Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria 7610-(270)
Washington, DC 20420
September 2006
G. Vocational Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)
Provide spaces below only if in authorized Concept of Operations.
1. VRT: Sub-Waiting (WRC01) ....................................................40 NSF ( 3.7 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Divide the projected number of annual VRT Treatment Station
clinic stops by 530 to calculate the number of projected VRT Treatment Stations.
(See Table 1). Provide an additional 40 NSF per each increment of two projected
VRT Treatment Stations greater than two.
Provide two seats per projected VRT Treatment Station; allocate one at 15 NSF
and one at 25 NSF.
2. VRT: Treatment Clinic (PTTC1) ...............................................75 NSF (7.0 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Divide the projected number of annual VRT Treatment Station
clinic stops by 530 to calculate the number of projected VRT Treatment Stations.
(See Table 1). Provide one if projected number of VRT Treatment Stations is
greater than fourteen. Provide an additional 75 NSF per projected VRT
Treatment Station greater than fourteen.
3. VRT: Storage, Equipment (SRE01) ..................................... 280 NSF (26.1 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide one if number of projected VRT Treatment Stations is
greater than fourteen. Provide an additional 20 NSF per projected VRT
Treatment Station greater than fourteen. Provide none if projected VRT treatment
stations is fourteen or less.
4. VRT: Office, Administration (OFD03)....................................100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 100 NSF if the number of Vocational
Rehabilitation Therapist FTE positions authorized is between three and six.
Provide an additional 180 NSF if the number of Vocational Rehabilitation
Therapist FTE positions authorized is between seven and twelve. Provide an
additional 210 NSF if the number of Vocational Rehabilitation Therapist FTE
positions authorized is thirteen or greater.
H. Educational Therapy (ET)
Provide spaces below only if in authorized Concept of Operations.
1. ET: Sub-Waiting (WRC01).......................................................40 NSF ( 3.7 NSM)
Minimum NSF. . Divide the projected number of annual ET Treatment Station
clinic stops by 1,070 to calculate the number of projected ET Treatment Stations.
(See Table 1). Provide an additional 40 NSF per each increment of two projected
ET Learning Stations greater than two.
Provide two seats per projected ET Learning Station; allocate one at 15 NSF and
one at 25 NSF.
2. ET: Treatment Clinic (PTTC1)............................................. 300 NSF (27.9 NSM)
Minimum NSF. . Divide the projected number of annual ET Treatment Station
clinic stops by 1,070 to calculate the number of projected ET Treatment Stations.
(See Table 1). Provide one if an Educational Therapist FTE position is authorized
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