[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: 34CFR361.48]

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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.  361.48  Scope of vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities.

    As appropriate to the vocational rehabilitation needs of each 
individual and consistent with each individual's informed choice, the 
designated State unit must ensure that the following vocational 
rehabilitation services are available to assist the individual with a 
disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an 
employment outcome that is consistent with the individual's strengths, 
resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and 
informed choice:
    (a) Assessment for determining eligibility and priority for services 
by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an assessment by 
personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with Sec.  
361.42.
    (b) Assessment for determining vocational rehabilitation needs by 
qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an assessment by 
personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with Sec.  
361.45.
    (c) Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including 
information and support services to assist an individual in exercising 
informed choice in accordance with Sec.  361.52.
    (d) Referral and other services necessary to assist applicants and 
eligible individuals to secure needed services from other agencies, 
including other components of the statewide workforce investment system, 
in accordance with Sec. Sec.  361.23, 361.24, and 361.37, and to advise 
those individuals about client assistance programs established under 34 
CFR part 370.
    (e) In accordance with the definition in Sec.  361.5(b)(40), 
physical and mental restoration services, to the extent that financial 
support is not readily available from a source other than the designated 
State unit (such as through health insurance or a comparable service or 
benefit as defined in Sec.  361.5(b)(10)).
    (f) Vocational and other training services, including personal and 
vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other training 
materials, except that no training or training services in an 
institution of higher education (universities, colleges, community or 
junior colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital 
schools of nursing) may be paid for with funds under this part unless 
maximum efforts have been made by the State unit and the individual to 
secure grant assistance in whole or in part from other sources to pay 
for that training.
    (g) Maintenance, in accordance with the definition of that term in 
Sec.  361.5(b)(35).
    (h) Transportation in connection with the rendering of any 
vocational rehabilitation service and in accordance with the definition 
of that term in Sec.  361.5(b)(57).
    (i) Vocational rehabilitation services to family members, as defined 
in Sec.  361.5(b)(23), of an applicant or eligible individual if 
necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to achieve an 
employment outcome.
    (j) Interpreter services, including sign language and oral 
interpreter services, for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing 
and tactile interpreting services for individuals who are deaf-blind 
provided by qualified personnel.
    (k) Reader services, rehabilitation teaching services, and 
orientation and

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mobility services for individuals who are blind.
    (l) Job-related services, including job search and placement 
assistance, job retention services, follow-up services, and follow-along 
services.
    (m) Supported employment services in accordance with the definition 
of that term in Sec.  361.5(b)(54).
    (n) Personal assistance services in accordance with the definition 
of that term in Sec.  361.5(b)(39).
    (o) Post-employment services in accordance with the definition of 
that term in Sec.  361.5(b)(42).
    (p) Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and 
supplies.
    (q) Rehabilitation technology in accordance with the definition of 
that term in Sec.  361.5(b)(45), including vehicular modification, 
telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and devices.
    (r) Transition services in accordance with the definition of that 
term in Sec.  361.5(b)(55).
    (s) Technical assistance and other consultation services to conduct 
market analyses, develop business plans, and otherwise provide 
resources, to the extent those resources are authorized to be provided 
through the statewide workforce investment system, to eligible 
individuals who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or 
establishing a small business operation as an employment outcome.
    (t) Other goods and services determined necessary for the individual 
with a disability to achieve an employment outcome.

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

(Authority: Section 103(a) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 723(a))

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