Comparable Service and Benefits

Services and benefits that are:

• Provided or paid for, in whole or in part, by other federal, state, or local public agencies, by health insurance, or by employee benefits;
• Available to the individual at the time needed to ensure the progress of the individual toward achieving the employment outcome in the person’s Individualized Plan for Employment; and
• Commensurate to the services that the individual would otherwise receive from the designated state vocational rehabilitation agency.

Comparable benefits do not include awards and scholarships based on merit.