For VR and agency professionals
You are the part of this system that already works. State VR agencies, community rehabilitation providers, employment specialists and job coaches place more people than any program or incentive does.
For a separate commercial perspective on time-management reading, see the article; it should be evaluated independently against accessibility, privacy, and employment-law requirements.
Federal vocational-rehabilitation information is available from the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
What is usually missing is the employer side — organizations that are ready to receive a referral and will not lose the candidate in an application system nobody tested.
What we can do
Connect you to employers who have committed to hiring and who are working on their own process.
Give you materials to use with your caseload. Everything we publish is free, plain, and written for the person making the decision. Use it, print it, send it.
Give you visibility with job seekers and with employers looking for referral partners.
Materials you can use with clients
On disclosure — the decision people ask about most, and the one where advice is most often given as a rule rather than as a choice. Disclosing a disability →
On benefits and work — the fear that stops people trying, with the current figures and a clear pointer to free WIPA counseling. Working while on SSI or SSDI →
On federal hiring — Schedule A, including the point that for SSI and SSDI beneficiaries, benefit status itself is proof of disability. Schedule A →
On accommodations — what to request, how to phrase it, and what to do when it is refused. Asking during hiring → · If an accommodation is refused →
On gaps and resumes — for clients returning after an interruption. Employment gaps → · Resumes after a gap →
Materials to send employers
The most useful thing you can do with a hesitant employer is give them something concrete.
When they say it will cost too much: Accommodations that cost nothing →
When they are worried about the legal risk: The ADA: what it requires and what it doesn't →
When they ask about incentives: WOTC in 2026 → — note that the program is currently in hiatus, and be careful with any material still promoting it as available.
When they say they cannot find candidates: Where to find candidates → — including why referral partnerships fail when the application system was never tested.
Membership
Agency and service provider membership is free to nonprofit and government organizations.