that they may remain in the community; and facilitate the transition of youth with significant disabilities who have completed their secondary education or otherwise left school, to postsecondary life.

Grant 2: Independent Living Transition Services – Title VII B grants funds used to assist independent living centers with the one-time costs associated with assisting people with disabilities of all ages to transition from institutional settings to community settings, to remain in the community when at risk of entering institutionalization, and for youth with disabilities to transition to postsecondary life.

State Independent Living Council

Grants: State Independent Living Council Operation – Title VII B, Rehabilitation Act funds used to operate the State Independent Living Council and provide State Independent Living Council funds for various sub–grants and contracts necessary to carry out objectives of the State Plan for Independent Living by programs for people with disabilities.

Older Individuals who are Blind

Grants: The Older Individuals who are Blind Program Administration and Services – Title VII, Chapter 2 Rehabilitation Act funds used to administer and monitor the delivery of local Older Individuals who are Blind program services to visually impaired individuals age 55 and older to assist them to live independently, including funding 18 organizations to provide training in low–vision assistance, adaptive equipment, orientation and mobility, communication, daily living skills, self–advocacy, adjustment counseling, and transportation skills services to eligible individuals.

California State Personnel Board

Interagency Agreement: Exam Access – State Personnel Board’s Selection System provides CDOR computer access to conduct departmental civil service examinations, as well as process and maintain civil service eligible lists and certification lists.

Ticket to Work and Self–Sufficiency Program

The CDOR actively coordinates with the Ticket to Work and Self–Sufficiency Program. Ticket to Work is a voluntary work incentive program for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries between the ages of 18 and 64 who are interested in going to work. The Ticket to Work Program provides beneficiaries with access to VR, training, and placement services, as well as other services and support. Beneficiaries can use their ticket to obtain employment services and support from CDOR or they can take their ticket to an approved service provider called an Employment Network. A ticket cannot be assigned to an Employment Network and in–use with CDOR at the same time.

The CDOR’s Work Incentives Planners and VR Counselors have an active role in the Ticket to Work program. The CDOR’s Work Incentives Planners verify ticket status, provide information as needed, and facilitate referrals to Employment Networks at case closure. VR counselors distribute CDOR’s Ticket to Work fact sheet at intake, verify the ticket status prior to approving the Individualized Plan for Employment, and facilitate sequential services.

Coordination with the State Agency Responsible for Providing Mental Health Services

In California, the State agency responsible for mental health services is the California Department of Health Care Services.  The CDOR has developed a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Health Care Services to establish a framework for collaboration between CDOR and Department of Health Care Services  to provide local technical assistance and support in order to strengthen existing CDOR Mental Health Cooperative Programs or to develop new patterns of vocational rehabilitation services available to individuals living with severe mental illness, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that consumers have access to a comprehensive, coordinated, and quality service delivery system. 

The CDOR is also a member of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, which evaluates the behavioral health system for accessible and effective care.  It advocates for an accountable system of responsive services that are strength-based, recovery-oriented, culturally competent, and cost-effective. 

Disability Related Services

The CDOR has Interagency Agreements with the following state and local government entities for disability related services. The Agreements further the mission of CDOR toward the employment, independence, and equal access for individuals with disabilities. The agreements provide physical, digital and communication accessibility expertise for state government entities, businesses, and consumers, guidance to public organizations and businesses on their responsibilities and the requirements of accessibility for persons with disabilities, and specific information and links on the major laws, regulations, resources, and referrals regarding disability access and rights in California for public entities, citizens, employers, businesses, and other interested persons.

Document remediation

  • Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
  • Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • Department of Business Oversight

Program access

  • California Secretary of State – polling places, voting centers, voting systems
  • California State Lottery - retailers

Document accessibility training

  • Department of Technology
  • Department of General Services
  • State Controllers’ Office
  • Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
  • California Energy Commission
  • Air Resources Board
  • Department of Transportation
  • Franchise Tax Board
  • Department of Conservation
  • Department of Industrial Relations
  • California State Teacher’s Retirement System
  • Department of Fish and Wildlife