Contents Admissions Referrals are provided by vocational rehabilitation counselors. All referrals are sent to the Center's Admissions Office. Local office information is also available at this web site under directory . As a priority, the Perkins Center provides services to persons sponsored by the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. Persons referred by other agencies can be served if an agreement is made with the sponsoring agency.
Consumers can also purchase services on their own.
The Perkins Center can accept Medicare, private insurance, or fee for service arrangements in many instances. Because its purpose is to promote independence in work and daily living, the Center does not accept persons for treatment of acute disorders or for long-term care. Tours of the facility are offered daily. The Carl D. Perkins Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, an agency of the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Kentucky Workforce Development Cabinet, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability, age, religion or marital status in training, activities or employment practices in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.