The SRC collaborates with the VR agency in administering the VR program. In partnership with the VR agency, the SRC carries out a variety of important functions. Visit State Rehabilitation Council for complete information.
To-Do List
- Read the linked information
- Find out the list of SRC members for your agency and meet with the chair
RSA has various training and technical assistance centers (TAC) and demonstration projects that are here to help you and your partners in providing VR and other services to individuals with disabilities. Each technical assistance center focuses its efforts on a specific set of topics designed to provide universal, targeted, and intensive technical assistance to improve services to individuals with disabilities, maximizing their employment, independence, and integration into the community and the competitive labor market. More information about these options can be found on RSA’s website.
To-do List
- Bookmark the TA Centers' websites so you can access them quickly and easily
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) outlines the core partners. With WIOA, the public VR program is one partner among six core partners. The core partners include the following:
- WIOA Title I: Adult, Dislocated Workers, and Youth programs administered by the Department of Labor (DOL)
- WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy program administered by the Education Department (ED)
- WIOA Title III: Employment Services program, under the Wagner-Peyser Act, administered by DOL
- Title IV - State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program administered by ED
- Additionally, there are WIOA partner programs or optional programs:
- Health and Human Services (HHS)-administered: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Community Services Block Grant
- ED-administered: Career and Technical Education programs, authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
- USDA-administered: Employment and Training program, and Work programs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- DOL-administered: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program, Jobs for Veterans State Grants programs, Unemployment Insurance programs, Senior Community Service Employment program, and Reintegration of Ex-Offenders
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-administered: Employment and Training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
To-Do List
- Get a list of the core partners with the key contact information.
- Set up a meeting with the core partners to learn more about their programs.
- Participate in the State and Local Workforce Development Boards.