[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: 34CFR363.11]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 363--THE STATE SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--How Does a State Apply for a Grant?
 
Sec.  363.11  What information and assurances must be included in the State plan supplement?

    Each State plan supplement must include the following:
    (a) Designated State agency. Designate the State unit or units for 
vocational rehabilitation services identified in the State plan 
submitted under 34 CFR part 361 as the State agency or agencies to 
administer this program.
    (b) Results of needs assessment. Summarize the results of the needs 
assessment of individuals with severe disabilities conducted under title 
I of the Act with respect to the rehabilitation and career needs of 
individuals with severe disabilities and the need for supported 
employment services. The results of the needs assessment must address 
the coordination and use of information within the State relating to 
section 618(b)(1)(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    (c) Quality, scope, and extent of services. Describe the quality, 
scope, and extent of supported employment services to be provided to 
individuals with the most severe disabilities under this program. The 
description must address the timing of the transition to extended 
services referred to in Sec.  363.50(b)(2).
    (d) Distribution of funds. Describe the State's goals and plans with 
respect to the distribution of funds received under Sec.  363.20.
    (e) Collaboration. Demonstrate evidence of the efforts of the 
designated State unit to identify and make arrangements, including 
entering into cooperative agreements, with--
    (1) Other State agencies and other appropriate entities to assist in 
the provision of supported employment services; and
    (2) Other public or non-profit agencies or organizations within the 
State, employers, natural supports, and other entities with respect to 
the provision of extended services.
    (f) Minority outreach. Describe the designated State unit's outreach 
procedures for identifying and serving individuals with the most severe 
disabilities who are minorities.
    (g) Assurances. Provide assurances that--

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    (1) Funds made available under this part will only be used to 
provide supported employment services authorized under the Act to 
individuals who are eligible under this part to receive the services;
    (2) The comprehensive assessments of individuals with severe 
disabilities conducted under section 102(b)(1)(A) and funded under title 
I of the Act will include consideration of supported employment as an 
appropriate rehabilitation objective;
    (3) An individualized written rehabilitation program, as required by 
section 102 of the Act, will be developed and updated, using funds under 
title I, that--
    (i) Specifies the supported employment services to be provided to 
each individual served under this program, including a description of 
the expected extended services needed, which may include natural 
supports, and an identification of the State, Federal, or private 
programs or other resources that will provide the extended services, 
including a description of the basis for determining that extended 
services are available, or to the extent that it is not possible to 
identify the source of extended services at the time the individualized 
written rehabilitation program is developed, a statement describing the 
basis for concluding that there is a reasonable expectation that sources 
will become available;
    (ii) Provides for periodic monitoring to ensure that each individual 
with severe disabilities is making satisfactory progress toward meeting 
the weekly work requirement established in the individualized written 
rehabilitation program by the time of transition to extended services;
    (4) The State will use funds provided under this part only to 
supplement, and not supplant, the funds provided under title I of the 
Act, in providing supported employment services specified in the 
individualized written rehabilitation program;
    (5) Services provided under an individualized written rehabilitation 
program will be coordinated with services provided under other 
individualized plans established under other Federal or State programs;
    (6) To the extent job skills training is provided, the training will 
be provided on-site;
    (7) Supported employment services will include placement in an 
integrated setting for the maximum number of hours possible based on the 
unique strengths, resources, interests, concerns, abilities, and 
capabilities of individuals with the most severe disabilities;
    (8) The designated State agency or agencies will expend no more than 
5 percent of the State's allotment under this part for administrative 
costs of carrying out this program; and
    (9) The public participation requirements of section 101(a)(23) are 
met.
    (h) Other information. Contain any other information and be 
submitted in the form and in accordance with the procedures that the 
Secretary may require.

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

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 795n)