Tooltips Categories: VR Toolkit

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR Services)

VR Services are a broad range of services and benefits provided to individuals with disabilities to help them prepare for, secure, regain, or retain employment. VR Services are individually developed and designed to reduce or...

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VR Agency

VR agencies operated by individual states were created by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehab Act) and funded by the US Rehabilitation Services Agency (RSA). These state agencies provide Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR...

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Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehab Act)

The federal law extending and revising the provision of grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities. The Rehab Act also expands special...

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State Official Reviewing Officer

An additional level of appeal that may be established by state VR Agencies through which an individual with disabilities can contest a determination by the VR Agency. The reviewing officer must be the chief official of the state...

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Section 504

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a disability civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in programs that receive federal financial assistance. Section 504 works together with...

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