Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
IL Program Services may provide for such goods and services
as are necessary to establish eligibility and to determine and achieve IL
goals. A maximum lifetime expenditure of $5,000 in planned services shall be
allowed for each eligible individual served by the program. Goods and services
shall be purchased in accordance with the assurance of the health and safety of
the eligible individual. Costs associated with determining eligibility and the
planning of services developed in the ILP are not considered part of the
$5,000. Any services exceeding this amount needed for the successful attainment
of goals documented in the ILP will require the approval of the DVR IL Program
Specialist.
The ILS Program services shall purchase IL goods and services
only from vendors who meet State Licensure or Certification requirements, where
applicable. All modification and other accommodations shall be implemented
according to applicable code enforcement laws and the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.
The consumer may choose to waive design standards to conform
with individual needs. A waiver request, in writing, or in alternative format,
signed by the consumer, or duly authorized representative, shall document the
reason(s) for the waiver. No waiver may be authorized that would jeopardize
health or safety.
1. Costs associated
with evaluation and related services necessary to determine eligibility and to
develop an appropriate IL Plan shall be excluded from the maximum lifetime
expenditure cap. All services and goals identified in an ILP by the ILS Program
require adequate, supportive documentation. Documentation for any barrier
removal projects shall be by qualified personnel.
2. The following core services shall be
within the scope of the program:
A.
Information and Referral services;
B. Individual Independent Living Skills
Training;
C. Peer Counseling
(including cross-disability peer counseling); and
D. Individual and Systems Advocacy.
3. In addition, the ILS Program
may provide or contract for the following services:
A. Counseling services, including,
psychological, psychotherapeutic, and related services;
B. Temporary housing and supports, incidental
to the provision of any Independent Living Program services;
C. Home modifications, including those
adaptive devices and structural changes necessary for the individual with a
disability to function independently in order to achieve ILS Program
goals;
D. Rehabilitation technology
including, but not limited to, the purchase of adaptive devices and technology.
This would include vehicles and vehicle modifications;
E. Mobility training, as applicable, to
people with a wide range of disabilities;
F. Services and training for individuals with
cognitive and sensory and psychiatric disabilities, including life skills
training and adult basic education, community orientation (including
recreation, social and community activities), and training in the use of
interpreter and reader services incidental to other IL services;
G. Short-term attendant care services
incidental to the provision of other independent living services and not as
requisite to the maintenance of the individual's everyday attendant care
needs;
H. Surveys, directories, and
other activities to identify appropriate housing, recreation opportunities,
accessible facilities and transportation, and other support services;
I. Consumer information programs on
rehabilitation and IL services available in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
Amended, especially for minorities and other individuals with disabilities who
have traditionally been unserved or underserved by programs under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended;
J. Education and training necessary for
living and participating in community activities;
K. Transportation, incidental to the
provision of any Independent Living Program services; including referral and
assistance for transportation. This does not include the purchase of vehicles
or vehicle modifications unless eligible in section 7.3.4;
L. Physical and psychosocial
rehabilitation;
M. Therapeutic
treatment under the direction of a qualified practitioner;
N. Provision of needed prostheses and other
appliances and devices;
O.
Individual and group social and recreational services;
P. Any other services that may be necessary
and are consistent with the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
Amended.
4. The ILS
Program retains the right to reclaim equipment purchased by the agency in
instances when:
A. the equipment is no longer
being used for the purpose for which it was purchased;
B. the ILP is not completed;
C. the case was closed not
successful;
D. the consumer or duly
authorized representative was given prior notification that reclaim was part of
ILP development.
