Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) VR & IL Public Hearings, Fiscal Year 2011

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The federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended provides funds for the Georgia statewide VR and IL Programs. The missions of each program are:

VR Mission:

To prepare people with disabilities to achieve successful employment and independence and to support businesses in meeting their workforce needs.

We will accomplish this by collaborating with public and private partners and providing services that:

Assist individuals with disabilities to attain their work goals and increase self-sufficiency through assessment, rehabilitation counseling, work skills preparation, training and education, assistive technology, job placement and support services.
Assist employers to meet their business needs through referral of qualified job applicants with disabilities to fill vacancies, support in retaining job incumbents with disabilities, training and technical assistance.

IL Mission:

To promote people with disabilities to achieve equal participation within their communities. We will accomplish this by providing IL core services of information and referral, IL skills training, peer counseling, and individual and systems advocacy that will benefit people with disabilities in the following areas: (1) home & community-based services, (2) accessible housing, (3) accessible transportation, (4) comprehensive, affordable health care, (5) removing barriers to employment, (6) education, (7) assistive technology and (8) information access.