New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 95 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED › Subchapter 1 - OVERVIEW OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 10:95-1.1 - Purpose and scope

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This chapter
				contains the rules of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
				regarding the vocational rehabilitation services available to eligible
				individuals so that such individuals might maximize their employment outcome,
				independence, and integration into the workplace and their
				communities.
(b) Vocational
				rehabilitation (VR) services derive from a Federally funded program emanating
				out of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The services provided under
				the Act are any goods or services necessary to render blind and visually
				impaired individuals employable, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Assessment of rehabilitation needs, by
				qualified personnel, including diagnostic and related services, following the
				determination of eligibility for VR services;
2. Physical and mental restoration services,
				to the extent that financial support is not readily available from a source
				other than the designated State unit;
3. Vocational and other training services,
				including personal and vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other
				training materials;
4. Counseling
				and guidance services, to assist an individual in exercising informed
				choice;
5. Maintenance
				services;
6. Placement services,
				including job search and placement assistance, job retention services,
				follow-up and identification of follow-along services;
7. Post employment services;
8. Services to clients' families;
9. Transportation services, as needed, while
				an individual is receiving other Services in vocational
				rehabilitation;
10. Referral
				services, to assist applicants and eligible individuals secure needed services
				from other agencies, and to advise those individuals about client assistance
				programs;
11. Reader service,
				rehabilitation teaching services, eye health, social work and orientation and
				mobility services;
12. On the job
				or other related personnel assistance services provided while an individual is
				receiving other services described in this section;
13. Occupational licenses, tools, equipment
				and initial stocks and supplies;
14. 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 State workforce investment systems, to eligible
				individuals who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or establishing a
				small business operation as an employment outcome;
15. Assistive technology services and
				devices;
16. Transition
				services;
17. Interpreter services
				to individuals who are deaf and blind, provided by qualified
				personnel;
18. Other goods and
				services determined necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve
				an employment outcome.