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Services for Job Seekers

How Can We Help You?

Ready to reach your job goal?

DVR is for you.

You can change your future. Take responsibility for your program, services and success. DVR is here to help and guide you, and you will make steps for yourself.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Employment - Work is why you applied for the DVR program. We want to celebrate your success with you, please tell us when you get a job.
  • Commitment - Success comes when we work together and you follow through with what you agreed to in your Individualized Plan for Employment.
  • Appointments - Keeping appointments is important. Contact DVR if you cannot make an appointment.
  • Information - Communication is the key to information, giving us accurate information about yourself will move your case forward. Contact DVR at least once a month - more often as needed.

Your Rights:

  • Confidentiality - Your information shared with us is not shared with other. Your counselor will explain our confidentiality rules to you.
  • Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) - You and your DVR counselor will agree on an Employment Plan and make informed decisions about your job goals and DVR services.
  • Cost - DVR services are usually provided at no cost to you.
  • Appeals - If you have a problem with DVR services, you can talk to your counselor, a supervisor, a director, or contact the Client Assistance Program at 800-362-1290 (Voice/TTY).

DVR Services

DVR services are any services described in your plan for employment necessary to assist you in preparing for, securing, retaining or regaining a job that true to your strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests and informed choice.

Information and Referral

What Type of Services Does DVR Provide

  • Career Guidance and Counseling
  • Job Search and Placement Assistance
  • Information and Referral Services
  • Transition to work services for students with disabilities in high school
  • Supported Employment services for persons with severe disabilities; includes time-limited on-the job supports
  • Rehabilitation Technology
  • Vocational and other Training
  • Disability and Employment Assessment
  • Transportation
  • Occupational licenses, tools and other equipment
  • Assistance in small-business plan development
  • Interpreter services
  • Rehabilitation teaching services
  • Diagnosis and treatment

For more information on the DVR process and your choices as a consumer or job seeker, see the process table developed by the Client Assistance Program (CAP).