The state board, through the division, is hereby designated the sole state agency to cooperate with the federal government in any federal program relating to the establishment, operation and maintenance of vocational rehabilitation facilities; and is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and supervise the administration of such a statewide plan, or such statewide plans, for the establishment of vocational rehabilitation facility or workshop programs as may be necessary to comply with the requirements and conditions of federal law with respect to federal grants-in-aid for such purposes.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18-10B-5

  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • State board: means the West Virginia Board of Education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
  • Vocational rehabilitation facility: means a facility which is operated for the primary purpose of providing vocational rehabilitation services to, or gainful employment for, handicapped individuals, or, for providing evaluation and work adjustment services for disadvantaged individuals, and which provides singly or in combination one or more of the following services for handicapped individuals: (a) Comprehensive rehabilitation services which shall include, under one management, medical, psychological, social, and vocational services. See West Virginia Code 18-10B-1
  • Workshop: means a particular type of vocational rehabilitation facility where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on and which is operated by a public agency or by a private corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, or by a cooperative, for the primary purpose of providing remunerative employment to disabled persons (a) as an interim step in the rehabilitation process for those who cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market. See West Virginia Code 18-10B-1