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Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) are working together to provide a variety of services that assist eligible people with disabilities prepare for, obtaining, retaining, or advancing in employment.

Services include (as needed):

  • Vocational counseling and guidance
  • Referrals for hearing, visual, and other examinations.
  • Assistance with medical appointments and treatment.
  • Rehabilitation deceives, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
  • Therapy to address a disability, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
  • Physical restoration services
  • Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
  • Assistance with a college education or trade certification
  • On-the-job training
  • Training in workplace and employer expectations.
  • Vocational adjustment training
  • Rehabilitation teacher's services to help you learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills if you are blind or have a visual impairment.
  • Supported employment

Job Matching & Placement Services:

  • Transportation assistance to and from your job, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
  • Follow-up and supported employment services to help you maintain employment.
  • Referral to Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

Services may also include:

  • Referral to community support systems, such as peer support and advocacy organizations.
  • Vocational counseling and guidance, including exploring employment options and postsecondary education programs with high school students who have disabilities.
  • Required assessments to determine eligibility and VR needs. 
  • Interpreter services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
  • Needs assessment of assistive technology.
  • Assistive devices such as hearing aids, prosthetics, braces, and wheelchairs to improve functioning on the job.
  • Assistive technology and training, including training to use hearing aids, Braille, low-vision aids, and other types of technology to improve communication, access to information, and performance of job functions.
  • Orientation and mobility training for participants who are blind.
  • Speech, physical, and occupational therapies.
  • Outpatient psychiatric and psychological services.
  • Personal assistance services
  • Medical treatment to reduce or remove barriers to employment.
  • Work-based learning experiences for high school students with disabilities, such as job shadowing, volunteer work, internships, and summer employment.
  • Training in behaviors that are expected by employers in a work environment.
  • Job coaches and support for customized employment, self-employment, and supported employment.
  • College, technical, and on-the-job training.
  • Return-to-work, job retention, job development, and job placement assistance.
  • Instruction in self-advocacy

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

  • Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
  • Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain, or advance in employment.
  • Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

  • Blindness or significant visual impairments
  • Deaf-blindness
  • Deafness, or other hearing impairments.
  • Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
  • Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
  • Other physical or mental conditions.
  • Behavioral and mental health conditions.
  • Alcoholism or drug addiction

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

*Closed for lunch from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM.
Updated within the last 3 months.