Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 32 - Rehabilitation And Disabilities › Part 21 - Vocational Rehabilitation Policy and Resource Guide › Chapter 7 - Services › Section 32-21-7-7.0 - Services

Current through June 25, 2024
Substantiality of Services Policy:
The definition of substantiality of services includes all the needs that should be met in the IPE, its amendments, and otherwise in the case record. These needs should include both those pertaining to the vocational abilities of the individual and those relating to the barriers to employment posed by the disability or disabilities. Substantial services are those services that address an individual's major needs as identified in the assessment process or later in the case record that the counselor and the client agree have to be met in order for the individual to achieve an employment outcome consistent with that individual's unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice. The services required to meet the needs of an individual should be planned on the IPE and/or its amendments, regardless of the source of payment or service provider. The source of payment and service provider must be listed on the IPE for each service.
Specific Vocational Rehabilitation Services
are any services described in an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) 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, including:
1. assessment for determining eligibility and
				priority for services by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an
				assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology.
2. an assessment for determining vocational
				rehabilitation needs by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an
				assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology;
3. vocational rehabilitation counseling and
				guidance, including information and support services to assist an individual in
				exercising informed choice as defined in the OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section
				4.4 page 21;
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 and to advise those individuals about
				Client Assistance Programs (OVR/OVRB Policy Manual Section 1.1.9; OVR/OVRB
				Resource Guide Section 4.4 page 28 & Form MDRS-VR-02, Information and
				Referral, following Section 2.7.3 of the Resource Guide);
5. Physical and mental restoration services,
				to the extent that financial support is not readily available from a source
				other than the Agency (such as through health insurance or a comparable service
				or benefit.
6. vocational and other
				training services, including the provision of personal and vocational
				adjustment, books, tools, and other training material, except that no training
				services provided at an institution of higher learning shall be paid with funds
				under this title unless maximum efforts have been made by the counselor and the
				individual to secure grant assistance, in whole or in part, from other sources
				to pay for such training;
7.
				maintenance for additional costs incurred while participating in an assessment
				for determining eligibility and rehabilitation needs or while under an IPE as
				defined in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section 4.4, page
				28;
8. transportation,
				including adequate training in the use of public transportation vehicles and
				systems, that is provided in connection with the provision of any other service
				described in this section and needed by the individual to achieve an employment
				outcome as defined in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section 4.4, page
				36
;
9. vocational
				rehabilitation services to family members of an applicant or eligible
				individual if necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to
				achieve an employment outcome;
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;
11. reader services,
				rehabilitation teaching services and orientation and mobility services for
				individuals who are blind;
12.
				job-related services, including job search and placement assistance, job
				retention services, follow-up services, and follow-along services as defined in
				the OVR/OVRB
Resource Guide, Section 3.11
;
13. supported employment services in
				accordance with the definition in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section
				4.4, pages 34 35
;
14.
				personal assistance services in accordance with the definition in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section 4.4, page 31
;
15. post-employment services in accordance
				with the definition in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section 4.4, page
				32 - 33
;
16. occupational
				licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stock and supplies;
17. rehabilitation technology services
				including vehicular modifications, telecommunications, sensory and other
				technological aids and devices in accordance with the definition in the
OVR/OVRB Resource Guide, Section 4.4, page 33 & Section
				3.2
;
18. transition
				services in accordance with the definition in the
OVR/OVRB Resource
				Guide, Section 4.4, page 35 - 36 & Section 3.17
;
19. technical assistance and other
				consultation services to conduct market analysis, develop business plans, and
				otherwise provide resources, to the extent such 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;
20. Other goods and services determined
				necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve an employment
				outcome.
Authority: Section 103(a) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 723(a)