Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 111 - Blind, Department for The › Chapter 10 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Rule 111-10.5 - Services

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Vocational
			 rehabilitation services are any services described in an individualized plan
			 for employment necessary to assist an individual in preparing for, securing,
			 retaining, or regaining an employment outcome that is consistent with the
			 strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests,
			 and informed choice of the individual.
Services may include the following: assessment for determining
				eligibility and priority for services; assessment for determining vocational
				rehabilitation needs; vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance;
				referral and other services necessary to secure needed services from other
				agencies and to advise individuals about the client assistance program;
				physical and mental restoration; vocational and other training services,
				including personal and vocational adjustment training; maintenance;
				transportation; vocational rehabilitation services to family members;
				interpreter services for individuals who are deaf-blind; reader services;
				rehabilitation teaching services; orientation and mobility services;
				job-related services, including job search and placement assistance, job
				retention services, follow-up services and follow-along services; supported
				employment services; personal assistance services; postemployment services;
				occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies;
				rehabilitation technology; transition services; technical assistance and other
				consultation services to eligible individuals who are pursuing self-employment
				or telecommuting or establishing a small business operation as an employment
				outcome; and provision of other goods and services determined necessary to
				achieve an employment outcome.
(2) Services for groups of individuals who
			 are blind. The department may also provide for the following vocational
			 rehabilitation services for the benefit of groups of individuals who are blind:
(1) The establishment, development or
			 improvement of a public or other nonprofit community rehabilitation program
			 that is used to provide vocational rehabilitation services that promote
			 integration and competitive employment including, under special circumstances,
			 the construction of a facility.
(2)
			 Telecommimication systems that have the potential for substantially improving
			 vocational rehabilitation service delivery methods and developing appropriate
			 programming to meet the particular needs of individuals who are blind,
			 including telephone, television, video description services, satellite,
			 tactile-vibratory devices, and similar systems, as appropriate.
(3) Special services to provide nonvisual
			 access to information for individuals who are blind, including the use of
			 telecommunications, braille, sound recordings, or other appropriate media;
			 tactile materials for individuals who are deaf-blind; and other special
			 services that provide information through tactile, vibratory, auditory, and
			 visual media.
(4) Technical
			 assistance and support services to businesses that are not subject to Title I
			 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and that are seeking to employ
			 individuals who disabilities.
(5)
			 In the case of any small business enterprise operated by individuals with
			 significant disabilities under the supervision of the department, including
			 enterprises established under the Randolph-Sheppard program, management
			 services and supervision provided by the department along with the acquisition
			 by the department of vending facilities or other equipment, initial stocks and
			 supplies, and initial operating expenses.
(6) Other services that promise to contribute
			 substantially to the rehabilitation of a group of individuals but that are not
			 related directly to the individualized plan for employment of any one
			 individual.
(7) Consultative and
			 technical assistance services to assist educational agencies in planning for
			 the transition of students with disabilities from school to postschool
			 activities, including employment.