Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for State Vocational Rehabilitation (Combined or General)
The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following descriptions and estimates, as required by sections 101(a) and 606 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by title IV of WIOA.
h. Waiver of Statewideness.
The State plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State, however, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (Commissioner) may waive compliance with this requirement in accordance with Section 101(a)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act and the implementing regulations in 34 C.F.R. § 361.26. If the VR agency is requesting a waiver of statewideness or has a previously approved waiver of statewideness, describe the types of services and the local entities providing such services under the waiver of statewideness and how the agency has complied with the requirements in 34 C.F.R. § 361.26. If the VR agency is not requesting or does not have an approved waiver of statewideness, please indicate “not applicable.”
Current Narrative:
Not applicable. Project Search is a model that was adopted by BRS many years ago, and is described elsewhere in the State Plan. VR supports this model solely through provision of fee-for-services to support participants. In other words, VR provides funding for clients to participate. While most project search sites do not typically offer wages or stipends to participants (usually students) for completion of work experience opportunities as part of project search, Indiana has one site that targets young adults and the host business partners do offer wages to participants. While Project Search is not available statewide, access to VR funded work experiences and internships (paid or unpaid) is available statewide to VR participants.