Common use of Interagency Collaboration Clause in Contracts

Interagency Collaboration. 1. By October 1, 2014, the State will develop and implement one or more interagency agreements or memoranda of understanding between BHDDH, ORS, and RIDE designed to ensure the full implementation of this Consent Decree that addresses: a. Allocation of responsibility, funding commitments, and authority for conducting and ensuring the quality of all efforts to meet requirements of this Consent Decree, including career planning, transition planning, outreach, in-reach, and education, training and professional development, Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services, and data collection, sharing, and reporting; b. Supported employment outcomes through coordination and collaboration between BHDDH, ORS, and RIDE; c. The compatibility of ORS and RIDE services with services funded through BHDDH by clarifying and streamlining interagency procedures and allowing for the blending and braiding of funding; and service gaps resulting from the transition from one funding stream to another funding stream (e.g., ORS funding to BHDDH funding or special education funding to ORS funding), enabling individuals with I/DD to maintain uninterrupted integrated employment without unnecessary delays in services; d. Individual tailoring of the vocational rehabilitation assessment and job placement activities to serve people with the most significant disabilities, and other day activity service provider facilities, who are eligible for ORS funding; and e. Coordinated outreach and in-reach efforts to individuals in the Target Populations conducted by vocational rehabilitation counselors and BHDDH representatives.

Interagency Collaboration. 1. By October 1, 2014, the State will develop and implement one or more interagency agreements or memoranda of understanding between BHDDH, ORS, and RIDE designed to ensure the full implementation of this Consent Decree that addresses: a. : Allocation of responsibility, funding commitments, and authority for conducting and ensuring the quality of all efforts to meet requirements of this Consent Decree, including career planning, transition planning, outreach, in-reach, and education, training and professional development, Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services, and data collection, sharing, and reporting; b. ; Supported employment outcomes through coordination and collaboration between BHDDH, ORS, and RIDE; c. ; The compatibility of ORS and RIDE services with services funded through BHDDH by clarifying and streamlining interagency procedures and allowing for the blending and braiding of funding; and service gaps resulting from the transition from one funding stream to another funding stream (e.g., ORS funding to BHDDH funding or special education funding to ORS funding), enabling individuals with I/DD to maintain uninterrupted integrated employment without unnecessary delays in services; d. ; Individual tailoring of the vocational rehabilitation assessment and job placement activities to serve people with the most significant disabilities, and other day activity service provider facilities, who are eligible for ORS funding; and e. and Coordinated outreach and in-reach efforts to individuals in the Target Populations conducted by vocational rehabilitation counselors and BHDDH representatives.