Attachment 4.12 (c)(3)

Goals and plans for distribution of Title VI, Part B funds

Funds received under Title VI, Part B of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, are used to purchase supported employment services on a fee basis from a statewide network of approximately 60 approved vendors of supported employment.

The supported employment services include job training, situational assessments and/or supplemental assessments for eligible VR customers with the most severe disabilities, and who cannot benefit from traditional VR services. Supplemental assessments are provided when they are necessary for individuals who have already been determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services. Title VI, Part B funds are also utilized to provide support services for customers who are participating in the time-limited phase of supported employment.

The average cost of providing time-limited services for eligible VR customers is approximately $3,500 per case. During the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, the VR program anticipates it will provide supported employment services to approximately 25 customers who will be located throughout the Commonwealth. These supported employment services will be purchased from among approximately 60 vendors, and most of those customers will be served by the individual placement model. The enclave, entrepreneurial, and mobile crew models are available as options for some customers, but they will not be utilized as often as the individual placement model.

Federal supported employment funds not utilized by the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired will be identified and transferred to the Department of Rehabilitative Services, if they can utilize additional funds.