259.4 - DUTIES OF DIVISION.
259.4 DUTIES OF DIVISION.
The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall:
1. Cooperate with the secretary of education in the
administration of the federal law cited in section 259.1.
2. Administer legislation pursuant to the federal law cited in
section 259.1, and direct the disbursement and administer the use of
funds provided by the federal government and this state for the
vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
3. Utilize in the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities
existing educational and other facilities as are advisable and
practicable, including public and private educational institutions,
community rehabilitation programs, public or private establishments,
plants, factories, and the services of individuals specially
qualified for the instruction and vocational rehabilitation of
individuals with disabilities.
4. Promote the establishment and assist in the development of
training agencies for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals
with disabilities.
5. Cooperate with an agency of the federal government or of the
state, or of a county or other municipal authority within the state,
or any other agency, public or private, in carrying out the purposes
of this chapter.
6. Do those things necessary to secure the rehabilitation of
those individuals entitled to the benefits of this chapter, including
those individuals with significant disabilities.
7. Provide rehabilitation services to individuals with
significant disabilities who are homebound, and other individuals
with significant disabilities, who can wholly or substantially
achieve an ability to live independently.
8. Provide financial and other necessary assistance to public or
private agencies in the development or expansion of community
rehabilitation programs, or programs in other public agencies, needed
for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
9. Administer the entrepreneurs with disabilities program. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 259.4] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 101, § 59; 86 Acts, ch 1237, § 15; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §
1436; 87 Acts, ch 115, § 37; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1127,
§4--7; 99 Acts, ch 28, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1007, §1 Footnotes
Administration of entrepreneurs with disabilities program;
transition provisions; 2008 Acts, ch 1007, § 2