[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR361.24]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 361--STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--State Plan and Other Requirements for Vocational 
                         Rehabilitation Services
 
Sec.  361.24  Cooperation and coordination with other entities.

    (a) Interagency cooperation. The State plan must describe the 
designated State agency's cooperation with and use of the services and 
facilities of Federal, State, and local agencies and programs, including 
programs carried out by the Under Secretary for Rural Development of the 
Department of Agriculture and State use contracting programs, to the 
extent that those agencies and programs are not carrying out activities 
through the statewide workforce investment system.
    (b) Coordination with the Statewide Independent Living Council and 
independent living centers. The State plan must assure that the 
designated State unit, the Statewide Independent Living Council 
established under 34 CFR part 364, and the independent living centers 
established under 34 CFR part 366 have developed working relationships 
and coordinate their activities.
    (c) Cooperative agreement with recipients of grants for services to 
American Indians.
    (1) General. In applicable cases, the State plan must assure that 
the designated State agency has entered into a formal cooperative 
agreement with each grant recipient in the State that receives funds 
under part C of the Act (American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation 
Services).
    (2) Contents of formal cooperative agreement. The agreement required 
under paragraph (a)(1) of this section must describe strategies for 
collaboration and coordination in providing vocational rehabilitation 
services to American Indians who are individuals with disabilities, 
including--
    (i) Strategies for interagency referral and information sharing that 
will assist in eligibility determinations and the development of 
individualized plans for employment;
    (ii) Procedures for ensuring that American Indians who are 
individuals with disabilities and are living near a reservation or 
tribal service area are provided vocational rehabilitation services; and
    (iii) Provisions for sharing resources in cooperative studies and 
assessments, joint training activities, and other collaborative 
activities designed to improve the provision of services to American 
Indians who are individuals with disabilities.
    (d) Reciprocal referral services between two designated State units 
in the same State. If there is a separate designated State unit for 
individuals who are blind, the two designated State units must establish 
reciprocal referral services, use each other's services and facilities 
to the extent feasible, jointly plan activities to improve services in 
the State for individuals with multiple impairments, including visual 
impairments, and otherwise cooperate to provide more effective services, 
including, if appropriate, entering into a written cooperative 
agreement.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1820-0500)

(Authority: Sections 12(c) and 101(a)(11)(C), (E), and (F) of the Act; 
29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 721(a)(11) (C), (E), and (F))

[66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]

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