Vocational
rehabilitation services that 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; and,
- 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 supplie;
- 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; and
- Specific post-employment services
necessary to assist a consumer to retain, regain,
or advance in employment.
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To obtain further information about DVR services or to get an application for services you can call this toll-free number:
1-888-387-0408
Manitowoc DVR office counselor contact informaton:
Serving the Kiel and Mishicot School Districts:
Mary Braam
Rehabilitation Counselor
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
3733 Dewey Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
(920) 683-4586
mary.braam@dwd.state.wi.us
Serving the Reedsville and Two Rivers School Districts:
Michelle Zboralski
Rehabilitation Counselor
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
3733 Dewey Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
(920) 683-4585
michelle.zboralski@dwd.state.wi.us
Serving the Manitowoc and Valders School Districts:
Vacant
Rehabilitation Counselor
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
3733 Dewey Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
(920) 683-4575
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Persons with physical or mental
disabilities that prevent them from keeping or obtaining
a job.
The Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) serves people who have any disability which presents a substantial handicap to employment or independent living.
DVR provides services only if there is a reasonable expectation that employment or improved independence is possible.
Each year DVR serves thousands of Wisconsin residents with disabilities including, but not limited to, the following:
blindness, visual impairment, deafness, hearing impairment, speech impairment, learning disabilities, brain trauma, epilepsy, heart disease, drug addiction, spinal injury, neurological disease, muscular disease, skeletal and joint diseases, amputation, mental retardation, mental illness, and alcoholism.
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