N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:95-8.2 - Vocational rehabilitation home instruction services

(a) Vocational rehabilitation home instruction services are designed to provide instruction and counseling in the techniques of daily living. The purpose of these services is to help clients, whenever possible, accommodate to their visual loss and to acquire the needed skills to function independently as a homemaker. The general rules for the Commission's rehabilitation and home instruction services program are set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:93-4.

(b) A homemaker is an individual who has the skills and abilities to maintain a home and actively functions in the capacity of maintaining a home. Homemaking activities relate to the maintenance of a suitable living environment for the individual and for the individual's family, if appropriate. Pursuant to 34 CFR Part 361.1(c), homemaking is deemed to be employment. Preparing an individual for this employment goal is one of the objectives of the Commission's vocational rehabilitation home instruction services program.

(c) In order to be accepted for services with a homemaker program, the client shall:

1. Meet the eligibility criteria set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-2;

2. Be given counseling and guidance to assure that vocational alternatives and options are explored with the client; and

3. Be able to and intend to fulfill the functions of a homemaker when rehabilitation services are completed.

(d) A client's vocational goal of homemaking shall be established by the client and vocational rehabilitation counselor when formulating the client's individualized plan for employment.

(e) The criteria for closing a rehabilitated case as a homemaker are set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:95-17.4.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-8.2

Amended by R.1999 d.375, effective 11/1/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 2152(a), 31 New Jersey Register 3328(a).
In (c)1 and (e), changed N.J.A.C. references; and in (d), substituted a reference to individualized plans for employment for references to individualized written rehabilitation programs.