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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211 Cleveland
Physical Address
134 Cleveland Rd., Ste. B, Norwalk, OH 44857
Hours
M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm or by appointment for all offices.
Voice
Voice
Fax
(614) 985-9649
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
Meigs County, Ohio Summit County, Ohio Putnam County, Ohio Defiance County, Ohio Erie County, Ohio Logan County, Ohio Knox County, Ohio Marion County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Ohio Hancock County, Ohio Champaign County, Ohio Lawrence County, Ohio Belmont County, Ohio Greene County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Shelby County, Ohio Huron County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Wayne County, Ohio Washington County, Ohio Trumbull County, Ohio Harrison County, Ohio Pike County, Ohio Jackson County, Ohio Wood County, Ohio Fulton County, Ohio Medina County, Ohio Morrow County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio Licking County, Ohio Ashtabula County, Ohio Wyandot County, Ohio Fairfield County, Ohio Williams County, Ohio Coshocton County, Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Henry County, Ohio Delaware County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio Butler County, Ohio Preble County, Ohio Stark County, Ohio Van Wert County, Ohio Muskingum County, Ohio Mercer County, Ohio Lucas County, Ohio Clark County, Ohio Pickaway County, Ohio Athens County, Ohio Allen County, Ohio Ottawa County, Ohio Auglaize County, Ohio Hocking County, Ohio Portage County, Ohio Madison County, Ohio Fayette County, Ohio Darke County, Ohio Richland County, Ohio Scioto County, Ohio Guernsey County, Ohio Crawford County, Ohio Ross County, Ohio Paulding County, Ohio Sandusky County, Ohio Union County, Ohio Hardin County, Ohio Seneca County, Ohio Holmes County, Ohio Lake County, Ohio Ashland County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio Miami 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.