1. (a) As appropriate to the vocational rehabilitation needs of each individual and consistent with each individual’s informed choice, the following vocational rehabilitation services are available:

   1. (1) Assessment for determining eligibility and priority for services;
   2. (2) Assessment for determining vocational rehabilitation needs;
   3. (3) Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including personal adjustment counseling, to maintain a counseling relationship throughout the program of services for an individual with a disability, and the referral necessary to help the individual with a disability secure needed services from other agencies when such services are not available and to advise those individuals about client assistance programs;
   4. (4) Physical and mental restoration services necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition which is stable or slowly progressive;
   5. (5) Vocational and other training services, including personal and vocational adjustment, books, tools, and other training materials, provided that no training or training services in institutions of higher education (universities, colleges, community/junior colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital schools of nursing) may not be paid for with funds under this part unless maximum efforts have been made to secure grant assistance in whole or in part from other sources;

   6. (6)

      1. (A) Maintenance, not to exceed the estimated cost of subsistence, provided in connection with VR services at any time from the date of initiation of services through the provision of post-employment services.
      2. (B) Maintenance covers the individual’s basic living expenses, such as food, shelter, clothing, and other subsistence expenses that are necessary to support and derive the full benefit of other VR services being provided;

   7. (7)

      1. (A) Transportation, including cost of travel and subsistence during travel (or per diem payments in lieu of subsistence), in connection with transporting individuals with disabilities and their attendants/escorts for the purpose of deriving the full benefit of other VR services being provided.
      2. (B) Transportation may include relocation and moving expenses necessary for achieving a VR objective;
   8. (8) Services to a client’s family when necessary to the adjustment or rehabilitation of the client;
   9. (9) Interpreter services and note-taking services for the deaf, including tactile interpreting for deaf-blind individuals;
   10. (10) Reader services, rehabilitation teaching services, note-taking services and orientation and mobility services;

   11. (11) Recruitment and training services to provide new employment opportunities in the fields of:

       1. (A) Rehabilitation;
       2. (B) Health;
       3. (C) Welfare;
       4. (D) Public safety;
       5. (E) Law enforcement; and
       6. (F) Other appropriate public service employment;
   12. (12) Job search, placement assistance and job retention services;
   13. (13) Supported employment in accordance with the definition of the term;
   14. (14) Personal assistance services;
   15. (15) Post-employment services necessary to maintain employment;
   16. (16) Occupational licenses (including any license, permit, or other written authority) required by a state, city, or other governmental unit to be obtained in order to enter an occupation or a small business, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies;

   17. (17) Rehabilitation technology services, including:

       1. (A) Vehicular modification;
       2. (B) Telecommunication;
       3. (C) Sensory; and
       4. (D) Other assistive technological aids, devices, and services;
   18. (18) Transition services in accordance with the definition of the term;
   19. (19) Technical assistance and other consultation services to individuals who are pursuing self-employment, telecommuting, or establishing a small business operation as an employment outcome; and
   20. (20) Other goods and services determined necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve an employment outcome.
2. (b) 34 C.F.R. § 361.48.

Codification Notes: “VR” means vocational rehabilitation.