Voc Rehab has amazing resources available to veterans where self-employment is a feasible goal, but rumors are circling the nation that the program is discouraging entrepreneurship. Counselors are now ...
Most people with autism who receive vocational rehabilitation services exit the program with a job, a new report finds, but such employment is typically part-time and low paid. Nationally, about 60 ...
Over the summer, I finally had a chance to meet with Director Ruth Fanning. Director Fanning is the head of one of the lesser-understood parts of the Department of Veterans Affairs called Chapter 31 ...
Vocational rehabilitation agencies across the country say they’re serving more students with disabilities thanks to a new federal mandate, but they’re still falling short of fully meeting their ...
No matter what a person's disability, David Turnipseed Jr. says he expects those four things from everyone. "This isn't a sheltered workshop. This is a training center," said Turnipseed, who manages ...
Doug Bichler lost his right arm in 2017. He made immediate changes to Bichler Simmentals to stay in ranching, and later North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation helped him better adapt for the future.
The goal of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Vocational Rehabilitation (Voc Rehab) program is to prevent a lengthy disability for an injured worker with a lost-time claim. “Voc Rehab is ...
BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s plan to trim the duties of the state Board of Education by moving a slew of agencies out from under its oversight has hit a snag: the Division of Vocational ...
After eight years of war, you might think the system for delivering benefits to America's most disabled war veterans would be well organized, efficient and as caring as possible. It's not. A two-month ...
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and employees of the Vocational Rehabilitation Center in Pitt County are working to raise awareness for their services and all that ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Library says they are partnering with South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation to get the word out about services they offer to help people with ...