[Nfbk] $5.6 Million in Grants Awarded to Help Boost Job Prospects for People with Disabilities

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$5.6 Million in Grants Awarded to Help Boost Job Prospects for People with
Disabilities

October 1, 2010

Contact:

Jim Bradshaw, (202) 401-1576 ,

press at ed.gov

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it will award more
than $5.6 million in grants to support the professional development of state
vocational

rehabilitation staff who provide services that lead to employment of persons
with disabilities.

"These funds are aimed at helping Americans with disabilities find
employment," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "Improving the
job skills

of persons with disabilities is an investment in their future - and in the
country's economic future."

Of the $5.6 million, more than $4.4 million will be distributed by the
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to 75 state vocational
rehabilitation

agencies to help train personnel in effective management and skill areas
that lead to employment of individuals with disabilities.

Another $1.2 million will provided to 19 state agencies in "Quality Awards"
for successfully addressing one of the priorities for the program,
including:

List of 3 items

. Development and dissemination of model in-service training materials and
practices;

. Distance education; or,

. Enhanced employment outcomes for specific populations.

list end

More than one million Americans with disabilities are served by vocational
rehabilitation programs funded by RSA. Support services include vocational
evaluation,

counseling and guidance, work adjustment, diagnosis and treatment of
physical and mental impairments, education and vocational training, job
placement

and post-employment services.

States that are unable to serve all eligible individuals with disabilities
who apply must give priority to those with the most significant
disabilities.

Services are provided according to an individualized plan for employment.

In 2009, the vocational rehabilitation program helped nearly 200,000
individuals with disabilities - 92 percent of whom have significant
disabilities -

get jobs.

Following is a list of the grant recipients for the two programs.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES Rehabilitation
Services Administration STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNIT IN-SERVICE
TRAINING

BASIC AWARDS (CFDA 84.265A)

List of 75 items

. Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Human Resources Division --
$97,034.

. Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Labor and Workforce
Development -- $18,883.

. American Samoa Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Basic Support --
$18,883.

. Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Employment and
Rehabilitation Services -- $79,242.

. Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, Staff Development and Training --
$83,277.

. California Department of Rehabilitation, Administrative Services Division,
Staff Development Section -- $300,091.

. Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation -- $40,721.

. Connecticut Board of Education and Services for the Blind -- Vocational
Rehabilitation -- $18,883.

. Connecticut Department of Social Services, Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services -- $24,213.

. Delaware Department of Labor, Division for the Visually Impaired --
$18,883.

. Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation --
$18,883.

. Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation --
$158,300.

. Florida Division of Blind Services, Department of Education -- $45,491.

. Georgia Department of Labor, Rehabilitation Services -- $157,200.

. Hawaii Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation & Services
for the Blind Division -- $18,883.

. Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- $18,883.

. Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation -- $25,313.

. Illinois Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services -- $99,419.

. Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services -- Division of Disability and
Rehabilitative Services -- $57,230.

. Iowa Department for the Blind -- $18,883.

. Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Department of Education --
$46,041.

. Kansas Rehabilitation Services -- $35,585.

. Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment, Office for the Blind --
$18,883.

. Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment, Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation -- $73,555.

. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services -- $63,650.

. Maine Department of Labor -- Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation -- $20,177.

. Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- Bureau of
Rehabilitation Services -- $18,883.

. Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation
Services -- $75,390.

. Massachusetts Commission for the Blind -- Staff Development and Training
-- $21,828.

. Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission -- Training Unit, Vocational
Rehabilitation Division -- $77,591.

. Michigan Commission for the Blind -- Department of Energy, Labor and
Economic Growth, Rehabilitation Services -- $18,883.

. Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, Rehabilitation
Services -- $99,052.

. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, State
Services for the Blind -- $18,883.

. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Vocational
Rehabilitation Services -- $72,693.

. Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services -- The Office of Human
Resource Development, Training Division -- $94,466.

. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation -- $50,260.

. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Disability
Transitions Programs -- $18,883.

. Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- $18,883.

. Nebraska Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services --
$34,852.

. Nevada Rehabilitation Division -- Department of Employment, Training and
Rehabilitation -- $20,177.

. New Hampshire Department of Education, NH Vocational Rehabilitation --
$18,883.

. New Jersey Department of Human Services, Commission for the Blind and
Visually Impaired -- $18,883.

. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation Services -- $46,408.

. New Mexico Commission for the Blind -- $18,883.

. New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation -- $26,781.

. New York Education Department, VESID -- $138,673.

. New York Office of Children and Family Services, Commission for the Blind
and Visually Handicapped -- $25,497.

. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Services
for the Blind -- $33,201.

. North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Department
of Health and Human Services -- $157,750.

. North Dakota Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation --
$18,883.

. North Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Vocational Rehabilitation --
$18,883.

. Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission -- Bureau of Vocational
Rehabilitation/Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired -- $109,508.

. Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services -- $59,363.

. Oregon Commission for the Blind -- Rehabilitation Services -- $18,883.

. Oregon Human Services, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services --
$38,704.

. Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation -- Bureau of Central
Operations, Employer Services and Staff Development Division -- $206,359.

. Puerto Rico Vocational Rehabilitation Administration -- $129,300.

. Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation --
$18,883.

. South Carolina Commission for the Blind -- Human Resources, Training
Department -- $18,883.

. South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department -- $198,104.

. South Dakota Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services --
$18,883.

. South Dakota Department of Human Services, Services to the Blind and
Visually Impaired -- $18,883.

. Tennessee Division of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Human
Services -- $102,904.

. Texas DARS -- Division for the Blind Services -- $91,348.

. Texas Division for Rehabilitation Services -- $253,500.

. Utah State Office of Rehabilitation -- State Office of Education --
$49,159.

. Vermont Division of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Department of
Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living -- $18,883.

. Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Disabilities,
Aging and Independent Living -- $20,544.

. Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Vocational
Rehabilitation Program -- $18,883.

. Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services, Training Division --
$119,046.

. Washington Department of Services for the Blind -- $18,883.

. Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation -- $54,846.

. West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services, Education and the Arts
-- $54,846.

. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation -- $52,828.

. Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation -- $18,883.

list end

TOTAL -- $4,450,241.

***

OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES Rehabilitation
Services Administration STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNIT IN-SERVICE
TRAINING

BASIC AWARDS (CFDA 84.265B)

List of 19 items

. Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Employment and
Rehabilitation Services -- $56,649.

. Arkansas Rehabilitation Services -- $61,949.

. California Department of Rehabilitation -- $85,000.

. Connecticut Department of Social Services Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services -- $150,800.

. Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation -- $32,441.

. Illinois Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services -- $56,000.

. Kentucky Office for the Blind, Workforce Investment -- $85,000.

. Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Workforce Investment --
$85,000.

. Maryland Department of Education -- Division of Rehabilitation Services --
$60,000.

. Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Department of Energy, Labor and Economic
Growth -- $79,200.

. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development -- State
Services for the Blind -- $48,690.

. Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services -- $40,000.

. New Hampshire Department of Education Vocational Rehabilitation --
$33,545.

. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services --Division of
Services for the Blind -- $40,000.

. North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Health and
Human Services -- $35,000.

. Oregon Commission for the Blind -- Rehabilitation Services -- $28,050.

. Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation -- $149,000.

. Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Dept of Disabilities, Aging
and Independent Living -- $72,000.

. Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services -- $16,335.

list end

TOTAL -- $1,214,659

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