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Students and Youth Programs

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Steps to Get Started

The VR process is a series of steps that will help students who are in high school or post-secondary school (trade, college or university) and youth who are out-of-school, with disabilities. Students with disabilities may use this series of steps that will help you explore career paths, train for a job, and continue your education based on your interests and abilities.

Number 1

Ask Your School to Make a Referral

Verbally request your school’s transition counselor or guidance counselor to submit a referral to VR.

Number 2

School Submits Referral

Number 3

VR Staff Contacts You to Arrange a Meeting

Number 4

Parent and Student Reviews Vocational Rehabilitation Pre-Employment Transition Services

Youth who are not in school may use the traditional steps to get started training for and finding a job.

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 2024 Federal fiscal year, the total amount of grant funds awarded were $184,931,573. The remaining 21.3 percent of the costs, in the amount of $50,051,366, were funded by Florida State Appropriations. Revised October 2025.