New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 45 - DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Subchapter 1 - PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS
Section 12:45-1.11 - Contents of the individualized plan for employment (IPE)
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 12:45-1.11
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The individualized plan for employment (IPE) must contain the individual's name and social security number, along with a statement that he or she has been found eligible for vocational rehabilitation services or that the IPE is an amendment to an earlier plan. Each IPE shall include statements concerning:
1. A
description of the employment outcome of the eligible individual, consistent with
the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities and
informed choice of the individual;
2.
The specific vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, and the projected
dates for the initiation of each service and the projected time frame for the
achievement of the individual's employment outcome;
3. If appropriate, the specific rehabilitation
technology services needed to achieve the employment outcome;
4. If appropriate, the specific on-the-job and
related personal assistance services to be provided to the client, and, if
appropriate and desired by the individual, the training in managing, supervising,
and directing personal assistance services needed to achieve the employment
outcome;
5. An assessment of the
expected need for post-employment services and, if appropriate, an assessment of the
need for extended services;
6. At the
time of successful closure, the IPE must reassess the need for post-employment
services and, if appropriate, the need for extended services, including a statement
detailing how such services shall be provided or arranged through cooperative
agreements with other service providers;
7. The objective criteria to evaluate progress
toward achievement of the employment outcome;
8. The terms and conditions under which the goods
and services described in the IPE will be provided to the individual in the most
integrated setting, consistent with the informed choice of the individual, and the
identity of the entity or entities that will provide the vocational rehabilitation
services and the process used to provide or procure such services;
9. The consideration given to the availability of
comparable benefits (similar benefits) to the client or to members of the client's
family under any program to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of any vocational
rehabilitation services;
10. The
responsibilities of the individual in implementing the individualized plan for
employment and the extent of client participation in the cost of services, if
any;
11. An assurance that the
individual has been informed of that individual's rights and the means by which the
individual may express and seek remedy for any dissatisfaction, including the
opportunity for a review and fair hearing and the right to pursue mediation of
rehabilitation counselor or coordinator determinations;
12. An assurance that the individual has been
provided a description of the availability of a client assistance program
established under section 112 of the Act;
13. The basis on which the individual has been
determined to be rehabilitated;
14. If
necessary, an amendment specifying the reasons that an individual for whom a program
has been prepared is no longer eligible for vocational rehabilitation and the rights
and remedies available to such an individual; and
15. The coordination of services for students with
disabilities who are receiving special education services with the individualized
education program (IEP).
(b) Each individualized plan for employment shall also contain, for individuals with the most significant disabilities for whom an employment outcome of supported employment has been determined to be appropriate:
1. A
description of the time-limited services to be provided by the State; and
2. A description of the extended services needed
and an identification of the source of extended services, which may include natural
supports, or to the extent that it is not possible to identify the source of
extended services at the time the individualized plan for employment is developed, a
statement describing the basis for concluding that there is a reasonable expectation
that such sources will become available.
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