N.J. Admin. Code § 12:45-1.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 12:45-1.11 - Contents of the individualized plan for employment (IPE)

(a) The individualized plan for employment (IPE) must contain the individual's name and social security number, along with a statement that he or she has been found eligible for vocational rehabilitation services or that the IPE is an amendment to an earlier plan. Each IPE shall include statements concerning:

1. A description of the employment outcome of the eligible individual, consistent with the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities and informed choice of the individual;

2. The specific vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, and the projected dates for the initiation of each service and the projected time frame for the achievement of the individual's employment outcome;

3. If appropriate, the specific rehabilitation technology services needed to achieve the employment outcome;

4. If appropriate, the specific on-the-job and related personal assistance services to be provided to the client, and, if appropriate and desired by the individual, the training in managing, supervising, and directing personal assistance services needed to achieve the employment outcome;

5. An assessment of the expected need for post-employment services and, if appropriate, an assessment of the need for extended services;

6. At the time of successful closure, the IPE must reassess the need for post-employment services and, if appropriate, the need for extended services, including a statement detailing how such services shall be provided or arranged through cooperative agreements with other service providers;

7. The objective criteria to evaluate progress toward achievement of the employment outcome;

8. The terms and conditions under which the goods and services described in the IPE will be provided to the individual in the most integrated setting, consistent with the informed choice of the individual, and the identity of the entity or entities that will provide the vocational rehabilitation services and the process used to provide or procure such services;

9. The consideration given to the availability of comparable benefits (similar benefits) to the client or to members of the client's family under any program to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of any vocational rehabilitation services;

10. The responsibilities of the individual in implementing the individualized plan for employment and the extent of client participation in the cost of services, if any;

11. An assurance that the individual has been informed of that individual's rights and the means by which the individual may express and seek remedy for any dissatisfaction, including the opportunity for a review and fair hearing and the right to pursue mediation of rehabilitation counselor or coordinator determinations;

12. An assurance that the individual has been provided a description of the availability of a client assistance program established under section 112 of the Act;

13. The basis on which the individual has been determined to be rehabilitated;

14. If necessary, an amendment specifying the reasons that an individual for whom a program has been prepared is no longer eligible for vocational rehabilitation and the rights and remedies available to such an individual; and

15. The coordination of services for students with disabilities who are receiving special education services with the individualized education program (IEP).

(b) Each individualized plan for employment shall also contain, for individuals with the most significant disabilities for whom an employment outcome of supported employment has been determined to be appropriate:

1. A description of the time-limited services to be provided by the State; and

2. A description of the extended services needed and an identification of the source of extended services, which may include natural supports, or to the extent that it is not possible to identify the source of extended services at the time the individualized plan for employment is developed, a statement describing the basis for concluding that there is a reasonable expectation that such sources will become available.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:45-1.11

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.12 and amended by R.1999 d.284, effective 8/16/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 1144(a), 31 New Jersey Register 2387(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.11, Individualized written rehabilitation program: procedures, recodified to N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.10.