Welcome to the Department of Rehabilitation - Employment, Independence, & Equality

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Masters Degree Support—Specialized Training for counselors will focus on increasing the professional capacity to provide quality services by offering tuition support for existing Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Rehabilitation Supervisors, and Rehabilitation Administrators to comply with federal Masters Degree educational requirements and offering specialized staff training. Training subjects will include Autism, Diversity/Cultural Competency, Handling Difficult Consumers, and Supervision.

Capacity Building Paid Internships will be offered to facilitate opportunities for students in Rehabilitation Counseling degree programs to gain experience working in an actual vocational rehabilitation environment which will facilitate the recruitment and hiring of students that meet the federal standards into the DOR's primary counselor classification.

Activity and Progress:

  • Information coming soon.