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Download full textAmerican Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center. – 1989
This fact sheet summarizes information about the education-related services provided by federal/state-funded Vocational Rehabilitation Services and describes how to gain access to them. In a question/answer format, the guide discusses how to find the local vocational rehabilitation office, how to contact the office, procedures involved in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Programs, Mental Retardation
CONLEY, RONALD W. – 1965
THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THE MEANING AND EXTENT OF DISABILITY, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISABLED, AND THE EFFECTS OF DISABILITY ON SOCIETY ARE DISCUSSED. A CHAPTER ON VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION IN THE UNITED…
Descriptors: Adults, Costs, Economic Research, Exceptional Child Services
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Mental Retardation, National Surveys, Participant Characteristics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1973
The 1972 annual report of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) on Federal activities related to the administration of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act presents statistics demonstrating a 12 percent increase in persons rehabilitated over fiscal year 1971. Special efforts were directed toward rehabilitating disabled public…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Annual Reports, Correctional Rehabilitation, Costs
Institute for the Crippled and Disabled, New York, NY. Research Utilization Lab. – 1973
The report of a national conference to present material for training public assistance and vocational rehabilitation staffs in cooperative efforts to enable disabled recipients of public assistance to become self-supporting is divided into two main parts. The first part deals with Public Assistance/Vocational Rehabilitation (PA/VR) policies and…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Counselor Training
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1976
The second annual report to Congress describes the status of several current, federally-sponsored driver education programs. These programs are designed for: young beginning drivers (high school students), drinking drivers, other problem drivers, motorcyclists, and physically handicapped drivers. Plans for future programs are described and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Education, Annual Reports
Pan, Elizabeth – 1978
Four state-of-the-art reports were prepared and disseminated in both printed and audio cassette forms to summarize the available knowledge in four areas of concern in the field of rehabilitation. Based on the recommendations of a consumer panel composed mainly of representatives from the intended audience, the topics of the reports and the authors…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Health Insurance
1976
The full texts of all prepared statements and supplemental materials presented during five days of oversight hearings held on rehabilitation of the handicapped programs and implementation of these programs by agencies under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are contained in this document. Statements are made by (1) State and local directors and other…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
