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
d. 2. D. Procedures for outreach to and identification of students with disabilities who need transition services.
Current Narrative:
The DVR transition counselors and DBVI counselors will maintain contact with school personnel in each LEA to ensure early identification of students who are in special education, or are either receiving or eligible for 504 services. This early identification may occur as early as the freshman year and includes DVR/DBVI involvement in IEP/Transition Team meetings and in 504 plan meetings, as requested by the school staff, student or families. DBVI counselors will also identify potentially eligible students through the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired educators located in LEAs statewide. As part of outreach efforts DVR and DBVI will provide at minimum the following:
- A description of the purpose of the DVR or DBVI program
- The eligibility requirements for the DVR or DBVI program
- The application procedures
- The scope of services that maybe provided
DVR and DBVI will provide brochures and other materials to schools to be shared with students with disabilities and their families. Additionally, local core transition teams and other partners will provide the DVR counselor and DBVI counselor with a forum to discuss projections of numbers of students who will need transition services from DVR and/or DBVI and how best to collaborate and support these students.
Outreach activities by DVR and DBVI, may include:
Sharing the DVR transition pamphlet or DBVI pamphlet with Special Education staff, students and their families
- Conducting DVR and DBVI orientation sessions in the school for Special Education staff, students and their families to explain VR eligibility and services
- Participation in local Core Transition Teams, in which members of local agencies working with youth collaborate around best practices and share resources
- Ways to identify students at risk for dropping out of school
- Visits with guidance counselors at each school to share materials
- Participation in statewide and local youth-focused conferences