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CHAPTER VII - A

Financial Measures

Tuition, Fees, and Other Allowances
DBVI establishes and maintains written policies governing the rates of payment for all purchased vocational rehabilitation services.  This chapter addresses tuition, fees, and other allowances that are established to provide uniformity to the provision of services in consideration of the customer’s participation in the cost of services.

DBVI establishes the fee schedule design to ensure a reasonable cost service that is not so low as to effectively deny an individual a necessary service and not absolute and permits exceptions so that individual needs can be addressed.  DBVI does not place absolute dollar limits on specific service categories or on the total services provided to an individual.  Additionally, DBVI does not establish absolute time limits on the provision of specific services or on the provision of services to an individual.  The duration of each service needed by an individual must be determined on an individual basis and reflected in that individual's IPE

All Training Programs

  1. Incidentals Allowance:
    1. Month $90 (9/06)
    2. Week $21 (9/06)
  2. Clothing allowance $250 (9/06)
  3. Reader allowance $7.25 hour (09/09)
  4. Transportation:
    1. Must use public transportation Community rate
    2. Paratransit transportation, where available Community rate
    3. Private cars (per mile), negotiate rate not to exceed the allowable State mileage rate
  5. Room and Board Community rate:
    1. Exceptions:
      1. VRCBVI rate
      2. College rate
  6. Housing Community rate:
    1. Exceptions:
      1. College rate
  7. Meals:
    1. Per week $140 (9/06)
    2. Per day $20 (9/06)
    3. Breakfast and/or lunch $5 per meal
    4. Dinner $10

    5. Exceptions:
      1. College rate
  8. Work Experience:
    1. Summer youth (wage) $4.75 an hour (4/08)
    2. Adults (wage) $4.75 an hour (4/08)
  9. On-site technology training (tutor network) $35 per hour - $45 per hour in Northern Virginia (see Chapter 09-Q for those localities).

College Program

  1. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (TAG)
  2. Undergraduate Maximum Annual Award for 2008/09 -- $3,200 (05/08)
  3. Graduate Maximum Annual Award for 2008/09 -- $1,900 (05/08)
  4. Reader service ($7.25 per hour):
    1. 400 hours an academic year $2,900 (09/09)
    2. 150 hours at summer session $1,087.50 (09/09)
  5. Books and supplies:
    1. Per semester $500 (9/06)
    2. Per summer school per three-hour course $120 (09/06)

Medicare

  1. Deductible to physician (Part B) $135 (4/08)
  2. Deductible to inpatient hospital (Part A changes annually $1,024 (4/08)

Vending Stand Program

  1. Tuition (weekly) $300
  2. Weekly Community Rate (9/06)
  3. Room Only (weekly) Community Rate (09/06)
  4. Meals (weekly) $140 (9/06)
  5. Transportation (weekly) Community Rate (9/06)
  6. Incidentals (weekly) $21

Virginia Industries for the Blind - Charlottesville and Richmond Plants:

  1. Monthly tuition is based on the entry-level wages for the position
  2. Tuition must not exceed three months (09/06)

Supply Stores
Tuition is paid for one month and is based on the entry-level wages for the position. (9/06)

Court Debt Collection
Monthly tuition is based on entry-level wages for the position (tuition is not paid when VR funds are being utilized to pay for a job coach 09/06).
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired (VRCBVI)

  1. Guest Housing:
    1. Per night $20 for a single room (4/08)
    2. Per night $30 for an independent living unit (10/09)
  1. Guest Meals:
    1. Breakfast $3 (10/09)
    2. Lunch and Dinner $4 (10/09)
  2. Independent Living Program:
    1. Students who have met the qualifications for this program may be given a 4 to 8 week independent living experience in which they manage all aspects of independent apartment living: cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, payment of mock utilities and rent, recreation, managing transportation, etc.
    2. Students are taken to the grocery store for an initial kitchen stocking trip. After initial kitchen stocking, students use public transportation to make weekly trips to the grocery store.
    3. Participants are provided with funds for these items and must maintain and submit records accounting for all expenditures:

    i. Groceries, housekeeping supplies, and transportation $70 per week (10/09)
    ii. Personal incidentals $21 per week (10/09)

Interpreter Fees

  1. Fees are paid according to the certification level of the interpreter;
  2. Separate rates have been established for courtroom interpreting (contact VDDHH); and
  3. Interpreter fees are located in the DRS Services Reference Manual, Volume II.

Translator Fees
Fees should be established on an individual basis starting with the established interpreter rates. Use the Community rate.