Where your future begins
Where your future begins
Contact: Carla Lasley
Created: 02/19/2025
Date Emailed to Staff: 02/24/2025
Effective Date: 02/19/2025
Summary of Changes
The chapter was updated to include written clarification, process and answers to questions that have arisen, as follows:
Tips on coaching potential providers in the background check completion process
Statement that background checks are the property of Nebraska VR and cannot be released.
Added the process for Independent and individual providers to sign an Attestation related to charges and convictions of offences -- for use in the case of a service agreement renewal or lapse of more than one year.
Forms - New or Revised
Revised Service Agreement form to add Attestation, and made revisions to the form to make it 508 compliant (extended to 3 pages to increase font size.)
QE2 Update
No changes to QE2
To Do
This policy is used by Office Directors and VR Director, and has been reviewed in Program Team and DIG. Office Directors may share updates with staff, but they are not likely to need the information on a regular basis.
Team Communication
See above in To-Do.
VRIS Posting
https://webforms.nebraska.gov/program_manual_chapters/1210
Monitoring Requirements
None.
Training Dates
Review of policy completed; no training is planned.