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
j. 2. Identify the need to establish, develop, or improve community rehabilitation programs within the State; and
Current Narrative:
a) Establish new CRPs: MVR does not believe that there is a need to establish new CRPs.
b) Expand/develop current network of CRPs: No, MVR does not believe that there is a need to expand or develop the current network of CRPs.
c) Improve CRPs: Yes, MVR has identified the following strategies to improve CRPs within the state:
- The CRP-MVR steering committee will continue to make recommendations to improve services.
- Minimum training requirements for CRP staff members have been developed and incorporated into the CRP-MVR Agreement. The CRP-MVR steering committee will monitor implementation of these new requirements and make recommendations as necessary.
- MVR held 11 CRP/MVR summits statewide. MVR staff and CRP direct services staff attended the meetings. The purpose of the summits was to enhance communication, promote partnering, share best practices, gather feedback and provide joint training. MVR plans to host the summits on an annual basis.