[NFBMT] FW: Friends of Rehab: Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services announces opening Order of Selection Category One!

Tue Jun 8 14:37:10 UTC 2021

FYI, the Bureau of Blind and Low Vision Services and the rest of Montana's
public voc rehab program is now serving everyone with the most significant
disabilities.  See details below.

Jim Marks

President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana

president at nfbofmt.org

(406) 438-1421

www.nfbofmt.org

You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

From: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
<DPHHS at announcements.mt.gov> 
Sent: Monday, June 7, 2021 4:30 PM
To: president at nfbofmt.org
Subject: Friends of Rehab: Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services
announces opening Order of Selection Category One!

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June 7, 2021

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Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services is excited to announce that

Order of Selection Category One is now OPEN!

Who is in Category One?

Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities and functional
limitations who require multiple VR services for more than a year.

These individuals typically have ongoing need for services to independently
prepare for, get, and keep employment.

What does opening the Category mean?

All individuals who have applied for Vocational Rehabilitation(VR) services
have been on a waitlist since March 13, 2017.

Now, when an individual applies for VR services and they are found to be
Category One: Most Significantly Disabled, they will immediately start
developing their Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) with their VR
Counselor.

How many priority categories are there in VR's Order of Selection?

Montana has three priority levels in their Order of Selection:

*	Category One: Most Significantly Disabled
*	Category Two: Significantly Disabled
*	Category Three: Disability

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Below is a timeline of Montana VRBS's Order of Selection progress:

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Image Description:  Green Box noting that on October 19, 2015 Category 3 was
closed, Brown Box noting that on July 1, 2016 Category 2 was closed, Purple
Box noting that on March 13, 2017 Category 1 was closed, Blue Box noting
that in August 2018 Category 1 invites for IPE development begin, Pink Box
noting that Category 1 opened on June 7, 2021. Grey arrow pointing right in
the background of the boxes.

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Friends of Rehab is a monthly bulletin published by the State of Montana,
Department of Public Health and Human Services,
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The aim of this bulletin is to provide our community partners with regular
updates and news on the work carried out by Vocational Rehabilitation and
Blind Services.

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