The objective of Vocational Rehabilitation is to empower individuals with disabilities and to prepare them for work. The disability might have been present since birth or it might have resulted from injury, thereby constituting a mental, physical or emotional limitation that presents a barrier to employment. Public and private agencies provide vocational rehabilitation.
Public providers offer services to all persons meeting their criteria for eligibility.
Often, but not always, public rehabilitation agencies serve people who are disabled or become disabled in situations other than on the job. Their fees are primarily paid by insurance carriers, and demand for their services springs from employers' needs for quick rehabilitation that can return a worker to a job as nearly equal as possible to the one held before. Individuals who become disabled as a result of military service or during military service are most often provided rehabilitation services through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . A good relationship with a rehabilitation service will not only help you retain skilled employees by getting them back to work but can also assist you in handling employee problems related to stress or addiction. Services Services are provided by each state through its Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, or by the Division, Commission or Department of Rehabilitation Services for those with visual impairments.