State vocational rehabilitation services (VR)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded $50,605,989 to Massability on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States program (CFDA 84.126). The award funds Massachusetts's comprehensive vocational rehabilitation program, which includes assessments, career planning, job training, workplace accommodations, independent living skills training, and supported employment services for individuals with disabilities. Performance runs through September 30, 2026, with administrative operations based in Boston, Massachusetts. Massability, officially the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and a child entity of the Secretary of Commonwealth Massachusetts, administers this formula grant on behalf of the state. The recipient sub-awards portions of federal funding to local workforce boards and community partners to expand service delivery statewide. Grant funds are obligated through an approved VR services portion of Massachusetts's four-year Unified or Combined State Plan effective July 1, 2024, with modifications due in Spring 2026.