RSB will assist and treat the consumer as an active and full partner in the vocational rehabilitation process, from application to the final goal of employment. RSB informs each applicant and eligible individual (including transition students), through appropriate modes of communication, about the availability of, and opportunities to exercise, informed choice, including availability of support services for individuals with cognitive or other disabilities who require assistance in exercising informed choice, throughout the vocational rehabilitation process. RSB will distribute a document entitled Informed Choice to every consumer at time of application, during Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) development and at any other time questions surrounding choice arise. FULL POLICY REGARDING INFORMED CONSUMER CHOICE and CONSUMER HANDOUT RE: CHOICE
(A) Selection of Personal and Vocational Adjustment to Blindness (PVA) Facility: Prior to authorization of PVA services at a contracted facility, eligible individuals will be provided with a copy of PVA At a Glance (PVA Facilities) (PVA LP Facilities) and allowed to gather additional information on available facilities. When they have decided what facility they wish to attend, they must fill out and sign the PVA Facility Selection Form which should be filed in the case record.
Note: Effective June 15th, 2006, the Facility Selection Form is to be maintained in the local record only. No copies are to be sent to State Office, per Memorandum dtd. 6-02-06, Subject: Facilities at a Glance Document and Facility Selection Form
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