Code of Virginia - Title 51.5 Persons With Disabilities - Chapter 6 Community Services For Persons With Disabilities
- 51.5-23 Awarding of grants; purposes; eligible applicants
A. The Department is authorized, subject to other requirements of this law, to make grants or enter into contracts, in accordance with rules and regulations ...
- 51.5-24 Independent living services
Independent living services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be provided in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. (1985, c. 421, ...
- 51.5-25 Centers for independent living
A. Services provided through grants or contracts with centers for independent living pursuant to this chapter shall include: 1. Advocacy; 2. Peer counseling; 3. Independent ...
- 51.5-25.1 Statewide Independent Living Council and Statewide Independent Living Fund created
A. The Statewide Independent Living Council is hereby created to jointly plan with the Department of Rehabilitative Services activities carried out under Title VII of ...
- 51.5-26 Projects with employers
A. Projects with employers pursuant to this chapter shall be designed to provide vocational rehabilitation in a realistic employment setting and to provide on-the-job training ...
- 51.5-27 Eligibility criteria
The Commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria for services to be applied by programs awarded grants pursuant to this chapter. Such criteria shall provide that: 1. ...
- 51.5-28 Participation by clients in cost of services
The Commissioner shall establish written standards for determining the extent to which a client shall be financially responsible for the cost of services funded in ...
- 51.5-29 Rights of clients
The Commissioner shall establish written standards governing the rights of clients of services provided by public or private agencies in accordance with § 51.5-23. Each ...
- 51.5-30 Cooperative agreements with community services boards and schools
No services funded under the authority of this chapter shall be provided to: 1. Persons whose primary impairment is mental illness, mental retardation, or substance ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009