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Download full textSheldon, James R. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2018
This policy brief describes how State VR agencies are using and can use benefits planning services, as a VR agency-funded service, to help SSDI and SSI beneficiaries address concerns and fears about the potential loss of cash benefits and healthcare benefits (i.e., Medicaid and/or Medicare) as they move into jobs paying substantial wages. The…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Rowe, Dawn A.; Allison, Ruth; Hyatt, Jacque; Owens-Johnson, Laura – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2016
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by Title IV of the Workforce Investment Opportunities Act (WIOA) of 2014, defines Competitive Integrated Employment as, "work that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis for which an individuals is: (a) compensated at or above minimum wage or commensurate with individuals without disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended ("Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2011
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2009
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
US Department of Education, 2007
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the act), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Direct linkCapella-McDonnall, Michele – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Using Social Security Administration data, the author evaluated the characteristics of beneficiaries who were blind and visually impaired and who assigned their tickets, the characteristics of beneficiaries who assigned their tickets to employment networks (ENs), and preliminary employment outcomes. The characteristics that predicted assignment of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Vocational Rehabilitation, Minority Groups, Age Differences
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2007
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the act), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
National Association of Private Industry Councils, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report presents data revealing the participation rates of people with disabilities in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs for the program year July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988. Four charts are included in the paper. The charts display state-by-state participation rates for: both adults and youth with disabilities in the JTPA's Title…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Schulzinger, Rhoda – 2000
This paper highlights the public and private health insurance options for young people with disabilities or chronic health conditions including several recent Federal initiatives to increase access to health care for working adults with disabilities. Discussion of public health insurance eligibility and coverage focuses on aspects of Medicaid and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chronic Illness, Disabilities, Eligibility
Moon, M. Sherril; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
This article describes how the Fair Labor Standards Act, recently reauthorized with regulations published in 1989, governs school-based employment and vocational training programs for students with disabilities. It offers case studies of programs for students with severe handicaps to explain situations often misunderstood by educators and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Employment, Employment Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2006
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the Act), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
