State vocational rehabilitation services (VR)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded the Department of Services for the Blind Washington $12,937,647 on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States program (CFDA 84.126). The award funds state vocational rehabilitation services delivered to individuals with visual impairments across Washington, including career counseling, job training, workplace accommodations, assessments, and assistive technology support for competitive integrated employment. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Olympia, Washington. The Department of Services for the Blind Washington, a Washington state government entity designated as the state unit for administering vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to the blind and visually impaired, receives formula grant awards exclusively from OSERS. The Department routinely sub-awards portions of these grants to local workforce boards, nonprofit partners, and state agencies including the Washington Department of Public Instruction to expand service delivery across the state's communities of individuals with visual impairments. The assistance type is Formula Grant.