Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) NHVR shall
consider the financial need of eligible individuals who are planned to receive
services that require a financial needs assessment pursuant to (f) below. The
financial needs assessment shall be used for determining the extent of the
individual's participation in the costs of vocational rehabilitation
services.
(b) Although eligible
individuals shall require a financial needs assessment, the services listed in
(g) below shall not require a financial needs assessment.
(c) There shall be a shared responsibility
between the eligible individual and the NHVR counselor in determining financial
need as follows:
(1) The eligible individual
shall be responsible for providing their complete and accurate personal and
household financial information to the NHVR counselor, including, but not
limited to:
a. Most recent federal tax
return;
b. SSI/SSDI award
letter;
c. Public assistance
budget; and
d. Most recent pay
stubs; and
(2) Pursuant
to Ed 1003, the NHVR counselor shall obtain, document, maintain, and safeguard
the personal and household financial information required to review the
individual's financial need and to calculate the extent of their participation
in the cost of services.
(d) A financial needs assessment shall be
completed at least annually. A financial needs assessment shall also be
conducted if there is a significant change in the eligible individual's
financial situation and they are receiving a financial need-based
service.
(e) The financial needs
assessment shall:
(1) Be applied uniformly to
eligible individuals; and
(2)
Explain the method for determining the financial need of an eligible individual
as follows:
a. The method shall be a review of
the person's financial status; and
b. The method shall compare income and
resources to determine the amount of monthly resources that shall be utilized
for specific vocational rehabilitation services.
(f) The following services shall
not be provided until the participant has been determined to meet financial
need and available resources have been applied toward the cost:
(1) All training services at college and
vocational training programs, including, but not limited to, tuition, room and
board, required fees, and required textbooks and materials;
(2) Physical and mental
restoration;
(3) Vocational and
other training services;
(4)
Maintenance;
(5) Driver
training;
(6) Transportation,
except during evaluation, special transportation, when used for the provision
of pre-employment training services, and transportation to attend an
administrative review or impartial hearing;
(7) Vocational rehabilitation services to
family members of an applicant or eligible individual if necessary to enable
the applicant or eligible individual to achieve an employment
outcome;
(8) Supported employment
services;
(9) Post-employment
services;
(10) Occupational and
business licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies;
(11) Goods, inventory, equipment, and
supplies for self-employment;
(12)
Rehabilitation technology, including vehicle modification, telecommunications,
sensory, and other technological aids and devices;
(13) Modifications to homes, vehicles, and
worksites;
(14) Transition
services;
(15) Technical assistance
and other consultation services to conduct market analyses, develop business
plans and otherwise provide resources, to the extent those resources are
authorized to be provided through the statewide workforce investment system, to
eligible individuals who are pursuing self- employment; and
(16) All other goods and services not exempt
under (g) below.
(g) The
NHVR shall not require a financial needs assessment or require the financial
participation of the individual for any of the services listed in
34 CFR
361.54(c)(3)(i).
(h) The provisions of comparability pursuant
to Ed 1010 shall apply to the services listed in (f) above.
(i) Eligible individuals shall be exempt from
a financial needs assessment who:
(1) Receive
public benefits, including, but not limited to:
a. TANF; and
b. Aid to the permanently and totally
disabled (APTD); and
(2)
Receive SSI or SSDI pursuant to
Ed
1006.01(b)(2).
(j) Eligible individuals in accordance with
(i)(1) above shall be determined to meet NHVR's financial need and shall be
exempt from a financial needs assessment except that NHVR shall provide funding
for financial need-based services after all comparable benefits have first been
applied.
