Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 45 - DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED › Chapter 51 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROVISION OF SERVICES IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 22VAC45-51-70 - Scope of vocational rehabilitation services for individuals who are blind or vision impaired

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following vocational rehabilitation services shall be
				  available to assist individuals who are blind or visually impaired 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. An initial assessment for determining
				eligibility and priority for vocational rehabilitation services conducted by a
				DBVI vocational rehabilitation counselor, including, if appropriate, an initial
				assessment in rehabilitation technology;
2. A comprehensive assessment for determining
				vocational rehabilitation needs conducted by a DBVI vocational rehabilitation
				counselor, including, if appropriate, an assessment by other DBVI staff skilled
				in rehabilitation technology;
3.
				Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including information and
				support services to assist an individual in exercising informed
				choice;
4. Referrals 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 the
				client assistance program established within the disability Law Center of
				Virginia;
5. Physical and mental
				restoration services, to the extent that financial support is not readily
				available from a source other than DBVI, such as through health insurance or
				other comparable services and benefits;
6. Vocational and other training services,
				including personal and vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other
				training materials, except for training or training services in an institution
				of higher education (i.e., universities, colleges, community colleges, junior
				colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital schools of
				nursing), that may be paid for with funds under this chapter only if maximum
				efforts have been made by DBVI and the individual to secure grant assistance in
				whole or in part from other sources to pay for that training and they are not
				available;
7. Maintenance, as
				defined in 22VAC45-51-10;
8.
				Transition services, which are a coordinated set of activities based on the
				individual student's needs, taking into account the student's preferences and
				interests, and including instruction, community experiences, development of
				employment and other post-secondary adult living objectives and, if
				appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational
				evaluation. Transition services must promote or facilitate the achievement of
				the employment outcome identified in the student's individualized plan for
				employment ( 34 CFR
				361.5(b)(55) );
9. Transportation, as defined in
				22VAC45-51-10;
10. Vocational
				rehabilitation services to family members as defined in 22VAC45-51-10 if
				necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to achieve an
				employment outcome;
11. 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;
12. Reader services, rehabilitation teaching
				services, and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are
				blind;
13. Job-related services,
				including job search and placement assistance, job retention services,
				follow-up services, and follow-along services;
14. Supported employment services as defined
				in 22VAC45-51-10;
15. Personal
				assistance services as defined in 22VAC45-51-10;
16. Post-employment services as defined in
				22VAC45-51-10;
17. Occupational
				licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies;
18. Rehabilitation technology as defined in
				22VAC45-51-10 including vehicular modification, telecommunications, sensory,
				and other technology aids and services;
19. Transition services as defined in
				22VAC45-51-10;
20. Technical
				assistance and other consultation services to conduct market analyses and
				develop business plans for individuals who are pursuing self-employment or
				telecommuting or establishing a small business operation as an employment
				outcome; and
21. Other goods and
				services determined necessary for the individual who is blind or visually
				impaired to achieve an employment outcome.
Statutory Authority: § 51.5-66 of the Code of
					 Virginia.