For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) âAcquired traumatic brain injuryâ is an injury that is sustained after birth from an external force to the brain or any of its parts, resulting in cognitive, psychological, neurological, or anatomical changes in brain functions. (b) âDepartmentâ means the State Department of Rehabilitation. (c) âDirectorâ means the Director of Rehabilitation. (d) (1) âVocational supportive servicesâ means a method of providing vocational rehabilitation and related services that may include prevocational and educational services to individuals who are unserved or underserved by existing vocational rehabilitation services. (2) âExtended supported employment servicesâ means ongoing support services and other appropriate services that are needed to support and maintain an individual with an acquired traumatic brain injury in supported employment following that individualâs transition from support provided as a vocational rehabilitation service, including job coaching, by the department, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 19150. (e) The following four characteristics distinguish âvocational supportive servicesâ from traditional methods of providing vocational rehabilitation and day activity services: (1) Service recipients appear to lack the potential for unassisted competitive employment. (2) Ongoing training, supervision, and support services must be provided. (3) The opportunity is designed to provide the same benefits that other persons receive from work, including an adequate income level, quality of working life, security, and mobility. (4) There is flexibility in the provision of support which is necessary to enable the person to function effectively at the worksite. (f) âCommunity reintegration servicesâ means services as needed by consumers, designed to develop, maintain, increase, or maximize independent functioning, with the goal of living in the community and participating in community life. These services may include, but are not limited to, providing, or arranging for access to, housing, transportation, medical care, rehabilitative therapies, day programs, chemical dependency recovery programs, personal assistance, and education. (g) âFundâ means the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund. (h) âSupported living servicesâ means a range of appropriate supervision, support, and training in the consumerâs place of residence, designed to maximize independence. (i) âFunctional assessmentâ means measuring the level or degree of independence, amount of assistance required, and speed and safety considerations for a variety of categories, including activities of daily living, mobility, communication skills, psychosocial adjustment, and cognitive function. (j) âResidenceâ means the place where a consumer makes his or her home, that may include, but is not limited to, a house or apartment where the consumer lives independently, assistive living arrangements, congregate housing, group homes, residential care facilities, transitional living programs, and nursing facilities. (k) âCommunity rehabilitation programâ shall have the same meaning as contained in subdivision (5) of Section 705 of Title 29 of the United States Code.
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