State vocational rehabilitation services (VR)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry $163.789 million on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States program (CFDA 84.126). The award funds the operation of Pennsylvania's comprehensive, coordinated vocational rehabilitation program to assess, plan, develop, and provide vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities consistent with their strengths, resources, priorities, and informed choice. The Department of Labor & Industry, as the state VR agency, operates the program from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance through September 30, 2026. The formula grant is allocated annually to state VR agencies with an approved VR services portion of their Unified or Combined State Plan; Pennsylvania submitted its four-year State Plan (Program Year 2024–2027) in Spring 2024 with an effective date of July 1, 2024, and will submit modifications in Spring 2026. The ultimate parent entity is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which holds the state-level federal grant relationships across multiple departments and agencies.