Rehabilitation Services - Blind / Visually Impaired | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities
Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.
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Physical Address
7686 Cincinnati Dayton Rd., Ste. D, West Chester, OH 45069
Hours
M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm or by appointment for all offices.
Voice
Voice
Fax
(614) 985-8682
Website
Application process
Phone or walk-in to make an appointment to all offices M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm. Can also apply online at www.oodworks.com. Referrals should include at a minimum: the potential clients name; address; age; nature of disability; social security number; referral resource; and, if needed, directions to the client's home. Can also self-refer. Eligibility determination is usually made within 60 days.
Fee
Free. Individuals receiving service may be asked to contribute to certain services
Eligibility
Age 14 and older, US citizenship and Ohio residency required for participation. Person must be legally blind or have a visual impairment which constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment, usually 20/200 vision. Assistance is also given to people over age 55 who have severe visual impairment and need mobility training to be able to live independently.
Service area
Lawrence County, Ohio Belmont County, Ohio Champaign County, Ohio Shelby County, Ohio Huron County, Ohio Wayne County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Greene County, Ohio Ohio Hancock County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Meigs County, Ohio Summit County, Ohio Putnam County, Ohio Erie County, Ohio Defiance County, Ohio Logan County, Ohio Knox County, Ohio Marion County, Ohio Wyandot County, Ohio Medina County, Ohio Fulton County, Ohio Morrow County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio Ashtabula County, Ohio Licking County, Ohio Trumbull County, Ohio Washington County, Ohio Wood County, Ohio Jackson County, Ohio Harrison County, Ohio Pike County, Ohio Fairfield County, Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Henry County, Ohio Delaware County, Ohio Williams County, Ohio Coshocton County, Ohio Preble County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio Butler County, Ohio Stark County, Ohio Van Wert County, Ohio Muskingum County, Ohio Lucas County, Ohio Clark County, Ohio Mercer County, Ohio Pickaway County, Ohio Athens County, Ohio Allen County, Ohio Fayette County, Ohio Madison County, Ohio Portage County, Ohio Auglaize County, Ohio Ottawa County, Ohio Hocking County, Ohio Richland County, Ohio Darke County, Ohio Scioto County, Ohio Crawford County, Ohio Guernsey County, Ohio Ross County, Ohio Lake County, Ohio Seneca County, Ohio Holmes County, Ohio Hardin County, Ohio Union County, Ohio Sandusky County, Ohio Paulding County, Ohio Miami County, Ohio Ashland County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio
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Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities
Provides vocational rehabilitation services and social security disability determinations for Ohioans with disabilities. The objective of vocational rehabilitation services is employment. The Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) are the two agency bureaus that offer direct service to clients.