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
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 governmentof 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.

§ 41201.1 Public School Library Resources Fund.

NOTE: Compiler believes this section number to be a manifest clerical error in P.L. 27-05:6. Moved by Compiler to 17 Guam Code Ann. § 4120.1 to fit harmoniously within the code.