[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR361.24]



[Page 267-268]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND 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



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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]