Rehabilitation Services (BRS), a bureau within Aging and Disability Services (ADS), is Connecticut's vocational rehabilitation program. We help individuals with disability to prepare for, enter and maintain employment through a wide range of services. These are made to best fit your needs and lead to your success. Rehabilitation Services helps persons with significant physical and/or mental disabilities prepare for, find, keep or advance in a job. BRS strives to create opportunities to help individuals with disabilities work competitively.
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BRS serves people with all disabilities except legal blindness. Individuals with legal blindness are served by Education and Services for the Blind (BESB). To get connected with BRS, you can contact the BRS office nearest to you, or complete this online contact form and a counselor in your area will get back to you.
Rehabilitation Services works under the direction of The State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) to help improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
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The Community Provider Handbook is our guide for CORE Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) services. It contains service definitions, procedures, documentation, and frequently asked questions.
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The Rehabilitation Services Policy Manual guides service delivery to consumers. It covers all relevant state and federal laws and regulations.
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Looking for a Community Rehabilitation Provider? Our Consumer Choice Handbook can help you find the right provider for Vocational Rehabilitation services.
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The Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and the Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation (BRS), working collaboratively with Disability Rights Connecticut (DRCT) and the Center for Public Representation (CPR), developed this plan to expand Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) for transition-age students and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Connecticut. The proposed action steps outlined in the plan aim to provide individuals with opportunities to learn about, secure, and maintain CIE and to establish and measure individual employment outcomes over the course of its implementation.