Article: Agency helping the disabled find jobs reduces waiting list

Agency helping the disabled find jobs reduces waiting list

Thursday, May 17, 2001

More than 6,100 people with disabilities have been removed since January from the waiting list for a state program that helps disabled people find and keep jobs.

The waiting list for services through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has been pared due to an infusion of funding, said Department of Workforce Development Secretary Jennifer Reinert. A shortfall forced officials in August to stop accepting new clients. But $500,000 in emergency funding approved in December by the Legislature, along with ...

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