89 Ill. Adm. Code 562.30
Financial Analysis Completion
Section 562
Section 562.30 Financial
Analysis Completion
a) The following factors will be considered in completing the Financial
Analysis:
1) No Financial Analysis shall be completed for a customer who
has been determined eligible for Social Security benefits, based on their own
disability, under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act consistent
with 34 CFR 361.54(b)(3)(ii).
2) Unless the services provided to the customer are exempt from
financial participation as listed in subsection (b), all customers seeking
services through DHS-DRS must complete the Financial Analysis pursuant to 89
Ill. Adm. Code 562.40 and participate in the cost of services, as indicated by
the Financial Analysis. The level of the customer's participation in non-exempt
services shall be determined by the Financial Analysis.
3) In completing the customer's Financial Analysis, the
customer's income shall be calculated based on proof of income provided pursuant
to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 562.40.
b) Customer financial participation shall be required for all
services except the following services as identified, in part, by 34 CFR
361.54(b)(3):
1) Counseling and guidance, information, and referral (34 CFR
361.48(b)(3) and (b)(4));
2) Evaluation and assessment services and associated costs,
including, but not limited to, room, board, and transportation (34 CFR
361.48(b)(1) and 361.42(e));
3) Services or instruction provided directly by DHS-DRS staff or
in a DHS-DRS-managed facility (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 750.40: Responsibility of
State Schools);
4) Assessment, placement, customized employment, and supported
employment through any approved community rehabilitation program (see 89 Ill.
Adm. Code 530, 34 CFR 361.5(c)(54));
5) Pre-employment transition services for students and youth with
disabilities, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 521, which facilitate transition
from school to postsecondary life, such as achievement of an employment outcome
in competitive, integrated employment;
6) Technical assistance and other consultation services to
conduct market analysis, develop business plans, and otherwise provide
resources to eligible individuals who are pursuing self-employment or
establishing a small business operation as an employment outcome;
7) Job-related services, including job search and placement
assistance, job retention services, on-the-job training (OJT), follow-up
services, and follow along services, including job coaching and post-employment
services (34 CFR 361.48(b)(12));
8) Auxiliary services (defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 521),
including interpreting services, reader services, rehabilitation teaching
services, and orientation and mobility services;
9) Rehabilitation
technology, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 521, including vehicular
modification, telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and
devices;
10) Personal
assistance services pursuant to 34 CFR 361.48(b)(14): Scope of Vocational
Rehabilitation Services for Individuals with Disabilities;
11) All
costs directly related to the customer's attendance and participation in
training and related services as described in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 590, Subpart C;
and
12) All
costs directly related to the customer's attendance and participation in
programs specifically offered for disability-related skills training, such as
orientation and mobility; rehabilitation teaching; training in the use of low
vision aids; braille; speech reading; sign language; and cognitive
training/retraining.
c) In
exceptional circumstances, the Director of DHS-DRS may expand the list of
exempt services to address individual needs and employment goals (34 CFR
361.50(c)(2)(ii)), so long as the exemption is applied to all individuals in
similar circumstances, regardless of geography. Such exemptions could include,
but are not limited to:
1) Adjusting
qualifying exempt services based on budgetary constraints or influx;
2) Responding
to states of emergency or other environmental impacts, and
3) Adjusting
to labor market and/or workforce needs.