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29.04 miles away,
183 IH 35 S, New Braunfels, TX, 78130
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.