Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 401.1 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES › Section 17-401.1-10 - Development of the individualized plan for employment

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				The division shall ensure that an individualized plan for employment (IPE)
				meeting the requirements of this section and section 17-401.1-11 is developed
				and implemented in a timely manner for each individual determined to be
				eligible for VR services or, if the division is operating under an order of
				selection in accordance with section 17-401.1-5, for each eligible individual
				to whom the division is able to provide services, and that services are
				provided in accordance with the provisions of the IPE.
(b) The division must conduct an assessment
				for determining VR needs, if appropriate, for each eligible individual or, if
				the division is operating under an order of selection, for each eligible
				individual to whom the division is able to provide services.
(1) The purpose of this assessment is to
				determine the employment outcome, and the nature and scope of VR services to be
				included in the IPE.
(2) To the
				extent possible, the employment outcome and the nature and scope of
				rehabilitation services to be included in the individual's IPE must be
				determined based on the data used for the assessment of eligibility and
				priority for services under section 17-401.1-7.
(3) To the extent additional data are
				necessary to make a determination of the employment outcome and the nature and
				scope of VR services to be included in the IPE of an eligible individual, the
				division must conduct a comprehensive assessment of the unique strengths,
				resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and
				informed choice, including the need for supported employment services, of the
				eligible individual. This comprehensive assessment:
(A) Is limited to information that is
				necessary to identify the rehabilitation needs of the individual and to develop
				the IPE of the eligible individual;
(B) Uses as a primary source of information
				to the maximum extent possible and appropriate and in accordance with
				confidentiality requirements:
(i) Existing
				information obtained for the purposes of determining the eligibility of the
				individual and assigning the priority for an order of selection described in
				section 17-401.1-5 for the individual; and
(ii) Information that can be provided by the
				individual and, if appropriate, by the family of the individual;
(C) May include, to the degree
				needed to make such a determination, an assessment of the personality,
				interests, interpersonal skills, intelligence and related functional
				capacities, educational achievements, work experience, vocational aptitudes,
				personal and social adjustments, and employment opportunities of the individual
				and the medical, psychiatric, psychological, and other pertinent vocational,
				educational, cultural, social, recreational, and environmental factors that
				affect the employment and rehabilitation needs of the individual; and
(D) May include, to the degree needed, an
				appraisal of the patterns of work behavior of the individual and services
				needed for the individual to acquire occupational skills and to develop work
				attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavior patterns
				necessary for successful job performance, including the use of work in real job
				situations to assess and develop the capacities of the individual to perform
				adequately in a work environment.