Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
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Vocational
rehabilitation services DVR may provide include:
- Assessment
for determining eligibility and VR needs.
Counseling and guidance, including information
and support services to assist a consumer in exercising
informed choice.
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Referral and other services to secure needed
services from other agencies.
Job-related services, including job search and placement
assistance, job retention services, follow-up services,
and follow-along services.
- Vocational
and other training services, including
the provision of personal and vocational adjustment
services, books, tools, and other training materials,
except that no training services provided at an institution
of higher education shall be paid for with funds under
this title unless maximum efforts have been made by
DVR and the consumer to secure grant assistance, in
whole or in part, from other sources to pay for such
training.
To
the extent that financial support is not readily available
from a source such as health insurance or through comparable
services and benefits, other than DVR, diagnosis and treatment
of physical and mental impairments, including:
- Corrective
surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary
to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental
condition that constitutes a substantial impediment
to employment, but is of such a nature that such correction
or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate
or reduce such impediment to employment within a reasonable
length of time
- Necessary
hospitalization
in connection with the surgery or treatment
- Prosthetic
and orthotic devices
- Eyeglasses
and visual services
as prescribed by qualified personnel and who
are selected by the consumer
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Special services
(including transplantation and dialysis),
artificial kidneys, and supplies necessary for the treatment
of consumers with end-stage renal disease
- Diagnosis
and treatment for mental and emotional disorders
by qualified personnel who meet State licensure
laws.
- Maintenance
for additional costs
incurred while participating in an assessment
for determining eligibility and VR needs or while receiving
services under a plan for employment
- 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 consumer to achieve an
employment outcome
- On-the-job
or other related personal assistance services
provided while a consumer is receiving other
services described in this section; interpreter services
provided by qualified personnel for consumers who are
deaf or hard of hearing, and reader services for consumers
who are determined to be blind, after an examination
by qualified personnel who meet State licensure laws
- Rehabilitation
teaching services, and orientation and mobility services,
for consumers who are blind
- Occupational
licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stocks and supplies
- Technical
assistance and other consultation services
to conduct market analyses, develop business
plans, and otherwise provide resources, to the extent
such resources are authorized to be provided through
the statewide workforce investment system, to consumers
who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or
establishing a small business operation as an employment
outcome; Rehabilitation technology, including telecommunications,
sensory, and other technological aids and devices
- Transition
services for students with disabilities,
that facilitate the achievement of the employment outcome
identified in the plan for employment
- Supported
employment services
including ongoing support services and other
appropriate services needed to support and maintain
a consumer with a most significant disability in supported
employment that are provided singly or in combination,
and are organized and made available to assist the consumer
to achieve competitive employment. Supported employment
services are provided based on a determination of the
needs of the consumer and specified in a plan for employment.
Supported employment services are provided for
up to 18 months unless, under special circumstances
the consumer and the VR counselor agree to extend the
time in order to achieve the rehabilitation objectives
identified in the plan for employment
- Services
to the family of a consumer
necessary to assist the consumer to achieve
an employment outcome
- Specific
post-employment services
necessary to assist a consumer to retain, regain,
or advance in employment.
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Green Bay State
Office Building
200 North Jefferson Street, Suite 311
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920) 448-5281
(Voice)
(920) 448-5290 (TTY)
(800) 228-2637 (Toll Free)
(920) 448-5266 (FAX) |
Persons with physical or mental disabilities
that prevent them from keeping or obtaining a job. |
