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In performing their responsibilities, staff members:
- identify and develop and maintain a database of technical assistance (TA)
resources;
- identify and develop networks of partners in each state made up of consumers, providers,
state agency representatives, state rehabilitation councils, statewide independent
living councils, federal agencies and any other interested parties that wish
to participate in the state teams monitoring and program improvement activities;
- provide technical assistance to state network partners to improve their
understanding of the legal and program requirements of the statutes;
- provide support to state teams in their efforts to achieve identified improvements
in each state;
- provide technical assistance to grantees funding by the Training
and Service Programs Division in order to improve the skills of vocational
rehabilitation (VR) professionals in assisting individuals with disabilities
to achieve employment;
- administer funds authorized under Section 12 of the Rehabilitation Act
to provide technical assistance and support services to programs funded under
the Act;
- administer the Institute on Rehabilitation Research (IRI) and use the IRI
training materials to improve the skills of VR professionals and other stakeholders
in the public VR programs; and
- participate in interagency workgroups with the Department of Labor and the
Social Security Administration in order to fully implement the Workforce
Investment Act and to improve the employment of individuals with disabilities.
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