Guam § 41201 - Division.

§ 41201. Division.

There is within the Department of Integrated Services for

Individuals with Disabilities (DISID), a Division of Vocational

Rehabilitation (DVR) which shall, as a public service, provide

vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with

disabilities, and which shall be designated as the designated state

unit to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation

services and for the blind.

(a) (1) DVR may cooperate with other departments,

agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in

providing the services authorized by the Division to

individuals with disabilities in studying the problems involved

therein, and in establishing, developing, and providing, in

conformity with the purposes of the DVR such programs,

facilities, and services as may be necessary or desirable.

(2) Cooperation may include contracts and cost-

sharing agreements, to the extent permitted by the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112), as amended,

and the implementing Federal regulations.

(3) Within the scope of the Federal Rehabilitation

Act, through cooperative agreements with other public

agencies, DVR shall be consistent with their approved

state plan. To provide these services, with the provisions

of Federal law, DVR and other agencies shall share

facilities, utilize existing eligibility and assessment

information, participate in cross-training for agencies

participating in cooperative programs, and engage in

other cooperative activities to reduce duplication of

services, and to provide a new enhanced pattern of

vocational rehabilitation services for persons with

disabilities.

(b) DVR may cooperate with Department of Education

and with the public post-secondary education system to

provide instruction, individual counseling and guidance, and

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related rehabilitation services for eligible students with

disabilities.

(c) DVR and the Department of Education will

coordinate efforts in assisting vocational orientation of

students with disabilities.

(d) In performing any rehabilitative services or in

contracting with other public or private agencies for

rehabilitative services, DVR shall take into consideration the

needs of non-English-speaking persons with disabilities and

shall provide language assistance consistent with the approved

state plan to those individuals participating in the Division's

public or private rehabilitation programs.

(e) To the extent funds are available, DVR also shall take

into consideration the needs of persons with disabilities who

rely on alternate modes of communication; such as manual

communication, tactile, oral and nonverbal communication

devices; and shall provide communication assistance to those

individuals participating in DVR's programs consistent with

the approved state plan.

(f) DVR shall conduct strategic planning which may

include research and compilation of statistics, relating to the

provision of services or the need of services by persons with

disabilities.

(g) Financial need shall be considered in the furnishing or

denial of services in accordance with the approved state plan.

(h) Pursuant to Federal law, DVR may conduct an

evaluation, when necessary, including, but not limited to,

diagnostic and related services necessary to determine

eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services and for

choosing rehabilitation goals, objectives and services.

(i) Pursuant to Federal law, DVR shall establish a priority

order to be followed in selecting individuals to whom

vocational rehabilitation services will be provided, consistent

with the approved state plan.

(j) License blind individuals to operate vending stands,

under its supervision and control, property of the government

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of Guam and on Federal or other property, pursuant to the

Randolph-Sheppard Act or any other Act of Congress relating

to the subject; supervise the operation of vending stands and

other small businesses established pursuant to this Chapter to

be operated by persons with severe disabilities.