Rehabilitation Services Administration Programs

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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 1971

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Page 11 - Under section 4(a) (2) (C) of the act, grants may be made to State vocational rehabilitation agencies and other public and private nonprofit agencies to enable them to develop new programs to recruit and train individuals for new career opportunities in order to provide appropriate manpower in programs serving handicapped individuals and to upgrade or expand those services.
Page 23 - States and public and other nonprofit organizations and agencies (1) for paying part of the cost of projects for research, demonstrations, training, and traineeships, and projects for the establishment of special facilities and services, which, in the judgment of the Secretary, hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of vocational rehabilitation problems common to all or several States...
Page 3 - ... and vocational training; maintenance and transportation during the rehabilitation process; placement in suitable employment; services to families of handicapped people when such services contribute substantially to the rehabilitation of the handicapped client; recruitment and training services to provide new careers for handicapped people in the field of rehabilitation and other public service areas; and follow-up services to assist handicapped individuals to maintain their employment.
Page 7 - Disadvantaged individual" means any individual disadvantaged in his ability to secure or maintain appropriate employment by reason of physical or mental disability, youth, advanced age, low educational attainment, ethnic or cultural factors, prison or delinquency records, or any other condition, especially in association with poverty, which constitutes a barrier to such employment. (d) "Evaluation and work adjustment services...
Page 1 - Aging of the Social and Rehabilitation Service, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 7 - ... a thorough diagnostic study consisting of a comprehensive evaluation of pertinent medical, psychological, vocational, educational, cultural, social, and environmental factors which bear on the individual's handicap to employment and rehabilitation potential including, to the degree needed, an evaluation of the individual's personality, intelligence level, educational achievements, work experience, vocational aptitudes and interests, personal and social adjustments, employment opportunities, and...
Page 17 - Grants are now being made in the fields of rehabilitation counseling, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, prosthetics and...
Page 3 - ... Rehabilitation Act has not previously specifically authorized the Rehabilitation Services Administration to provide Federal funds to States for family planning purposes. However, the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968 authorize services to families of handicapped vocational rehabilitation clients when such services will contribute substantially to the rehabilitation of the handicapped individual. Family planning services for family members and the handicapped client may be included...
Page 3 - Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services is based on the presence of a physical or mental disability, the existence of a substantial handicap to employment, and a reasonable expectation that vocational rehabilitation services may render the individual fit to engage in a gainful occupation.

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