Where your future begins
Where your future begins
Status: Archived
Approved Date: September 24, 2019
1. It is the responsibility of the I/DD Service Provider agency to make VR aware of individuals who need an initial Career Counseling and Information & Referral (CCIR) appointment.
2. The I/DD Service Provider agency completes and submits a VR referral for each person who needs CCIR appointment to maintain compliance with DOL Wage and Hour Division.
3. VR creates a QE2 case for each individual in Information & Referral.
4. CCIR appointment is scheduled and age-appropriate Documentation Checklist form is used.
5. Individual is provided an Information and Referral (I & R) to Other Programs handout, edited specifically for their unique situation.
6. VR staff enters general task note in QE2 documenting CCIR has been completed. VR staff sends a copy of completed Documentation Checklist for Adults or Documentation Checklist for Youth (under age 24) (depending on age) to all parties listed at bottom of form.
7. The individual's QE2 case is left open in I & R until a decision is made to make application to Nebraska VR and work towards competitive integrated employment (SE or CE Milestones if required); OR, if he or she is no longer interested in work of any kind, particularly special or sub-minimum wage, CCIR will no longer be required and the referral can be closed out.
8. I/DD Service Provider agency will track their own employees and dates and notify VR when subsequent CCIR meetings are due for each person.
The designated State unit must provide career counseling and information and referral services, as described in §397.20(a) (3), to individuals with disabilities, regardless of age, or the individual's representative as appropriate, who are known by the designated State unit to be employed by an entity, as defined in §397.5(d), at a subminimum wage level.
*See Attachment for printable guide