Self-Employment Webcast

Success Stories from Wyoming VR: Presented by: Inge Huband. This webcast will feature success stories from Wyoming. Inge Huband has been a business specialist for over 15 years. Hear how Inge has forged community relationships, and taken creative approaches around funding and resources to support Wyoming VR customers to pursue self-employment and unleash their full potential.

Supported & Customized Employment: Side by Side Referral Decision Guide

For vocational rehabilitation agencies offering both supported and customized employment approaches to pursuing employment for people with disabilities, there may be questions about which approach is best based on an individual’s circumstances. This new Supported and Customized Employment Side-by-Side Referral Decision Guide can help determine how to choose between these two approaches.

VR Map & Policies

This map shows the policies and procedures for self-employment services for individuals with disabilities from each state VR.

Share Your Success

Have you (or has your VR agency) helped a VR customer successfully explore and become self-employed? Are you a VR customer who successfully launched your business? We want to share your story so more people can see the power of self-employment. Share your story through the Success Story form. Your story will be shared with the Center on Self-Employment team, who may follow up to learn more.

Self-Employment Policy Paper

The Center on Self-Employment researched and summarized self-employment policies for the 50 States plus the District of Columbia. In total, 73 State VR Agencies were included in this research: 29 Combined VR Agencies, 22 General VR Agencies, and 22 Blind VR Agencies.

This paper represents the background and impetus behind the policy review, summarizes the findings, and offers initial considerations and recommendations for state VR policymakers. The report identified four key opportunities that VR agencies can pursue to increase equitable access to self-employment services.