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, obtain, retain or advance 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 college education or trade certification
• on-the-job training
• training in workplace and employer expectations
• vocational adjustment training
• rehabilitation teachers 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.

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, obtain, retain or advance 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 college education or trade certification
• on-the-job training
• training in workplace and employer expectations
• vocational adjustment training
• rehabilitation teachers 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.

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, obtain, retain or advance 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 college education or trade certification
• on-the-job training
• training in workplace and employer expectations
• vocational adjustment training
• rehabilitation teachers 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.

The Texas Technology Access Program (TTAP) supports a statewide network of assistive technology demonstration centers to provide general assistive technology, computer access, and portable computer access demonstrations. Some demonstration Centers have Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices. Virtual Demonstrations may also be scheduled via a Zoom meeting by contacting the TTAP Demonstration Center. Demonstrations are available to consumers and their family members, the professionals who support them, as well as advocates, employers, and educators.

Demonstrations include an explanation of the function of a device and instructions for its use. There are opportunities at each in-person demonstration event for participants to use or try several devices so that each individual will be better able to determine the most appropriate device to meet his/her specific needs. Upon completion of the demonstrations, participants are given information about further assessment if required, costs and funding, and possible assistive technology vendors for the participant to make an informed decision regarding accessing or acquiring appropriate assistive technology devices.

Consumers may also choose to borrow assistive technology seen at a demonstration from the TTAP Loan Library.

Click here to find a Demo Center in your area

TTAP is always looking for new Demonstration Centers

Benefits:

• AT equipment and training
• State-level networking
• Access to ATIA online learning

Click here if interested in becoming a Demo Center.

• Assistive Technology
• Computer Skills Classes

Short-term device loans are available for 35 days. When individuals with disabilities, their families, and qualified professionals can borrow AT devices and assess them in the individual's normal environments, they are then better able to determine if the devices meet their needs or the needs of individuals with disabilities they are serving. 

They are then able to make informed choices about what device to purchase or whether to purchase a device at all. The program works with agencies that provide assistive technology device loans to develop a system of mutual referral so consumers can find the agency most appropriate to meet their equipment loan needs.

Click here for more information 

Must be:

• Texas resident
• Disabled
• Aging

• Device Lending
• Assistive Technology

Welcome to TTAP’s second annual Assistive Technology (A.T.) Conference!

We invite you to join us again for amazing spotlight presenters, cutting-edge concurrent sessions, and a packed Exhibit Hall showcasing all of the latest technologies!

There will be added opportunities to collaborate and network within and across professions as well as explore inter-agency connections that support the full life spectrum of Texans with disabilities, their caregivers, and their support networks.

Who should attend?

• People with disabilities
• People who are aging
• Family members of those who have disabilities and those who are aging
• Professionals that support assistive technology including rehabilitation, vocation, K12 education, early childhood, allied health professionals
• Employees of state, county, and municipal agencies and organizations that support people who disabilities and those who are aging

• Assistive Technology

Whether you are an at-risk individual looking for a laptop, a student needing a high-performing desktop, or a nonprofit looking to upgrade your workstations, we can help!

Please look through the available computers we have to offer to see what can fit your needs. Please contact us if you have any questions about our computers.

Click here to view our computers

The following is an incomplete list of qualifications:

• Adult & Child Mental Health Case Management
• Extended Foster Care
• Free School Lunch Program
• Food Stamps (SNAP/Link Card)
• Head Start
• Home Schooling (K-12)
• LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)
• Medicaid
• Rent Waiver 
• Section 8, Federal Public Housing Assistance, or Group Residential Housing (GRH)
• SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Pell Grant
• Unemployment Assistance (Within 12 Months)

Please contact our office about other qualifications that may make you eligible to purchase one of our high-performing, refurbished computers.

• Free or Affordable Computers