Section 2-4 - Eligibility for Independent Living Services (a) An evaluation shall be conducted of each person with a significant disability who applies for independent living services. This evaluation is limited to that information necessary to determine eligibility and to determine what independent living services are needed. The evaluation shall use relevant case record materials available from other agencies. A special diagnostic study is conducted only if already available information is not complete, relevant, or current.
(b) The evaluation must be sufficient in scope to determine which services will best meet the current and future needs of the individual for functioning more independently in family or community, or engaging or continuing in employment.
(c) To determine an individual eligible for independent living services: - (i) the individual must have a significant physical or mental disability;
- (ii) the disability must present limitations to the individual's ability to function independently or to engage or continue in employment; and
- (iii) there must be reasonable expectations that independent living rehabilitation services will significantly assist the individual to improve his or her ability to function independently in family or community or to engage or continue in employment. For the purpose of determining an individual's eligibility for independent living services, improvement in ability to function independently in family or community refers to a demonstration in functional and behavioral terms of an individual's greater independence or maintenance of independence in such areas as self-care, activities of daily living, driving using public transportation, shopping, housekeeping, communicating, or living more independently.