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Vocational Rehabilitation: Evidence for Federal Program's Effectiveness Is Mixed

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 27, 1993
Report No. PEMD-93-19
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Summary:

The state-federal vocational rehabilitation program run by the Department of Education helps disabled persons become employed, become more independent, and be integrated into the community. This report discusses whom the program is serving and what the results are. GAO estimates the eligible population, contrasts those accepted and those not, describes the services that clients receive, and evaluates program outcomes. GAO found that only a small fraction of the millions of disabled Americans who are potentially eligible for state-federal rehabilitation services actually receive them and that rehabilitants' gains in employment and earnings fade substantially after about 2 years.

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