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Workforce Update: The Opportunity of Reallocation

Every year, the Rehabilitation Services Administration engages in a reallotment process for the Federal fiscal year, both for vocational rehabilitation funding and for the State Supported Employment Services (Supported Employment) program. This means that every year, even though there are tens of thousands of people going without services, unspent funds are moved from their original state of allocation to another state.

In supported employment alone, 13 state agencies relinquished almost $2.5 million in supported employment funds, up from under $2 million in FY 2022. The relinquishment means that for 13 populations, some of the unserved folks were unserved because their programs lacked the capacity to properly spend the funds to serve them. Learn whether your state agency is relinquishing funds in the chart below. Engage with the agencies in your state to learn what you can do to help, from writing to your state or federal politicians to mobilizing your local disability community.

State Agency Type SE-A Amount Relinquished SE-B Amount Relinquished Total SE Relinquished
AK Combined 150,000.00 150,000.00 300,000.00
AZ Combined 174,055.00 174,055.00 348,110.00
CT General 63,750.00 63,750.00 127,500.00
ME Blind 24,000.00 24,000.00 48,000.00
ME General 121,580.00 121,580.00 243,160.00
MI General 226,035.00 226,035.00 452,070.00
MI Blind 30,824.00 30,824.00  61,648.00
MN Blind 27,000.00 27,000.00 54,000.00
MP Combined 14,093.00 14,093.00 28,186.00
NH Combined 150,000.00 150,000.00 300,000.00

Meet the Author

Matan Koch

Matan A. Koch is the Senior Policy Advisor at RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities so people with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of community. A longtime national leader in disability advocacy and a wheelchair user himself, he is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.

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