State Level Agreements

The state level documents that address DVR’s requirement to coordinate with education officials (34 CFR 361.22) include:  

• DVR/CDE Cooperative Services Agreement

  • Identifies:

    • Roles and responsibilities of each systems 

    • Resources and financial responsibilities of each agency

    • Dispute resolution process

    • How collaboration of service provision will occur

    • Transfer or sale of Assistive Technology from education to DVR 

    • Coordinate assessment, acquisition, training

    • Policies of each System that effect transition

    • Provision for determining State lead agencies and qualified personnel responsible for transition services and pre-employment transition services

• DVR/CDE Interagency Agreement

  • Identifies

    • State level liaison(s)

    • Technical assistance

    • Support

    • Training

    • Program review

    • Extends to include all related school to work partnerships School to Work Alliance Program, Project Search, Inclusive Higher Ed, Customized Employment, Career Technical Education, etc.

    • This Interagency Agreement is a contract that allows DVR and CDE at the state level to model our expectations at the local level when collaborating to provide services to all transitioning youth.  

• The intent of both is to:

• Guide the provision of services in the state

• Define the transition responsibilities of VR and education

• Minimize duplication

• Ensure access to services for youth

• Support ongoing and effective working relationships

To aid staff in understanding both, the Cooperative Services Handbook for Youth in Transition was developed.  

Additionally, at the state level the Colorado State Services Coordination Transition Team for Students with Disabilities is working together to promote systems improvement, collaborate to create, disseminate and align best practice resources and systems knowledge to ensure each and  every student with disabilities have individualized access to any and all available  tools and resources to achieve successful post-school outcomes.