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Providers

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About Employment Service Providers

Both VR and the provider share responsibility in assisting the VR customer to achieve a successful outcome.

VR designates a Provider Manager, housed in VR Headquarters, to work with the Provider on all things related to registration, monitoring, technical assistance, training and administrative matters.

Provider Liaisons serve as an intermediary between the Provider, VR Headquarters and Field office staff. Provider Liaisons are assigned by county. They provide technical assistance and training.

Employment Services Providers Qualifications

A provider is a not-for-profit organization that has been approved to help VR customers get or keep a job. To be eligible to as a provider, the organization must at a minimum have:

A 501(c)3 not-for-profit status with the Internal Revenue Service
Experience working with, and finding employment for, persons with disabilities

If you are interested in providing Employment Services and/or Pre-Employment Transition Services, please complete a Service Interest Form and submit it to VRVendors@vr.fldoe.org. Submitting the Service Interest Form does not guarantee you will be able to apply to provide services. A complete review of provider saturation and service needs will be conducted each time a form is received.

External Link Disclaimer: As a convenience and for informational purposes only, the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) provides external hyperlinks on its website, directing website users toward certain outside sites; links to these websites do not constitute VR's endorsement or approval of the linked websites, or the information, products or services contained therein. All links VR provides are consistent with the mission of its website. However, VR exercises no editorial control over the information website users may find on external websites. VR also cannot attest to the accuracy or appropriateness of information provided by external websites and organizations.

The Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is an equal opportunity employer. It is against the law for VR as a recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate against any individual in the United States on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief. The application process used by VR to determine eligibility for services, any subsequent services and the entire VR process are subject to these non-discrimination requirements. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. VR program receives 78.7 percent of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For the 2022 Federal fiscal year, the total amount of grant funds awarded were $176,521,122. The remaining 21.3 percent of the costs ($47,775,094) were funded by Florida State Appropriations. Revised October 2022.