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Section 12: **Vocational Rehabilitation**

**This section presents statistics on Vocational Rehabilitation programs, administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. These data concern the number of individuals with disabilities who apply for services, receive services, and find employment (are successfully rehabilitated). The tables also address the expenditures associated with vocational rehabilitation, as well as whether vocational rehabilitation agencies are on order of selection. The principal source of this data is the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s Management Information System.**

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**Table 12.1: Vocational Rehabilitation—Applicants**In the federal fiscal year 2011, state vocational rehabilitation agencies processed 579,305 applicants.

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**Table 12.2: Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures after Services Initiated or Completed: Federal Fiscal Year 2011**In the federal fiscal year 2011, state vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 326,627 cases of individuals who either initiated or completed services.

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**Table 12.3: Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures with Successful Employment Outcomes:**In the federal fiscal year 2011, state vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 175,441 cases of individuals who either initiated or completed services in which the individuals entered successful employment.

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**Table 12.4: Vocational Rehabilitation—Rehabilitation Rate**In the federal fiscal year 2011, of 326,627 closed cases of individuals who either initiated or completed services, 53.7 percent achieved successful employment, i.e., a rehabilitation rate of 53.7 percent. The agency with the largest rehabilitation was the Delaware blind agency with 85.5 percent, while the agency with the smallest rehabilitation rate was the Hawaii combined agency with 34.6 percent.

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**Table 12.5: Vocational Rehabilitation—Total Expenditures (in dollars)**In the federal fiscal year 2011, the U.S. spent a total of $3,997,671,574 on Vocational Rehabilitation expenditures for people with disabilities. The California combined agency spent the most ($372,980,301), while the Vermont blind agency spent the least ($1,646,676).

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**Table 12.6: Vocational Rehabilitation—Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education Expenditures (in dollars)**In the federal fiscal year 2011, the U.S. spent a total of $282,351,828 on Vocational Rehabilitation expenditures for postsecondary institutions of higher education for people with disabilities. The California combined agency spent the most on postsecondary institutions of higher education ($22,502,357), while the Vermont blind agency spent the least on postsecondary institutions of higher education ($82,200).

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**Table 12.7: Vocational Rehabilitation—State Agencies on Order of Selection**In the federal fiscal year 2012, forty agencies were on Order of Selection, down from 21 agencies in 2001. Over the period from 2008 to 2012, 21 states (including the District of Columbia) have never had any agency on Order of Selection: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Over the period from 2008 to 2012, six states have always had all of their agencies on Order of Selection: California, Illinois, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

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**Table 12.8: Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Number of Applicants**From 2010 to 2011, the number of Vocational Rehabilitation applicants in the U.S. decreased by 4.0 percent. Vocational Rehabilitation applicants increased the most at the Massachusetts general agency (by 24.5 percent) and decreased the most at the New Mexico general agency (by 31.3 percent).

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**Table 12.9: Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Rehabilitation Rate**From 2010 to 2011, the rehabilitation rate increased in the U.S. by 2.0 percentage points. The rehabilitation rate increased the most at the Alaska combined agency (by 34.3 percentage points) and decreased by the most at the Maryland combined agency (by 19.0 percentage points).

                    - Vocational Rehabilitation
                    - 12.1 Vocational Rehabilitation—Applicants
                    - 12.2 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures after Services Initiated or Completed
                    - 12.3 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures with Successful Employment Outcomes
                    - 12.4 Vocational Rehabilitation—Rehabilitation Rate
                    - 12.5 Vocational Rehabilitation—Total Expenditures
                    - 12.6 Vocational Rehabilitation—Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education Expenditures
                    - 12.7 Vocational Rehabilitation—State Agencies on Order of Selection
                    - 12.8 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Number of Applicants
                    - 12.9 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Rehabilitation Rate

 

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