Common use of Order of Selection Clause in Contracts

Order of Selection. ‌ In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA, when VR services cannot be provided to all eligible individuals with disabilities who apply for such services with DOR, the DOR is required to declare and implement an Order of Selection policy. The Order of Selection policy for the provision of VR services shall be determined on the basis of serving first those individuals with the most severe disabilities in accordance with criteria established by the DOR (The Rehabilitation Act, Section 101(a)(5)). Accordingly, the CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7050–7057 specifies Order of Selection provisions. If the number of individuals eligible to receive VR services must be limited, the Director of DOR shall declare the Department under Order of Selection of Vocational Rehabilitation Services when the budget information available indicates that the projected resources available for VR services are not adequate to meet all the projected costs (CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7052). The DOR will determine which priority categories can be served by comparing the projected costs of serving all individuals assigned to a priority category and the projected resources available to meet these costs (CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7053). Priority category is defined as the order in which individuals will be served. The category shall be established first on the individual’s level of significance of disability, and second, their date of application (CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7051(a)(7)). Level of significance of disability means one of the following: disabled, significantly disabled, or most significantly as determined by the criteria set forth in CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7051(a)(5). Assessing the level of significance of disability shall be done per the criteria set forth in CCR, Title 9, Article 2, 7054. Individuals assigned to priority category or categories being served shall continue to receive VR services. Individuals who are not included in the priority category or categories being served shall be placed on a statewide waiting list. During Order of Selection, coordination of transition between agency staffs will continue on an individual basis for each consumer whose IPE was signed prior to the Order of Selection implementation date. For individuals in priority category or categories not being served or without a signed IPE, the role of the DOR counselor will change.