Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation services assists persons who are blind or visually impaired in the development, acquisition or updating of skills that will enable them to secure and maintain employment. This may include working in the labor force, operating their own business, supportive employment, or managing their own home.
Services include: Vocational evaluation, counseling, guidance and training; job placement; post-employment services; college counseling/support; vending facility and Business Enterprise Programs; marketing of home-crafted products; high school transitional services; special services for multi-handicapped persons; and training at the Joseph Kohn Rehabilitation Center in New Brunswick,and technology and career training programs.
For more information on Vocational Rehabilitation Services contact: John Walsh, Coordinator of Vocational Rehabilitation Services at 973-648-3549 or e-mail: John.Walsh@dhs.state.nj.us
