The VR program provides a wide range of services and job training to people with disabilities who want to work.
Priority is given to people with the most significant disabilities.
The State VR agencies assist persons with disabilities to locate employment by developing and maintaining close relationships with local businesses. Furthermore, they assist persons served to become tax-paying citizens and to reduce their reliance on entitlement programs. To help the population of unemployed persons with disabilities join the workforce, State VR agencies must provide comprehensive rehabilitation services that go beyond those found in routine job training programs. The first VR Act was signed into law on June 20, 1920. Since then, the program has continually been authorized and expanded with bipartisan support, having demonstrated a constant and impressive record of effectiveness.