Vocational Rehabilitation Program

The Vocational Rehabilitation program gets its funding from these laws, rules, and regulations:

• Vocational Rehabilitation Services, United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 16, Subchapter I
• State Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34, Part 361
• Texas Rehabilitation Commission, Texas Human Resources Code, Title 7, Chapter 111
• Texas Commission for the Blind, Texas Human Resources Code, Title 5, Chapter 91
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Texas Labor Code, Title 4, Chapter 352

The Vocational Rehabilitation Division must give written notice to anyone receiving or applying for program services about certain rights and protections in accordance with the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR § 76.712.

Religious Nondiscrimination Notice

Contact Information for Program Staff

Because this program is supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education, we are required to provide you the following information:

1. We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.
2. We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that may be offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary.
3. We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance.

4. You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the U.S. Department of Education at BeneficiaryNoticeComplaints@ed.gov.

   This written notice must be given to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided or exigent circumstances make it impracticable to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, this notice must be given to you at the earliest available opportunity.

Appendix C to 34 CFR Part 75