Training and Placement Assistance If You Have a Disability

The Texas Workforce Commission Vocational Rehabilitation Services (or VR) program can help you prepare for, find, and keep a job if you have a disability. To be eligible for the VR program, you must have a physical or mental disability, such as:

  • Mental health condition,
  • Physical disability,
  • Hearing loss/deafness,
  • Chronic health condition,
  • Substance use disorder,
  • Learning disability,
  • Low vision or blindness, or
  • Other physical or mental disabilities that prevent you from finding and keeping a job.

If you qualify for a VR program, you can receive services and benefits designed to help you with your unique needs. These services and benefits may include financial help, counseling, training, medical care, assistive devices, job placement assistance, and other services. The VR program also helps students with disabilities to plan the transition from school to work. You should begin working with the VR program well before you finish high school. Your high school staff should assist you in contacting the VR program and starting the process. Gaining skills needed for a career, learning how to prepare for a job interview, and knowing how to stay employed are just a few ways the VR program helps people with disabilities have successful careers. See more information about the VR program here.

TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU QUALIFY FOR THE VR PROGRAM: contact the VR program office nearest you and ask for an appointment with one of the counselors. Let the counselor know that you have a disability that prevents you from obtaining or keeping a job.

TO FIND THE NEAREST VR PROGRAM OFFICE NEAR YOU: call (800) 628-5115 or find a list of all the VR program offices here.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VR PROGRAM, including its services and how to apply, download the Vocational Rehabilitation Guide to Applicants. If you are denied a service, have a complaint about their service, or need help applying for services, you can contact the Client Assistance Program at Disability Rights Texas at (800) 252-9108.