Where your future begins
Where your future begins
Contact: Angela Fujan
Created: 01/14/2022
Date Emailed to Staff: 02/10/2022
Effective Date: 02/15/2022
Summary of Changes
Revised format, updated language, added links to other chapters.
Revised the form name, added demographic data to collect per federal requirements, and revised instructions for entering data from Nebraska VR ABI Interview Form in QE2.
Updated chapter references to the Nebraska VR ABI Interview Form and interview process. Added a link to the Brain Injury Advisory Council website in the chapter for staff to download an ABI resource brochure for applicants.
Deleted the outdated Nebraska VR Brain Injury Information, Referral and Resource Facilitation Services Brochure.
Forms - New or Revised
Revised: Nebraska VR ABI Interview Form
Deleted: Nebraska VR Brain Injury Information, Referral and Resource Facilitation Services Brochure
QE2 Update
Nebraska VR ABI Interview Form answers may be documented directly in QE2 or on the form for input in QE2 later. ABI Interview results are summarized on a separate screen, and a flag is placed on the Functional Capacities screen in QE2 to remind staff to review the Interview results and summary when determining functional capacities.
To Do
N/A
Team Communication
Begin using new Nebraska VR ABI Interview Form and entering data in QE2 on February 15, 2022. Destroy any old, printed ABI Screen forms after that date. Until February 15, continue sending completed ABI Screen forms to Keri Bennett at keri.bennett@nebraska.gov. After February 15, 2022 staff can discontinue sending completed forms to Keri Bennett as all data will be entered in QE2.
VRIS Posting
https://webforms.nebraska.gov/program_manual_chapters/896
Monitoring Requirements
If the application pre-screening question is answered with “yes” or “not sure”, an ABI Interview should be completed and the results entered in QE2.
Training Dates
Nebraska VR ABI Interview training dates are: Tuesday, February 15 at 2:00 pm, and Friday, February 18 at 10:00 am Central time.