New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 95 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 17 - CRITERIA FOR CASE CLOSURE
Section 10:95-17.5 - Case closed as not rehabilitated after initiation of planned services

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:95-17.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The Commission may close a client's case as not rehabilitated, after the initiation of services developed through an individualized plan for employment, when the client is unable to achieve his or her vocational goal after having received at least one planned vocational rehabilitation service;

(b) The Commission shall close a case as not rehabilitated after the initiation of planned services when one of the following circumstances occurs:

1. The client cannot achieve suitable employment;

2. The client does not follow through with the program of services.

After documenting that the client understands the purpose and availability of vocational rehabilitation services, the vocational rehabilitation counselor shall record and document the reasons for the client's decision not to proceed with planned services;

3. There are intervening reasons for closing the case which may include:
i. The client moves, dies or is institutionalized;

ii. The client cannot be located;

iii. The case is transferred to another state's vocational rehabilitation agency; or

iv. Another agency's services are more appropriate to the client's needs;

4. New information or other factors determine that suitable employment for the client is not possible. Examples include:
i. The client's disability becomes too severe;

ii. The client's medical condition deteriorates;

iii. The medical prognosis becomes unfavorable;

iv. Additional disabilities or problems are identified with the provision of services; or

v. Evaluation and training reports and records indicate that the client cannot be expected to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services; or

5. The client obtained employment without benefiting from the Commission's vocational rehabilitation services.

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