11.5 Content of the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE)

Regardless of the approach that an individual selects for purposes of developing the IPE, each IPE shall include:

1. A specific employment outcome chosen by the individual, consistent with the individual's unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, career interests, and informed choice consistent with the general goal of competitive integrated employment (for a student and/or youth with a disability the goal may be more general when consistent with the individual’s projected post-school employment outcome).

2. A description of:

a. Necessary vocational rehabilitation (VR) goods and services to be provided in order to achieve the planned employment outcome consistent with the assessment of VR needs.

b. In the case of a student and/or youth with disability, the specific transition services and supports needed to achieve the individual’s employment outcome or projected post-school employment outcome.

3. Provision for services in the most integrated setting that is appropriate for the services involved and is consistent with the informed choice of the individual.

4. Timelines for the initiation and the anticipated duration of each vocational rehabilitation service and a projected timeframe for the achievement of the employment outcome.

5. Objective criteria, procedures, and schedules to be used for periodic evaluation and monitoring of progress toward achieving the planned employment outcome.

6. Identification of the provider(s) for each good and service, consistent with the individual's informed choice, including methods used to procure those services.

7. Terms and conditions for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services including:

a. Comparable services and benefits available under any other program(s) and the extent to which they will be utilized to pay for goods and services.

b. The amount(s) that the individual shall contribute to the costs of goods and services, if any, and how their contributions shall be used to pay for necessary goods and services.

c. The responsibilities of the individual in implementing the IPE, including applying for comparable services and benefits and achieving the planned employment outcome.

d. The responsibilities of DVR in assisting the individual in implementing the IPE and achieving the planned employment outcome.

8. The anticipated cost of every good and service listed over the life of the plan.

For further policy on IPE development for Transition Students, Supported Employment, and Self-Employment, please refer to the appropriate chapters (Chapters 14-16).