Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of
Sub-Agency 0023 - Vocational Rehabilitation - General
Chapter 1 - GENERAL
Section 1-5 - Definitions

(A) who is not an employee of a public agency (other than an administrative law judge, hearing examiner, or employee of an institution of higher education);

(B) who is not a member of the State Rehabilitation Council;

(C) who has not been involved in previous decisions regarding the vocational rehabilitation of the applicant or client;

(D) who has knowledge of the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services, the State Plan under Section 101, and the federal and state rules governing the provision of such services and training with respect to the performance of official duties;

(E) who has no personal or financial interest that would be in conflict with the objectivity of the individual; and

(F) an individual shall not be considered to be an employee of a public agency solely because the individual is paid by the agency to serve as a hearing officer.

(A) information and referral services;

(B) independent living skills training;

(C) peer counseling (including cross-disability peer counseling); and

(D) individual and systems advocacy.

(A) who has a physical or mental impairment;

(B) whose impairment constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment; and

(C) who can benefit in terms of an employment outcome from the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.

(A) who has a significant physical or mental impairment which seriously limits one or more functional capacities (such as mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, interpersonal skills, work tolerance, or work skills) in terms of an employment outcome;

(B) whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time; and

(C) who has one or more physical or mental disabilities resulting from amputation, arthritis, autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease, hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculo-skeletal disorder, neurological disorders (including stroke and epilepsy), paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions, sickle-cell anemia, specific learning disabilities, end-stage renal disease, or another disability or combination of disabilities determined on the basis of an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs to cause comparable substantial functional limitation.

(D) Additional and Substantial Functional Limitations Include:

(A) The individual must have an impairment or impairments which, singly or in combination, are significant;

(B) The individual must be seriously limited from achieving an employment outcome due to significant functional loss in two or more of the functional capacities;

(C) The individual must need at least two core vocational rehabilitation services* to address the functional losses imposed by the significant impairment(s) in order to attain an employment outcome; and

(D) Whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require at least 18 months to complete.

*Core vocational rehabilitation services includes all vocational rehabilitation services other than supportive services (maintenance, transportation, services to family members, and personal assistance services); services secondary to core vocational rehabilitation services, such as training materials and supplies when training is being provided as a core vocational rehabilitation service; or, generalized counseling, guidance, and placement which are provided during the vocational rehabilitation process in connection with the provision of vocational rehabilitation services but are not identified as a needed vocational rehabilitation services on the IPE.

All clients that have an active Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) will be served until that IPE is completed.

(A) With respect to the provision of services, means a setting typically found in the community in which applicants or eligible individuals interact with non-disabled individuals other than non-disabled individuals who are providing services to those eligible individuals;

(B) With respect to an employment outcome, means a setting typically found in the community in which the individual interacts with non-disabled individuals other than non-disabled individuals who are providing services to those eligible individuals, to the same extent that non-disabled individuals in comparable positions interact with other persons.

(A) intensive on-the-job skills training and other training provided by skilled job trainers, co-workers, and other qualified individuals;

(B) provision of follow-up services, including regular contact with employers, trainees with the most severe disabilities, parents, guardians or other representatives of trainees, and other suitable professional and informed advisors in order to reinforce and stabilize the job placement;

(C) regular observations or support of individuals with the most severe disabilities at the work site;

(D) contact with co-workers to develop on-the-job natural supports; or

(E) other on-going support services as defined which are necessary to achieve job stabilization.

(F) These services are based on an assessment by the DVR counselor of the individual's needs.

(A) meeting with the client, parent, and significant others to discuss issues such as job preferences, job aptitudes, past work experiences, and to develop a plan for job development;

(B) contact with employers regarding job possibilities for a specific client, completion of job site surveys, or job analysis regarding the appropriateness of employment sites;

(C) accompanying a client on an employer visit for the purpose of job exploration or a job interview;

(D) staffing regarding an individual client in the job development process;

(E) providing services such as job clubs, job shadowing, or career counseling which support the development of an appropriate vocational goal; and

(F) other on-going support services as defined which are necessary to achieve job placement.

(G) These services are based upon an assessment by the DVR counselor of the individual's needs.

(A) needed to support and maintain individuals with the most significant disabilities in supported employment;

(B) provided at least twice monthly:

(C) consisting of:

(A) determined to be eligible;

(B) provided an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs and counseling and guidance as essential vocational rehabilitation services;

(C) provided appropriate and substantial vocational rehabilitation in accordance with the individualized plan for employment (IPE); and

(D) determined to have achieved and maintained suitable employment for at least 90 days.

(A) for whom competitive employment has not traditionally occurred; or

(B) who, because of the nature and severity of their disability, need intensive supported employment services.

(A) For a period of time not to exceed 18 months unless under special circumstances the eligible individual and the VR counselor agree to extend the time to achieve an employment outcome and; if wages are paid to the client the wages must be paid through another party so DVR isn't the employer. Paid work experiences should be short term at a low wage.

(B) Following transition, as post employment services that are unavailable from an extended services provider and are necessary to maintain or regain the job placement or advancement in employment.