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The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) VR program is an integral part of the statewide workforce and is designed to assess, plan, and provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible legally blind or visually impaired customers. Vocational services are designed around the customer's informed choice, unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and the local labor market. The VR program prepares the customer for competitive integrated employment as that term is defined by regulatory and sub-regulatory guidelines. It is BSBP’s vision that every customer will achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Vocational Rehabilitation assessment and training services are provided on an individualized basis with consideration to the following:
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To request BSBP Vocational Rehabilitation services, a referral form must be submitted. Upon submitting the requested information, the individual or guardian seeking services will be contacted by a BSBP representative who will process the submitted referral form, provide program information, and assign a Rehabilitation Professional to discuss service needs. Request for vocational rehabilitation services can come directly from the individual, family, friends, employers, and workforce partners.
To Request Services: Referral for BSBP Services Form
For More Information: Contact a Bureau of Services for Blind Persons office near you to speak to a Rehabilitation Professional in your area.
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Before receiving services, customers shall participate in a skills of blindness and vocational assessment to evaluate functional limitations related to vision loss.
Yes, BSBP provides vocational services to address all disability-related barriers in addition to legal blindness.
Presumptive eligibility is assumed for individuals receiving social security benefits based upon diagnosis of legal blindness and can provide documentation to support eligibility. The customer is still required to demonstrate a desire and ability to work in a competitive integrated environment.
This is the minimum amount of income required for a household to meet its basic expenses without public or private assistance.
Full or part-time employment where the employee with a disability is compensated (including benefits) not less than the rate paid to employees without disabilities performing similar work and having a similar experience, training, and skills. Additionally in order to be considered integrated, the work must occur at a location typically found in the community and where the individual with a disability can interact within the work unit with other persons who are not individuals with disabilities and where opportunities for advancement are similar to those available to employees without disabilities in similar positions.
