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
m. 1. E. How individuals with the most significant disabilities are selected for services before all other individuals with disabilities
Current Narrative:
Priority of Order of Selection Categories
The CDOR formally notifies all VR program applicants of their Order of Selection Priority Category in writing. Currently, the full range of VR services may be provided to all eligible individuals assigned to Priority Categories 1, 2 and 3 (effective November 2, 2020). No individuals remain on a waiting list in any of the three priority categories. When CDOR is implementing an order of selection and there are priority category waiting lists, all individuals with the most significant disabilities assigned to Priority Category 1 are served first by date of application, before individuals assigned to the next priority category can be served. Once CDOR has served all individuals in the first priority category, then it can begin to serve individuals assigned to the second priority category. Once all the individuals assigned to the second priority category have been served by application date, then CDOR can begin serving all of those individuals assigned to the third priority category by application date. When CDOR is serving individuals assigned to priority category waiting lists, individuals are selected for services based on their priority category (e.g., priority category 1 (first), 2 (second), and 3 (third), and date of application).