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Section 12:** 2012** **Vocational Rehabilitation**

**This section presents statistics on federal and state vocational rehabilitation programs. 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 for this section is the Rehabilitation Services Administration's Management Information System.**

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**Table 12.1: Vocational Rehabilitation—Applicants**In the federal fiscal year 2010, state vocational rehabilitation agencies processed 604,095 applicants.

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**Table 12.2: Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures after Services Initiated or Completed: Federal Fiscal Year 2010**In the federal fiscal year 2010, state vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 327,599 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 2010, state vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 169,260 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 2010, of 327,599 closed cases of individuals who either initiated or completed services, 51.7 percent achieved successful employment, a rehabilitation rate of 51.7 percent. The agency with the largest rehabilitation was the Missouri blind agency with 82.4 percent, while the agency with the smallest rehabilitation rate was the Alabama combined agency with 25.8 percent.

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**Table 12.5: Vocational Rehabilitation—Total Expenditures (in dollars)**In the federal fiscal year 2010, the United States spent a total of $3,831,133,005 on vocational rehabilitation expenditures for people with disabilities. The combined agency of California spent the most ($333,399,151), while the blind agency of Vermont spent the least ($1,802,481).

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**Table 12.6: Vocational Rehabilitation—Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education Expenditures (in dollars)**In the federal fiscal year 2010, the United States spent a total of $291,190,983 on vocational rehabilitation expenditures for post-secondary institutions for people with disabilities. The combined agency of California spent the most on post-secondary institutions ($26,705,051), while the blind agency of Vermont spent the least on post-secondary institutions ($63,228).

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**Table 12.7: Vocational Rehabilitation—State Agencies on Order of Selection**In the federal fiscal year 2010, forty agencies were on order of selection, down from 61 agencies in 2001. Over the period from 2005 to 2010, fifteen states (including the District of Columbia) have never had any agency on order of selection: Alabama, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah. Over the period from 2005 to 2010, twenty-two states have always had all of their agencies on Order of Selection: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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**Table 12.8: Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Number of Applicants**From 2009 to 2010, the number of vocational rehabilitation applicants in the United States increased by 2.8 percent. Vocational rehabilitation applicants increased the most at the blind agency of New York (by 24.2 percent) and decreased the most at the combined agency of Connecticut (by 19.2 percent).

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**Table 12.9: Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Rehabilitation Rate**From 2009 to 2010, the rehabilitation rate decreased in the United States by 4.0 percentage points. The rehabilitation rate increased the most at the general agency of Kentucky (by 20.0 percentage points) and decreased by the most at the general agency of Alabama (by 45.6 percentage points).

                    - 2012 Vocational Rehabilitation
                    - 2012 12.1 Vocational Rehabilitation—Applicants
                    - 2012 12.2 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures after Services Initiated or Completed
                    - 2012 12.3 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures with Successful Employment Outcomes
                    - 2012 12.4 Vocational Rehabilitation—Rehabilitation Rate
                    - 2012 12.5 Vocational Rehabilitation—Total Expenditures
                    - 2012 12.6 Vocational Rehabilitation—Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education Expenditures
                    - 2012 12.7 Vocational Rehabilitation—State Agencies on Order of Selection
                    - 2012 12.8 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Number of Applicants
                    - 2012 12.9 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Rehabilitation Rate

 

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