PDFWAC 388-891A-0620

What are the criteria for priority category one?

DVR determines you are in priority category one (an individual with a most significant disability) if you are determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and you meet the following criteria:
(1) You require multiple VR services over an extended period of time; and
(2) You experience serious functional limitations in four or more of the following areas in terms of an employment outcome:
(a) Mobility;
(b) Communication;
(c) Self-care;
(d) Cognition and learning (self-direction);
(e) Interpersonal;
(f) Work tolerance; or
(g) Work skills.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.29.020(8) and 34 C.F.R., Parts 361, 363, 397. WSR 18-12-035, § 388-891A-0620, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/30/18.]