Common use of RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY Clause in Contracts

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC • THE ALLIANCE INC Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • · The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC · STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • · DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-Re- disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • · DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • · DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC · STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • · Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC · STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC • STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. · DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC • STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. · THE ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.’ Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • · Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • · The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • · This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. .. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC · STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • · This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS XXXX and ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX • DORS XXXX shall notify ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX • THE ALLIANCE INC XXXXXXX’S Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCMELWOOD. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC MELWOOD shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC Target or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC Target agrees to meet the Standards established by DORS, which are consistent with CARF (Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) standards for Community Rehabilitation Programs. The facility is encouraged to undertake activities which will lead to accreditation by a national independent accrediting body. • Target agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC Target will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC Target is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC Target will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC Target shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC Target is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC Target are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer person served by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC Target shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC TARGET. • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC Target immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer person served if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC Target. • THE ALLIANCE INC Target’s Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer person served is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC Target or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC Target shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer person served by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC Target whenever a DORS consumer person served has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCTarget. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC Target shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC • THE ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE ITINERIS INC shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE COMPASS INC or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE COMPASS INC agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE COMPASS INC will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE COMPASS INC is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE COMPASS INC will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE COMPASS INC shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE COMPASS INC is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE COMPASS INC are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE COMPASS INC shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE COMPASS INC • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE COMPASS INC immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE COMPASS INC • THE ALLIANCE COMPASS INC Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE COMPASS INC or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE COMPASS INC shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE COMPASS INC whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE COMPASS INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE COMPASS INC shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-Re- disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY • THE ALLIANCE INC ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter letter, or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCTHE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager Manager, and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 4 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE • THE ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter letter, or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCBAYSIDE. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC BAYSIDE shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o • Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o • Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES • THE ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES’s Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC DCS or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC DCS agrees to meet the Standards established by DORS, which are consistent with CARF (Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) standards for Community Rehabilitation Programs. The facility is encouraged to undertake activities which will lead to accreditation by a national independent accrediting body. • DCS agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC DCS will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC DCS is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC DCS will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC DCS shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC DCS is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC DCS are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer person served by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC DCS shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(sauthorization(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC DCS. • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC DCS immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer person served if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC DCS. • THE ALLIANCE INC The DCS Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer person served is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC DCS or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC DCS shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer person served by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC DCS whenever a DORS consumer person served has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCDCS. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC DCS shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-Re- disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. • THE ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.’ Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. .. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC STARFLIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND • THE ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCBEST BUDDIES MARYLAND. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC BEST BUDDIES MARYLAND shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-Re- disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY • THE ALLIANCE INC ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-Re- disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. • THE ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. ’s Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC NEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES, INC. shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. • THE ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC.’s Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC KARINA ASSOCIATION, INC. shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AGENCY. Each agency is responsible for clarifying the relationship between the two agencies, and for defining the areas of responsibility for serving individuals with disabilities. • The Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services, through DORS staff members (the DORS Regional Director, Program Manager Manager, and the Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs); and the Executive Director (hereafter referred to as Director) of ALLIANCE INC WOU or designee, shall act as the liaisons for this Cooperative Agreement (Appendix 3 4 – Liaisons for the Cooperative Agreement). The staff members identified will: o Develop procedures, evaluate policies and procedures, and ensure continuity of working relationships; and o Define the working relationship of the two agencies as a part of the orientation training course for new staff members. • ALLIANCE INC WOU agrees to maintain the appropriate, current certificate issued by the Department of Labor if persons served are engaged in work earning less than the minimum wage. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC WOU will exchange information and access to records of services of persons jointly served including information about eligibility, service provision and outcomes in order to provide an effective and efficient working relationship. Each agency shall preserve the confidentiality of the record and all exchanges of information and access to records of services of persons served shall be in accordance with the federal privacy act, and all applicable federal and Maryland law. Re-disclosure of confidential personal records provided by DORS to ALLIANCE INC WOU is prohibited except when permitted in accordance with federal or state law. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC WOU will arrange joint training and staff conferences to exchange information concerning functions and responsibilities of staff, in order to effectively meet the needs of individuals served. • DORS and ALLIANCE INC WOU shall assure that training programs and other services are accessible to individuals who are sensory impaired, including deaf and hard of hearing, blind, vision impaired and deaf-blind. The DORS Staff Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Director and staff of the DORS Office for Blindness and Vision Services, will provide or arrange technical assistance as requested. • ALLIANCE INC WOU is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations required by DORS consumers to access their programs (Appendix 1). • Both DORS and ALLIANCE INC WOU are responsible for contacting the DORS consumer by mail, phone and/or email three to four days before the projected start date, to confirm the person’s appointment. A record of these contacts shall be retained in the person’s record of services. • ALLIANCE INC WOU shall not begin providing services requested by DORS until the appropriate authorizations(s) are written and approved by DORS and received by ALLIANCE INC WOU • DORS shall notify ALLIANCE INC WOU immediately, in writing (including email), of any changes in DORS original or subsequent plans for the DORS consumer if this in any way affects the person’s program or funding for the program at ALLIANCE INC WOU • THE ALLIANCE INC WOU Director or designee shall notify the DORS counselor by phone, email or in person whenever the DORS consumer is absent from his/her program three successive days. • Prior to the completion of services purchased from ALLIANCE INC WOU or implementation of a change in program, ALLIANCE INC WOU shall notify the DORS counselor and the DORS consumer by phone, letter letter, or email or in person. • The DORS counselor shall notify ALLIANCE INC WOU whenever a DORS consumer has been placed in competitive integrated employment. • This Cooperative Agreement shall be reviewed as needed, and prior to expiration by the DORS Staff Specialist for Community Rehabilitation Programs, DORS Field Services and Office for Blindness & Vision Services staff, and a representative of ALLIANCE INCWOU. If changes are needed during the period of the Agreement, it may be amended. • ALLIANCE INC WOU shall maintain adequate professional and general liability insurance to protect persons served referred by DORS. • This Agreement shall not create any rights, including without limitation third party beneficiary rights, in any person, including persons served by DORS, or entity not a party to this Agreement.