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
101 Clinton St., Ste. 1100, Defiance, OH 43512
Hours
M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm or by appointment for all offices.
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Fax
(614) 985-9649
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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
Morrow County, Ohio
Geauga County, Ohio
Medina County, Ohio
Wood County, Ohio
Fulton County, Ohio
Licking County, Ohio
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Harrison County, Ohio
Pike County, Ohio
Jackson County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Wayne County, Ohio
Shelby County, Ohio
Trumbull County, Ohio
Huron County, Ohio
Washington County, Ohio
Champaign County, Ohio
Lawrence County, Ohio
Ohio
Hancock County, Ohio
Montgomery County, Ohio
Greene County, Ohio
Belmont County, Ohio
Putnam County, Ohio
Defiance County, Ohio
Meigs County, Ohio
Summit County, Ohio
Logan County, Ohio
Erie County, Ohio
Knox County, Ohio
Marion County, Ohio
Lorain County, Ohio
Holmes County, Ohio
Lake County, Ohio
Carroll County, Ohio
Ashland County, Ohio
Paulding County, Ohio
Seneca County, Ohio
Hardin County, Ohio
Union County, Ohio
Sandusky County, Ohio
Auglaize County, Ohio
Hocking County, Ohio
Ottawa County, Ohio
Portage County, Ohio
Fayette County, Ohio
Madison County, Ohio
Darke County, Ohio
Richland County, Ohio
Scioto County, Ohio
Ross County, Ohio
Crawford County, Ohio
Guernsey County, Ohio
Pickaway County, Ohio
Athens County, Ohio
Allen County, Ohio
Lucas County, Ohio
Clark County, Ohio
Mercer County, Ohio
Preble County, Ohio
Butler County, Ohio
Gallia County, Ohio
Delaware County, Ohio
Henry County, Ohio
Stark County, Ohio
Van Wert County, Ohio
Muskingum County, Ohio
Wyandot County, Ohio
Fairfield County, Ohio
Williams County, Ohio
Coshocton County, Ohio
Franklin County, Ohio
Miami County, Ohio
Agency info
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.