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Dear VRS Community Partners,
The Contracted Services Review Workgroup has officially launched. This workgroup is comprised of members from various VRS offices and positions within the agency and is charged with overseeing the process of ongoing review of all contracted services on the Professional/Technical contracts. This workgroup’s scope includes making recommendations to Executive Leaders at VRS for proposed changes and creating updated service definitions and invoice and billing requirement documents. Rate setting and policy changes are outside the scope of this workgroup.
Members of the Contracted Services Review Workgroup will be reaching out to peers to solicit feedback on each service as it is reviewed. The Community Partnerships Team will solicit feedback from our Community Partners.
Thank you for your recent feedback on Intake for Hourly Services. An updated definition, sample report, and Best Practices document has been submitted to VRS Executive Leadership for review. Additionally, any feedback outside the scope of our workgroup has been shared with the appropriate groups and VR staff.
Community Partners feedback session on 2.12.2024 – Open discussion forum for Community Partner feedback on this quarter’s service: OCSS Differential and Social Coaching
You are invited to a ZoomGov meeting.
When: February 12, 2024 at 12:30p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance of this meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-GhqzwqHZdplhnzz9pBCBC4ZvmiDAs
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
*If you require accommodations, please contact Janeen.Oien@state.mn.us
Looking ahead at Quarter 2 of 2024 definition review:
The Contracted Services Workgroup will be looking at the following definition during Quarter 2 of 2024 (April -June):
- Performance Based Agreement (PBA)
If you have any questions, please reach out to me or a VRS Community Partnerships Program Specialist.
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Janeen Oien (Contracted Services Review Workgroup lead): Community Partnerships Program Specialist, 763-204-1354, Oien@state.mn.us
- Jess Outhwaite: Community Partnerships Program Specialist, 763-233-8829, Outhwaite@state.mn.us
- Anne Paulson: Community Partnerships Program Specialist, 651-259-7135, Paulson@state.mn.us
- Sara Sundeen: Community Partnerships Program Specialist, 651-247-9121, Sundeen@state.mn.us
To find out which Community Partnerships Program Specialist is the dedicated liaison for a particular Community Partner, go to: https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/disabilities/partners/listing.
What is the DEED-Vocational Rehabilitation Services Community Partner and Stakeholder listserv?
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) Division of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) comprises the public Vocational Rehabilitation program, the Minnesota Extended Employment program, Independent Living services, Individual Placement and Supports grants, and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing grants.
The DEED-VRS Community Partner and Stakeholder listserv is the communication platform for current VRS Community Partners, potential VRS Community Partners, and other interested stakeholders in Minnesota’s disability employment services system. We encourage you to subscribe if you are an interested stakeholder in Minnesota’s disability employment services system.
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