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This includes the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) and Services to Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired (BSBVI).
The Bureau of Disability Adjudication (BDA) is an essential service, and will continue to process claims for Social Security Disability.
Rehabilitation Administration is working with DETR Leadership and will continue to post updates as they are made available.
National studies show that people with disabilities make excellent employees. They have high levels of performance, retention and attendance. But not all employers know how to effectively recruit and retain such individuals. Nevada Vocational Rehabilitation (VR Nevada), a Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, makes it simple.
We’re “At Work for Disability Inclusion,” connecting employers with reliable and qualified employees who can help drive business success.
We’ll meet with you to determine specific recruitment requirements and refer pre-screened, qualified job candidates matching those requirements. Our assistance to your business includes work readiness skills development, customized on-the-job training strategies, guidance and technical assistance, and assessments of assistive technology needs. We provide quality support throughout the recruiting process, and comprehensive follow-up services.
Unique experiences and understanding that transform a workplace and enhance products and services.
Another dimension to your diversity efforts, contributing to the development of unique and creative business solutions.
A market of over 350,000 potentialconsumers who purchase from businesses that hire people with disabilities.
Being a person with a disability (PWD) or the parent / guardian of a person with a disability presents many challenges. One of the most significant challenges includes overcoming substantial barriers to establishing financial stability. The purpose of this toolkit is to provide PWDs and parents / guardians with simple, high-quality, easily-accessible information regarding various federal and Nevada specific resources designed to assist PWDs and their family members to more efficiently navigate the process of financial decision making.
Northern Nevada 775-823-8100 Southern Nevada 702-486-5230
Nevada Relay 711
The services and/or goods described herein are funded, in part, with Federal funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), and/or Supported Employment Services programs. For purposes of the VR program in Nevada, the Federal VR grant paid 78.7 percent of the related costs. In Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018, Nevada VR received $18,531,753 in Federal VR funds. Funds appropriated by the State of Nevada and/or acquired from other non-Federal sources paid 21.3 percent of the related costs ($5,015,583). For purposes of the Supported Employment program, Federal funds paid 95 percent of the total costs. In FFY 2018, Nevada’s VR program received $181,159 in Federal Supported Employment funds. State appropriated funds paid 5 percent ($3,505) of the total costs under the Supported Employment program.
