DVR serves persons who want to work but have difficulty obtaining and/or maintaining employment due to a physical, sensory, and/or mental disability. DVR provides vocational assistance, independent living, and job support services.
DVR ServicesIncluded in this presentation: |
Independent Living (IL) Case Management,
Expenditures and Part B: Independent Living Case Management
includes evaluations and social services that assist persons in dealing
with life issues that get in the way of rehabilitation and employment
goals. Case managers help clients to access community resources and
develop self-advocacy, money management, and personal organization skills..
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
Case Management - Pre, Post, PES. Vocational Rehabilitation
services help participants assess job skills and find suitable employment.
Case managers assist a small segment of clients who are severely disabled.
To maintain employment, these clients require ongoing follow-up and
post-employment services. Other agencies provide long-term follow-up
and employment services.
Vocational Assessment (Assessment/Job
Skills): Agencies contracted by DVR identify clients' interests,
readiness for employment, work skills, and job opportunities in the
community.
Medical and Psychological Services:
Agencies contracted by DVR provide medical or psychological
evaluations needed to identify work potential and/or enhance job accessibility.
Medical and Psychological Services include the purchase of adaptive
devices, prostheses, eye glasses, and job site re-engineering..
Training, Education, and Supplies:
DVR funds the direct costs of post-secondary Training. DVR also
assists clients with Education and Supplies including tuition, school
books and equipment, interpreter or reader services, and lab fees.
Personal Support Services:
DVR funds services associated with the completion of a rehabilitation
plan and with finding employment. Personal Support Services include
payments for transportation, day care, independent living services,
and vehicle modifications necessary to accommodate a disability.
Placement Support Services (Work Support):
DVR funds services associated with job placement. Placement
Support Services includes the purchase of work clothing, books, tools
or equipment necessary for job placement; assistance with resumes, job
applications, business licenses and fees; and job placement fees.
Service definition changes from the Needs Assessment Data Base (NADB) produced for Fiscal Year 94:
- Independent Living Case Management is reported for the first time in Client Service Database (CSDB) for Fiscal Year 00.
- Regular Case Management and Supported Employment Case Management were reported separately in NADB for Fiscal Year 94. They have been combined in CSDB for Fiscal Year 00 and are now reported as Vocational Rehabilitation Case Management.
