Partners and Resources

Advocacy

• New York State Human Rights Commission
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Associations

• New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
• New York Association on Independent Living
• Narcotics Addiction Recovery in New York

Benefits and Services

• myBenefits.ny.gov - Prescreening for Temporary Assistance, Food Stamps, Health Insurance, Tax Credits and other programs to make ends meet
• Ticket to Work Program - Increasing the financial independence and self-sufficiency of SSI/SSDI beneficiaries with disabilities

Collaborations

• Chapter 515 Annual Report on Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities

Councils

• State Rehabilitation Council
• New York State Independent Living Council
• Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

Education/Training

• ACCES Adult Education
• ACCES Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision
• Colleges and Higher Education
• NYS Readers Aid Program (RAP) for Students who are Deaf, Deaf/Blind, or Hard of Hearing
• Scholarship Award (Marge Tierney)
• LEARNet includes a problem-solving system designed to help you identify useful procedures for helping students with brain injury in school and at home.
• Literacy Zones
• SUNY
• SUNY Learning Network (SLN)
• Talking Book and Braille Library provides recorded and Braille books to adults and children who, owing to a disability, can't read print, or hold a book, or turn its pages. People qualify for this free, public library service if they have a permanent or temporary visual, physical or learning disability. The Library offers 65,000 book titles and over 60 magazines.

Employment Resources

• Talent Acquisition Portal (TAP) - candidates must be invited by ACCES-VR to participate
• Civil Service Programs for Employment of individuals with Disabilities
  • Counties and Municipalities: The 55a Program
  • New York State: The 55b/c Program
  • Federal Government: The Schedule A Hiring Authority for People with Disabilities
• Career Zone
• Job Zone

Reasonable Accommodations

• The Job Accommodation Network
• The Northeast ADA Center
• New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH)

State Partners

• NYS Commission for the Blind
• NYS Disability Rights (CAP)
• NYS Department of Labor (DOL)
• NYS Justice Center
• NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
• NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)

US Department of Education (USDOE)

• Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
• Other state VR Programs

Veterans

• Transitioning Active Duty Personnel and Veterans
• New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs
• US Department of Veterans Affairs
• Vehicle Modification