D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-111

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 29-111 - CONTENT OF THE INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR EMPLOYMENT

111.1

Regardless of the approach in subsection 110.4(a) that an eligible person selects for purposes of developing the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE), each IPE shall include the requirements set forth in this section.

111.2

The Rehabilitation Services Administration shall ensure that each IPE:

(a) Includes a description of the specific employment outcome, as defined in section 199, that is chosen by the eligible person consistent with the person's unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, career interests, and informed choice and consistent with the general goal of competitive integrated employment (except that in the case of an eligible person who is a student or youth with a disability, the description may be a description of the person's projected post-school employment outcome);

(b) Includes a description of:

(1) The specific rehabilitation services needed to achieve the employment outcome, including, as appropriate, the provision of assistive technology devices, assistive technology services, and personal assistance services, including training in the management of those services; and

(2) In the case of a plan for an eligible person that is a student or youth with a disability, the specific transition services and supports needed to achieve the person's employment outcome or projected post-school employment outcome.

(c) Provides for services in the most integrated setting that is appropriate for the services involved and is consistent with the informed choice of the eligible person;

(d) Includes timelines for the achievement of the employment outcome and for the initiation of services;

(e) Includes a description of the entity or entities chosen by the eligible person or, as appropriate, the person's representative that will provide the vocational rehabilitation services and the methods used to procure those services;

(f) Includes a description of the criteria that shall be used to evaluate progress toward achievement of the employment outcome; and

(g) Includes the terms and conditions of the IPE, including, as appropriate, information describing:

(1) The responsibilities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration;

(2) The responsibilities of the eligible person, including:

(A) The responsibilities the person will assume in relation to achieving the employment outcome;

(B) If applicable, the extent of the person's participation in paying for the cost of services; and

(C) The responsibility of the person with regard to applying for and securing comparable services and benefits as described in section 114; and

(3) The responsibilities of other entities as the result of arrangements made pursuant to the comparable services or benefits requirements in section 114.

111.3

An IPE for a person with a most significant disability for whom an employment outcome in a supported employment setting has been determined to be appropriate shall:

(a) Specify the supported employment services to be provided by the Rehabilitation Services Administration;

(b) Specify the expected extended services needed, which may include natural supports;

(c) Identify the source of extended services or, to the extent that it is not possible to identify the source of extended services at the time the IPE is developed, include a description of the basis for concluding that there is a reasonable expectation that those sources will become available;

(d) Provide for periodic monitoring to ensure that the person is making satisfactory progress toward meeting the weekly work requirement established in the IPE by the time of transition to extended services;

(e) Provide for the coordination of services provided under an IPE with services provided under other individualized plans established under other federal or District of Columbia programs;

(f) To the extent that job skills training is provided, identify that the training shall be provided on site; and

(g) Include placement in an integrated setting for the maximum number of hours possible based on the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice of persons with the most significant disabilities.

111.4

The IPE for each person shall contain, as determined to be necessary, statements concerning:

(a) The expected need for post-employment services prior to closing the record of services of a person who has achieved an employment outcome;

(b) A description of the terms and conditions for the provision of any post-employment services; and

(c) If appropriate, a statement of how post-employment services will be provided or arranged through other entities as the result of arrangements made pursuant to the comparable services or benefits requirements in section 114.

111.5

The IPE for a student with a disability who is receiving special education services shall be coordinated with the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan services, as applicable, for that student in terms of the goals, objectives, and services identified in the IEP.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-111

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4611 (October 17, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 6189 (August 1, 2003); Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 12929 (12/10/2021)