BSBP Vocational  Rehabilitation (VR) Program

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:

• Eligibility determination and priority for services,
• Vocational rehabilitation and independent living needs,
• Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance, and
• Referral to other statewide workforce development centers and resources that support competitive integrated employment.

• The individual must be at least 14 years of age and desire to be employed,
• The primary disability must be legal blindness which results in a substantial impediment to competitive integrated employment,
• The individual must require vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain competitive integrated employment.

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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.