Client assistance program (cap)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded $131,917 to Disability Rights Connecticut, Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program (CFDA 84.161, also known as the Client Assistance Program or CAP).

Disability Rights Connecticut delivers CAP services to eligible individuals and applicants for Connecticut's Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants program and other programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act. The organization provides advocacy, legal representation, and assistance in pursuing legal and administrative remedies to protect the rights of vocational rehabilitation clients and client-applicants. CAP services include advising individuals of available benefits and their rights and responsibilities in connection with those benefits, individual and systemic advocacy, and assistance in understanding rehabilitation services.

The award covers the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Hartford, Connecticut. Disability Rights Connecticut serves as Connecticut's designated protection and advocacy system and holds concurrent federal funding across multiple disability rights programs, including Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI), Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR), and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD).