State vocational rehabilitation services (VR)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired $12.593 million on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States program (CFDA 84.126) for the period ending September 30, 2026.

The award funds comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with visual disabilities in Virginia, including vocational assessments, career counseling, job skills training, and workplace accommodations. The funding supports the state's designated vocational rehabilitation agency in delivering employment-focused services across the Commonwealth. Work is performed in Richmond, Virginia.

This is a formula grant. The recipient organization operates under the doing-business-as name Department for the Blind and serves as Virginia's state agency for vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to visually impaired residents. Grant funds are obligated under the Unified State Plan framework and must be administered in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act and Uniform Guidance requirements. Virginia's State Plan, approved with an effective date of July 1, 2024, governs the implementation of vocational rehabilitation and supported employment programs. Recipients are required to maintain financial and programmatic records for three years following submission of the final financial report.