[Rehab] Question about WIOA and Subminimum Wage Sheltered Workshops

[Daniel Frye]

It certainly violates the spirit of the law. And, if the vocational rehabilitation agencies in question do not undertake a significant amount of paperwork, getting the consumers to except these terms, and not ask for VR services, it is definitely a violation, based on my most recent understanding of the law. There are pending regulations that may change the definition of integrated, competitive employment, but to the best of my knowledge these have yet to be fully adopted.

Dan Frye
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> On 20 Jan 2019, at 2:03 am, Justin Salisbury via Rehab <rehab at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Aloha everyone,
> 
> I was talking with a friend today and came out of that conversation with a question about how WIOA Pre-ETS funding works. Some state VR agencies have been setting up Summer Youth Employment Programs where they contract in subminimum wage sheltered workshops to administer the summer work experiences. To me, this seems to go against the spirit of WIOA, but I don't know if it violates the actual federal VR policy.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if it does?
> 
> Mahalo,
> 
> Justin
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