Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 401.1 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES › Section 17-401.1-6 - Scope of VR services for individuals with disabilities

Current through June, 2024
As appropriate to the VR needs of each individual and
				  consistent with each individual's informed choice, the division must ensure
				  that the following VR services are available to assist the individual with a
				  disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an employment
				  outcome that is consistent with the individual's strengths, resources,
				  priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed
				  choice:
(1) Assessment for determining
				eligibility and priority for services by qualified personnel, including if
				appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology,
				in accordance with section 17-401.1-7.
(2) Assessment for determining VR needs by
				qualified personnel, including if appropriate, an assessment by personnel
				skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with section
				17-401.1-10.
(3) Vocational
				rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including information and support
				services to assist an individual in exercising informed choice in accordance
				with section 17-401.1-12.
(4)
				Referral and other services necessary to assist applicants and eligible
				individuals to secure needed services from other agencies, including other
				components of the statewide workforce investment system, in accordance with
				section 17-401.1-3, and to advise those individuals about the Client Assistance
				Program of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center.
(5) Diagnosis and treatment of physical and
				mental impairments (physical and mental restoration services), as defined in
				section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-18, and to the
				extent that financial support is not readily available from a source other than
				the division (such as through health insurance or a comparable service or
				benefit in accordance with section 17-401.1-13 ).
(6) Vocational and other training services,
				including personal and vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other
				training materials, except that no training or training services in an
				institution of higher education (universities, colleges, community or junior
				colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital schools of
				nursing) may be paid for with funds under this section unless maximum efforts
				have been made by the division and the individual to secure grant assistance in
				whole or in part from other sources to pay for that training.
(7) Maintenance, as defined in section
				17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-23.
(8) Transportation in connection with the
				rendering of any vocational rehabilitation service as defined in section
				17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-27.
(9) Vocational rehabilitation services to
				family members, as defined in section 17-401.1-2, of an applicant or eligible
				individual if necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to
				achieve an employment outcome and in accordance with section
				17-401.1-22.
(10) Interpreter
				services, including sign language and oral interpreter services, for
				individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and tactile interpreting services
				for individuals who are deaf-blind provided by qualified personnel, in
				accordance with section 17-401.1-24.
(11) Reader services, rehabilitation teaching
				services, and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind,
				in accordance with section 17-401.1-25.
(12) Job-related services, including job
				search and placement assistance, job retention services, follow-up services,
				and follow-along services, in accordance with section 17-401.1-20.
(13) Supported employment services as defined
				in section 17-401-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-31.
(14) On the job or other related personal
				attendant (personal assistance) services as defined in section 17-401.1-2 and
				in accordance with section 17-401.1-30.
(15) Specific post-employment services as
				defined in section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section
				17-401.1-21.
(16) Occupational
				licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies in accordance with
				section 17-401.1-26.
(17)
				Rehabilitation technology as defined in section 17-401.1-2, including vehicular
				modification, telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and
				devices, in accordance with section 17-401.1-28.
(18) Transition services as defined in
				section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-29.
(19) Technical assistance and other
				consultation services to conduct market analyses, develop business plans, and
				otherwise provide resources, to the extent those resources are authorized to be
				provided through the statewide workforce investment system, to eligible
				individuals who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or establishing a
				small business operation as an employment outcome, in accordance with section
				17-401.1-32.
(20) Other goods and
				services determined necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve
				an employment outcome, in accordance with section 17-401.1-33.