Rehabilitation Legislation Flashcards
Provided federal funding to states on a matching basis for vocational education programs.
The Smith-Hughes act of 1917
Authorized VR services for World War I veterans
The Soldier’s Rehabilitation Act of 1918
Expanded rehabilitation services to civilians with physical disabilities
The Smith-Fess Act of 1920
Made the state-federal VR program permanent
The Social Security Act of 1935
Authorized people with blindness to operate vending stands in federal buildings (this is an example of specific legislation for individuals with blindness)
The Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936
Required federal government agencies to purchase certain products manufactured by people who are blind
The Wagner-O’Day Act of 1938
Expanded services to include people with mental disabilities. It also restablished the state-federal program for individuals with blindness
The Barden-LaFollette Act of 1943
Provided funding to universities to train master’s level rehabilitation counselors resulted in the professionalization of the rehabilitation counseling profession
The Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1954
Added extended evaluation to the VR process. State VR counselors have been permitted to extend the valuation of the employment potential of an applicant with a disability for up to 18 months.
Mandated an increase to $3 of federal funds for each state dollar. This 75:25 ratio was further increased by legislation in 1968 to 80:20. Today, the federal share is 78.7%, with the state providing the remaining 21.3%.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendment of 1965
Mandated services for people with the most severe disabilities.
Established the IWRP to ensure joint client-counselor involvement throughout the rehabilitation process.
Implements CAPs to provide assistance with application and advocacy services.
Established demonstration projects in independent living rehabilitation services.
Increased funding for rehabilitation and disability research and established the National Institute of handicapped Research
Mandated program evaluation and guaranteed employment rights of people with Disabilities Title V, which included sections covering the following: Section 501 (Affirmative Action in Federal Hiring), Section 502 (Enforcement of Accessibility Standards for Federal Buildings), Section 503 (Affirmative Action by Federal Contract Recipient), Section 504 (Equal Opportunities
The Rehabilitation act of 1973
Mandated the provision of independent living rehabilitation services
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978
Mandated each state to have a CAP
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1984
Added the provision of rehabilitation engineering services (the current term is assistive technology) and established supported employment as an acceptable goal for rehabilitation services.
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986
Provided free, appropriate public education to students with disabilities. Schools are required to find and evaluate students suspected of having disabilities, at no cost to families; provide special education and related services to qualified students with disabilities to meet their unique needs; and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990
Provided the most comprehensive civil rights protections for people with disabilities to date. it was the most sweeping disability rights legislation in history.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (fully implemented in 1992)
Advanced the concepts of empowerment, self-determination, and informed choice at both individual and agency levels
Required state VR agencies to establish “qualified personnel” standards for rehabilitation counselors as mandated by the development of the CSPD within state VR agencies
CSPD established equalified personnel standards to ensure the quality of state-federal VR leading to an emphasis on master’s degree and counselor certification in the devlivery of VR services
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992
Other highlights include the following:
- presumption of employability
- career-based job placement
- improving services to minority groups
- increased client involvement in the WRP
- establishment of rehabilitation advisory councils
- determining eligibility within 60 days of application
- order of selection
- use of existing data
- established federal share of the state-federal funding match at 78.7% (80% in the 1968 Rehabilitation Act)
- Provided rehabilitation engineering services
- Training of rehabilitation counselors from minority backgrounds
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992
Provided federal venture capital grants to state and local agencies to help restructure educational systems and to establish school-to-work systems
provided specific funding for technical assistance, capacity building, outreach, and research and evaluation
The School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994
Linked the state-federal VR program to the state’s workforce investment; consolidated several employment and training programs into a unified statewide workforce investment system through which customers can easily access employment information and services through a “one-stop” center. VR became a mandated partner
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Replaced the IWRP with the IPE to emphasize the employment focus and to support the exercise of informed choice of the individual with a significant disability int he selection of employment oucomes, specific VR services, service providers, and the methods to procure the services
Established automatic eligibility for people already receiving SSI or SSDI benefits to streamline VR administrative procedures
Introduced a anew category of service, that is, the provision of technical assistance and consultation to individuals to pursue self-employment, telecommuting, or a small business oepration
Emphasized outreach to minorities and encouraged school-towork transition service provision to students with disabilities, including employment
Required the establishment of mediation policies and procedures to improve due process provisions
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998
Expanded Medicare and Medicaid coverage for individuals with disabilities; established TWWIIA to offer those with a disability a “ticket” with which they could obtain VR services and support services from an employment network of their choice
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
Required states to establish performance goals from students with disabilities that aligned with the goals of their peers without disabilities
Required schools to report the progress of students with disabilities on standardized testing and incorporated provisions or improving graduation rates and dropout rates
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
Revised definition of disability and broadened the scope of coverage for those who have a disability
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008
Introduced significant changes to Title I of the Rehabilitation Act, affecting the state–federal VR program, including replacing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, amending the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and establishing an Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals With Disabilities
Requiring state VR agencies to set aside at least 15% of their federal funds to provide “pre-employment transition services” to “students with disabilities who are eligible or potentially eligible for VR services”
Emphasizing local labor market analysis, employer engagement, and customized training (e.g., apprenticeship, paid internships, and skills certification program)
Identifying primary performance indicators to measure employment outcomes across programs. Introducing significant changes to Title IV of the Rehabilitation Act governing the supported employment program, including allotment of significant funds (not less than 10% of youth funds) to support youth with the most significant disabilities to obtain competitive, integrated employment
Transferring several programs including the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services. The name National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has been changed to the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 2014
