State supported employment services

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Vocational Rehabilitation Division $132,912 on October 1, 2025, under the Supported Employment Services for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities program (CFDA 84.187).

The award funds supported employment services delivered collaboratively with public and private nonprofit organizations to help individuals with the most significant disabilities obtain and maintain competitive integrated employment. The recipient, operating as Vocational Rehabilitation within Missouri's state education agency, administers the program statewide from Jefferson City, Missouri. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026. As a formula grant to the state vocational rehabilitation agency, the award supplements VR services for individuals with significant disabilities seeking the employment outcome of supported employment, contingent on an approved supported employment supplement to the VR services portion of Missouri's Unified or Combined State Plan.