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§ 37-33-123. Community rehabilitation program defined.
 

For the purposes of Sections 37-33-121 through 37-33-131, a community rehabilitation program means a program that provides directly or facilitates the provision of services to individuals with disabilities to enable them to maximize their opportunities for employment. These specialized programs provide paid, time-limited work experiences to clients with disabilities through the manufacture of goods or provision of services sold to industry or other parties as the primary means in rendering realistic work based evaluation and training services designed to enable clients with disabilities to attain the necessary work skills, habits, behaviors, and experience required to successfully obtain and maintain competitive employment. Additional services provided by the community rehabilitation program to enhance and facilitate the employability of clients with disabilities include, but are not limited to, vocational evaluation/career exploration and planning, counseling and guidance, job readiness and job seeking skills training, on the job evaluation and other therapeutic or work training services that support or contribute to the ultimate employment of clients with disabilities. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 509, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 8, 1975); Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 33, eff from and after July 1, 2002.
 

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-37 > 33 > 37-33-123

§ 37-33-123. Community rehabilitation program defined.
 

For the purposes of Sections 37-33-121 through 37-33-131, a community rehabilitation program means a program that provides directly or facilitates the provision of services to individuals with disabilities to enable them to maximize their opportunities for employment. These specialized programs provide paid, time-limited work experiences to clients with disabilities through the manufacture of goods or provision of services sold to industry or other parties as the primary means in rendering realistic work based evaluation and training services designed to enable clients with disabilities to attain the necessary work skills, habits, behaviors, and experience required to successfully obtain and maintain competitive employment. Additional services provided by the community rehabilitation program to enhance and facilitate the employability of clients with disabilities include, but are not limited to, vocational evaluation/career exploration and planning, counseling and guidance, job readiness and job seeking skills training, on the job evaluation and other therapeutic or work training services that support or contribute to the ultimate employment of clients with disabilities. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 509, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 8, 1975); Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 33, eff from and after July 1, 2002.
 


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-37 > 33 > 37-33-123

§ 37-33-123. Community rehabilitation program defined.
 

For the purposes of Sections 37-33-121 through 37-33-131, a community rehabilitation program means a program that provides directly or facilitates the provision of services to individuals with disabilities to enable them to maximize their opportunities for employment. These specialized programs provide paid, time-limited work experiences to clients with disabilities through the manufacture of goods or provision of services sold to industry or other parties as the primary means in rendering realistic work based evaluation and training services designed to enable clients with disabilities to attain the necessary work skills, habits, behaviors, and experience required to successfully obtain and maintain competitive employment. Additional services provided by the community rehabilitation program to enhance and facilitate the employability of clients with disabilities include, but are not limited to, vocational evaluation/career exploration and planning, counseling and guidance, job readiness and job seeking skills training, on the job evaluation and other therapeutic or work training services that support or contribute to the ultimate employment of clients with disabilities. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 509, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 8, 1975); Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 33, eff from and after July 1, 2002.