New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 100 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION - CLIENT SERVICES
Part 2 - DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES
Section 6.100.2.14 - COOPERATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES

A. DVR will enter into appropriate cooperative arrangements with, and utilize the services and facilities of, federal, state, and other governmental agencies administering programs related to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals to ensure that clients with disabilities receive appropriate services.

B. When the state's share of the cost of a cooperative program for providing vocational rehabilitation services or for engaging in administrative activities of DVR is furnished in whole or in part by a state or local public agency other than DVR, each such cooperative program will be based on a written agreement which meets the requirements of applicable federal regulations.

C. DVR shall provide training to staff of other appropriate governmental agencies as to the availability and benefits of, and eligibility standards for, vocational rehabilitation services, in order to enhance the opportunity of individuals to obtain vocational rehabilitation services.

D. In providing for interagency cooperation, DVR will, as appropriate: establish interagency working groups; enter into formal interagency cooperative agreements that identify policies, practices, and procedures that can be coordinated among the agencies (particularly definitions, standards for eligibility, the joint sharing and use of evaluations and assessments, and procedures for making referrals); identify available resources and define the financial responsibility of each agency for paying for necessary services (consistent with state law) and procedures for resolving disputes between agencies; and include all additional components necessary to ensure meaningful cooperation and coordination.