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
- q. Quality, Scope, and Extent of Supported Employment Services
Include the following:
- q. Quality, Scope, and Extent of Supported Employment Services
q. 2. The timing of transition to extended services
Current Narrative:
Timing of Transition to Extended Services
Once a consumer has maintained stability on the job for at least 60 days, the funding for and provision of job coaching transitions to an extended services provider. The VR Counselor continues to track the consumer’s progress and job stability during the transition period. If the consumer maintains job stabilization for 90 days after transition to extended services, the case is Closed–Rehabilitated.
Transition to extended service providers is essential to maintain consistency and support for consumers receiving supported employment services. The CDOR works to identify funding sources for extended services, collaborates with extended service providers, and identifies sources of extended services, including natural supports which are vital for the long-term success of the consumer. Sources of extended services for a consumer eligible for supported employment services include: public resources such as the California Department of Developmental Services and Ticket to Work Programs; private resources such as trust funds, private non–profits, religious or community organizations, and family; and natural supports to ensure the consumer receiving supported employment services has greater success in the work environment.
Youth with the Most Significant Disabilities
In California, activities are conducted, with funds reserved pursuant to section 603(d), for youth with the most significant disabilities. Under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Welfare. & Institutions Code, § 4500 et seq.). California established a commitment to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities throughout their lifetime. Services and supports are provided through a combination of federal, state, county, and local government services, private businesses, support groups, and volunteers. The CDOR works closely with the California Department of Developmental Services to leverage Medicaid funds for habilitation services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including the provision of “extended services” to help an individual with a most significant disability maintain employment after the CDOR case is closed.
Toward this end, CDOR will continue to refer youth with the most significant disabilities to extended services currently funded by the California Department of Developmental Services regional centers upon CDOR closure or when placed on a wait list. The CDOR will continue to review the impacts of providing extended services to youth with the most significant disabilities who do not qualify or are unable to receive extended services funded by the California Department of Developmental Services or another funding source.
The CDOR may provide extended services to youth with the most significant disabilities when other extended services are unavailable, as appropriate, for a period not to exceed four years, or at such time that a youth reaches age 25 and no longer meets the definition of a youth with a disability under 34 C.F.R. 361.5(c)(58).