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Laws and government programs:
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
(www.eeoc.gov/).
Information on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) employment requirements. - Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(thomas.loc.gov/).
Includes Workforce One-Stop Systems and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 governing state vocational rehabilitation programs. -
U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration.
(www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html).
Federal agency responsible for overseeing state vocational rehabilitation programs. - Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS),
Division for Rehabilitation Services (TRC).
(www.dars.state.tx.us/drs/index.shtml).
State agency responsible for vocational rehabilitation/employment services to individuals with physical, hearing and mental disabilities. - Texas Commission for the Blind (TCB).
(www.dars.state.tx.us/dbs/index.shtml).
State agency responsible for vocational rehabilitation/employment services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. - Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
(www.twc.state.tx.us/dirs/wdbs/wdbweb.html).
Information on local Workforce Development Boards (One-Stop System) which provide information and services to individuals seeking employment. -
Texas Department of State Health Services, Community Mental Health .
(www.dshs.state.tx.us/mentalhealth.shtm).
Information on accessing local mental health services. -
The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS),
Services for Persons with Mental Retardation
(www.dads.state.tx.us/services/dads_help/mental_retardation/index.html)
This website provides a general description of the range of services and supports available through Texas' 41 community mental health/mental retardation centers and other state agencies.
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