Northern Nevada

775-823-8100

 

Southern Nevada

702-486-5230

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VR Nevada Advantages

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Utilizing the services of VR Nevada and hiring people with disabilities brings value to small, medium and large businesses.

  • No-Cost Recruitment and Job Matching Assistance
  • Access to On-the-Job Training Funds
  • Partnerships with Internship and Apprenticeships programs
  • Temporary Job Assignment (On-the-Job Training and Work Shadowing)
  • Follow Along/Employer and Employee Support for the First 90 Days
  • Diversity in the Workplace and a Corporate Culture of Inclusion
  • Availability of Work Opportunity and other Tax Credits

The Value of Hiring Employees with Disabilities

Return on Investment/Improve Your Bottom Line: By employing people with disabilities, businesses turn social issues into business opportunities and those opportunities into lower costs, higher revenues and increased profits.
Mine the Wealth of Diverse Talent: Business can profit in many ways from a disability talent pool of individuals with unique and marketable skills, who have high levels of performance, retention and attendance.
Innovation: Employees with disabilities bring unique experiences and understanding that transform a workplace and enhance products and services.
Enhance Corporate Culture: Demonstrate social responsibility by creating an inclusive workplace and hiring people with disabilities, including youth, maturing workers and veterans.
Diversity: Disability adds another dimension to your diversity efforts, contributing to the development of unique and creative business solutions.
Marketing: Customers with disabilities and their families are a market of over 350,000 potential consumers who purchase products and services from businesses that hire people with disabilities.

VR Nevada Helps You Find Great Candidates for Full-Time and Part-time Positions

We link you to a talented workforce at no cost to you or the job seekers. We offer staffing solutions in these industries and many more.

  • Health Care & Medical Services
  • Tourism, Gaming & Entertainment
  • Information Technology
  • Retail & Customer Service
  • Manufacturing
  • Logistics & Operations
Nevada Department of Training and Rehabilitation

Northern Nevada  775-823-8100     Southern Nevada  702-486-5230
TTY  800-326-6868 or 775-684-8400    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.

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