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IPE Amendment

Contact: Angela Fujan
Created: 02/07/2022
Date Emailed to Staff: 04/08/2022
Effective Date: 03/01/0022

Summary of Changes

Updated terminology: Employment Outcome includes - Projected or Employment Outcome, Supported or Unsupported, Self-Employment and specific job goal/SOC code

Added federal regulations: 

361.45(b)(2) General Requirements. The individualized plan for employment must be designed to achieve a specific employment outcome, that is selected by the individual consistent with the individual's unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice. 

361.45(3)(d)(6) The individual plan for employment is amended, as necessary, by the individual or, as appropriate, the individual's representative, in collaboration with a representative of the State unitor a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor(or to the extent determined to be appropriate by the individual), if there are substantive changes in the employment outcome, the vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, or the providers of the vocational rehabilitation services. 

361.45(3)(d)(7) Amendments to the individualized plan for employment do not take effect until agreed to and signed by the eligible individual or, as appropriate, the individual's representative and by a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor employed by the designated State unit.

The IPE must be amended when:

• the employment outcome changes; (including job goal pursuing, job obtained for employment follow up) or
• a category is added or
• a service is terminated; or
• “who will provide” (Community or Team) changes

In addition an IPE with a projected post school employment outcome with a student with a disability should be amended when:

• a change in the projected post school employment outcome (exploring another broad SOC category) 
• a specific employment goal is developed
• the student with a disability is no longer eligible to receive pre-employment transition services
• the youth with a disability prior to the youth’s 25th birthday

Forms - New or Revised

IPE Amendment of Job Goal at Outcome/Termination of Service will now just be "IPE Amendment-Termination of Service" as an amendment of job goal at outcome utilizes  the IPE form

All other amendments will utilize the new IPE form. Discontinue use of old forms.

QE2 Update

Amendment process has been modified in QE2 to include all reasons listed in the policy except for termination of service.

To Do

Discuss in Team meeting

Team Communication

Review chapter and process in QE2

VRIS Posting

https://webforms.nebraska.gov/program_manual_chapters/901

Monitoring Requirements

Case reviews 

Training Dates

Training was provided February 23 and 24, 2022 and March 1, 2 , 2022