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- 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.
g. 2. A. The justification for the order
Current Narrative:
Please note that at the time of this state plan submission, Indiana BRS continues to implement an order of selection, however BRS anticipates ending the order of selection shortly after the PY24-25 state plan takes effect (by the end of calendar year 2024). BRS requests that Indiana be reflected as a state not implementing an order of selection on or before 1/1/25 and will notify RSA of the actual end date.
Indiana began operating under an order of selection August 1, 2017 due to a deficit of staffing and fiscal resources, as approved by RSA through a State Plan amendment. Priority category 1 has remained open, while priority categories 2 and 3 were closed from August 2017 through early July 2023. Priority category 2 opened July 5, 2023. Numerous initiatives have been implemented to improve capacity to enable VR to offer services to approximately 300 individuals on the wait list each quarter.
As of this writing, one priority category (priority category 3) is closed and VR has begun to serve individuals on the priority category 3 waitlist. As of August 30, 2023 there are 1,095 individuals on the wait list, all in priority category 3.
VR will continue to release individuals from the waitlist each quarter to support forward progress toward ending the order of selection. The order of selection will end once the waitlist is reduced to zero and the priority category 3 is open. VR anticipates an end to the order of selection by the end of calendar year 2024.