payments are being paid routinely and regularly. These expenses may be counted only as they relate to the primary and/or secondary impairment(s) used to establish eligibility. G. Client certification: The individual or, as appropriate, his/her parent or guardian, must sign and date the form in the appropriate place certifying the truth of the information which appears at the top portion of the form. H. Certification of financial need: The Certified Rehabilitation Counselor must certify on the form the individual whose name appears as a part of the certification is within the established limit for the provision of paid vocational rehabilitation services. A copy shall be given to the client. 206.1.08 Individual circumstances may occur wherein rigid adherence to the financial needs policy detailed above would seriously jeopardize an individual’s opportunity to achieve appropriate rehabilitation objectives. In such instance the counselor, in consultation with the Team Lead, may elect to seek an exception to the applicable policy. 206.1.09 If an individual fails to meet the financial need criteria for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program to purchase all planned services, the counselor shall then determine the appropriate level of the client’s participation in the cost of services. The Certified Rehabilitation Counselor should encourage the individual to utilize his/her personal assets to purchase certain needed vocational rehabilitation services as indicated in the IPE. VR shall not accept liability for a client’s financial responsibility. 206.2.00 INFORMATION: 206.2.01 Income includes money, wages and salaries before any deductions; net receipts from non-farm/self-employment (receipts from a person’s own unincorporated business, professional enterprise, or partnership, after deductions for business expenses); net receipts from farm self- (receipts from a farm which one operates as an owner, renter, or sharecropper, after deductions for farm operating expenses); regular payments from Social Security, IRA(s), railroad retirement,
payments are being paid routinely and regularly. These expenses may be counted only as they relate to the primary and/or secondary impairment(s) used to establish eligibility. G. Client certification: The individual or, as appropriate, his/her parent or guardian, must sign and date the form in the appropriate place certifying the truth of the information which appears at the top portion of the form. H. Certification of financial need: The Certified Rehabilitation Counselor must certify on the form the individual whose name appears as a part of the certification is within the established limit for the provision of paid vocational rehabilitation services. A copy shall be given to the client. 206.1.08 Individual circumstances may occur wherein rigid adherence to the financial needs policy detailed above would seriously jeopardize an individual’s opportunity to achieve appropriate rehabilitation objectives. In such instance the counselor, in consultation with the Team Lead, may elect to seek an exception to the applicable policy. 206.1.09 If an individual fails to meet the financial need criteria for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program to purchase all planned services, the counselor shall then determine the appropriate level of the client’s participation in the cost of services. The Certified Rehabilitation Counselor should encourage the individual to utilize his/her personal assets to purchase certain needed vocational rehabilitation services as indicated in the IPE. VR shall not accept liability for a client’s financial responsibility. 206.2.00 INFORMATION: 206.2.01 Income includes money, wages and salaries before any deductions; net receipts from non-farm/self-employment (receipts from a person’s own unincorporated business, professional enterprise, or partnership, after deductions for business expenses); net receipts from farm (receipts from a farm which one operates as an owner, renter, or sharecropper, after deductions for farm operating expenses); regular payments from Social Security, IRA(s), railroad retirement, self-
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