Common use of Vocational Rehabilitation Program Clause in Contracts

Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is part of a larger range of services designed to provide and/or ensure access to goods and services that will assist participants to prepare for, attain and maintain employment. To be eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation services in the Province of Manitoba, the applicant must meet the following eligibility conditions: • Be living with a mental, physical, psychiatric, vision, hearing or learning disability; • Be a Canadian citizen or a person legally entitled to remain and work in Canada on a permanent basis; • Be a resident of Manitoba; • Be 16 years of age or older; and • Show a willingness to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Applications for services must include proof of a qualifying disability that has been diagnosed or assessed by an appropriate professional. The objective of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is to provide appropriate vocational rehabilitation services for adults with disabilities in Manitoba in order to enhance their independence and ability to contribute socially and economically through employment in the competitive labour force. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program assists eligible persons with disabilities to prepare for, attain and maintain employment through the provision of vocational assessments, counselling, case management, vocational planning, job placement, training, developmental activities and support services. The Individual Vocational Rehabilitation Training Fund may be accessed for disability related supports such as special equipment and adaptive devices, tutoring, medical and psychological assessments, sign language interpreting, wage subsidies, educational support and transportation. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is delivered by Vocational Counsellors in Manitoba Family Services and Housing regional offices, Regional Health Authorities and three designated agencies that receive provincial funding to deliver vocational rehabilitation services to specific disability groups. The three designated agencies are: • Canadian National Institute for the Blind – MB Division (CNIB) – provides vocational assessment, training, counselling, job placement services and adjustment training programs for daily living for participants with visual disabilities; • Canadian Paraplegic Association Inc.(CPA) – provides counselling, assessment, vocational training and job placement services to participants with paraplegia and quadriplegia; and • Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc. (SMD) – provides assessment, counselling, vocational training and job placement services to individuals with physical and hearing disabilities (excluding persons with visual disabilities or spinal cord injuries). The Vocational Rehabilitation Program also purchases evaluation, work training, placement, school-to-work transition and follow-up services from seven not-for-profit centres. These centres share a common goal of assisting program participants to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment, but each has developed its own method of achieving this objective and each serves a different disability group. The seven centres are: • Career Connections Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Xxxxxxx and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to individuals with a mental, physical, psychiatric, or learning disability; • Employment Preparation Centre – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg (operated by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc.) and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a physical, psychiatric or learning disability; • Network South Enterprises Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Premier Personnel Corp. – is located in Winnipeg and provides school-to-work transition services and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Skills Unlimited’s Sair Centre of Learning – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons primarily with a psychiatric or learning disability; • SCE Lifeworks Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; and • The Trainex Centre Inc.– is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winkler and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a psychiatric, physical or learning disability. The centres are paid a per diem that reflects operating costs, salaries and benefits for staff that are dependent on the volume of services provided. Service Purchase Agreements are signed with the designated agencies and the centres. The Agreements outline the services that are to be provided, funding levels and mechanisms, expected service outcomes and reporting requirements.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is part of offers a larger wide range of employment-focused services designed to provide and/or ensure access to goods and services that will assist participants to prepare adults with disabilities in preparing for, attain obtaining and maintain maintaining employment. To be eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation services in the Province of Manitoba, the applicant must meet the following eligibility conditions: • Be living with a mental, physical, psychiatric, vision, hearing or learning disability; • Be a Canadian citizen or a person legally entitled to remain and work in Canada on a permanent basis; • Be a resident of Manitoba; • Be 16 years of age or older; and • Show a willingness to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Applications for services must include proof of a qualifying disability that has been diagnosed or assessed by an appropriate professional. The objective of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is to provide appropriate vocational rehabilitation services for adults with disabilities in Manitoba in order to enhance their independence and ability to contribute socially and economically through employment in the competitive labour force. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program assists eligible persons with disabilities to prepare for, attain and maintain employment through the provision of vocational assessments, counselling, case management, vocational planning, job placement, training, developmental activities and support services. The Individual Vocational Rehabilitation Training Fund may be accessed for disability related supports such as special equipment and adaptive devices, tutoring, medical and psychological assessments, sign language interpreting, wage subsidies, educational support and transportation. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is delivered by Vocational Counsellors in Manitoba Family Services and Housing regional offices, Regional Health Authorities and three designated agencies that receive provincial funding to deliver vocational rehabilitation services to specific disability groups. The three designated agencies are: • The Canadian National Institute for the Blind – Blind-MB Division (CNIB) – provides vocational assessment, training, counselling, job placement services and adjustment training programs for daily living for participants with visual disabilities; • Canadian Paraplegic Association Inc.(CPA(CPA) (Manitoba) Inc.– provides counselling, assessment, vocational training and job placement services to participants with paraplegia and quadriplegiaspinal cord injuries; and • Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc. (SMD) – provides assessment, counselling, vocational training and job placement services to individuals with physical and hearing disabilities (excluding persons with visual disabilities or spinal cord injuries)disabilities. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program also purchases evaluation, work training, placement, school-to-work transition and follow-up services from seven not-fornon-profit centres. These centres share a common goal of assisting program participants to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment, but each has developed its own method of achieving this objective and each serves a different disability group. The seven centres are: • Career Connections Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Xxxxxxx and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to individuals with a mental, physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilitydisability in western Manitoba; • Employment Preparation Centre – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg (and operated by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc.) Inc. and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a physical, psychiatric or learning disabilitydisability in central, eastern, north-western and northern areas of Manitoba; • Connect Employment Services Ltd. – (formerly Network South Enterprises Inc. – Inc.) is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Premier Personnel Corp. – is located in Winnipeg and provides school-to-work transition services and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Skills Unlimited’s Sair Centre of Learning – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons primarily with a psychiatric or learning disability; • SCE Lifeworks Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; and • The Trainex Centre Inc.Segue Career Options Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winkler and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a psychiatric, physical or learning disabilitydisability in south-central Manitoba. The centres are paid a per diem that reflects operating costs, salaries and benefits for staff that are dependent on the volume of services provided. Service Purchase Agreements are signed with the designated agencies and the centres. The Agreements outline the services that are to be provided, funding levels and mechanisms, expected service outcomes and reporting requirements.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is part of offers a larger wide range of employment-focused services designed to provide and/or ensure access to goods and services that will assist participants to prepare adults with disabilities in preparing for, attain obtaining and maintain maintaining employment. To be eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation services in the Province of Manitoba, the applicant must meet the following eligibility conditions: • Be living with a mental, physical, psychiatric, vision, hearing or learning disability; • Be a Canadian citizen or a person legally entitled to remain and work in Canada on a permanent basis; • Be a resident of Manitoba; • Be 16 years of age or older; and • Show a willingness to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Applications for services must include proof of a qualifying disability that has been diagnosed or assessed by an appropriate professional. The objective of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is to provide appropriate vocational rehabilitation services for adults with disabilities in Manitoba in order to enhance their independence and ability to contribute socially and economically through employment in the competitive labour force. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program assists eligible persons with disabilities to prepare for, attain and maintain employment through the provision of vocational assessments, counselling, case management, vocational planning, job placement, training, developmental activities and support services. The Individual Vocational Rehabilitation Training Fund may be accessed for disability related supports such as special equipment and adaptive devices, tutoring, medical and psychological assessments, sign language interpreting, wage subsidies, educational support and transportation. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is delivered by Vocational Counsellors in Manitoba Family Services and Housing regional offices, Regional Health Authorities and three designated agencies that receive provincial funding to deliver vocational rehabilitation services to specific disability groups. The three designated agencies are: • The Canadian National Institute for the Blind – Blind-MB Division (CNIB) – provides vocational assessment, training, counselling, job placement services and adjustment training programs for daily living for participants with visual disabilities; • Canadian Paraplegic Association Inc.(CPA(CPA) (Manitoba) Inc.– provides counselling, assessment, vocational training and job placement services to participants with paraplegia and quadriplegiaspinal cord injuries; and • Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc. (SMD) – provides assessment, counselling, vocational training and job placement services to individuals with physical and hearing disabilities (excluding persons with visual disabilities or spinal cord injuries)disabilities. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program also purchases evaluation, work training, placement, school-to-work transition and follow-up services from seven not-fornon-profit centres. These centres share a common goal of assisting program participants to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment, but each has developed its own method of achieving this objective and each serves a different disability group. The seven centres are: • Career Connections Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Xxxxxxx and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to individuals with a mental, physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilitydisability in western Manitoba; • Employment Preparation Centre – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg (and operated by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc.) Inc. and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a physical, psychiatric or learning disabilitydisability in central, eastern, north-western and northern areas of Manitoba; • Network South Enterprises Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Premier Personnel Corp. – is located in Winnipeg and provides school-to-work transition services and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Skills Unlimited’s Sair Centre of Learning – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons primarily with a psychiatric or learning disability; • SCE Lifeworks Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; and • The Trainex Centre Inc.Segue Career Options Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winkler and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a psychiatric, physical or learning disabilitydisability in south-central Manitoba. The centres are paid a per diem that reflects operating costs, salaries and benefits for staff that are dependent on the volume of services provided. Service Purchase Agreements are signed with the designated agencies and the centres. The Agreements outline the services that are to be provided, funding levels and mechanisms, expected service outcomes and reporting requirements.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is part of offers a larger wide range of employment-focused services designed to provide and/or ensure access to goods and services that will assist participants to prepare adults with disabilities in preparing for, attain obtaining and maintain maintaining employment. To be eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation services in the Province of Manitoba, the applicant must meet the following eligibility conditions: • Be be a resident of Manitoba living with a mental, physical, psychiatric, vision, hearing or learning disability; • Be be a Canadian citizen or a person legally entitled to remain and work in Canada on a permanent basis; 16 • Be a resident of Manitoba; • Be be 16 years of age or older; and • Show show a willingness to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Applications for services must include proof of a qualifying disability that has been diagnosed or assessed by an appropriate professional. The objective of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is to provide appropriate vocational rehabilitation services for adults with disabilities in Manitoba in order to enhance their independence and ability to contribute socially and economically through employment in the competitive labour force. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program assists eligible persons with disabilities to prepare for, attain and maintain employment through the provision of vocational assessments, counselling, case management, vocational planning, job placement, training, developmental activities and support services. The Individual Vocational Rehabilitation Training Fund may be accessed for disability related supports such as special equipment and adaptive devices, tutoring, medical and psychological assessments, sign language interpreting, wage subsidies, educational support and transportation. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is delivered by Vocational Counsellors in Manitoba Family Services and Housing regional offices, Regional Health Authorities and three designated agencies that receive provincial funding to deliver vocational rehabilitation services to specific disability groups. The three designated agencies are: • The Canadian National Institute for the Blind – Blind-MB Division (CNIB) – provides vocational assessment, training, counselling, job placement services and adjustment training programs for daily living for participants with visual disabilities; • Canadian Paraplegic Association Inc.(CPA(CPA) (Manitoba) Inc. – provides counselling, assessment, vocational training and job placement services to for participants with paraplegia and quadriplegiaspinal cord injuries; and • Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc. (SMD) – provides assessment, counselling, vocational training and job placement services to for individuals with physical and hearing disabilities (excluding persons with visual disabilities or spinal cord injuries)disabilities. The Vocational Rehabilitation Program also purchases evaluation, work training, placement, school-to-work transition and follow-up services from seven not-fornon-profit centres. These centres share a common goal of assisting program participants to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment, but each has developed its own method of achieving this objective and each serves a different disability group. The seven centres are: • Career Connections Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Xxxxxxx and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to individuals with a mental, physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilitydisability in western Manitoba; • Employment Preparation Centre – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg (and operated by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Inc.) Inc. and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons people with a physical, psychiatric or learning disabilitydisability in central, eastern, north-western and northern areas of Manitoba; • Network South Enterprises Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Premier Personnel Corp. – is located in Winnipeg and provides school-to-work transition services and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; • Skills Unlimited’s Sair Centre of Learning – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons primarily with a psychiatric or learning disability; • SCE Lifeworks Inc. – is located in Winnipeg and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a mental disability; and • The Trainex Centre Inc.Inc. – is an Evaluation and Training Centre located in Winkler and provides work assessment, work training and follow-up services to persons with a psychiatric, physical or learning disabilitydisability in south-central Manitoba. The centres are paid a per diem that reflects operating costs, salaries and benefits for staff that are dependent on the volume of services provided. Service Purchase Agreements are signed with the designated agencies and the centres. The Agreements outline the services that are to be provided, funding levels and mechanisms, expected service outcomes and reporting requirements.