Jobs and job help for people with disabilities
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Find job coaches, VR, benefits counseling, and employers who hire people with disabilities. Free, in all 50 states and DC.
15,000+places that help people find and keep work
2,117American Job Centers
549Project SEARCH sites
71free benefits counseling projects
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Find work
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Job coaches, supported employment, Project SEARCH, and job centers in your state.
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Employers with disability hiring programs, and job boards that welcome you.
Go to Job boards and hiring programs -
A faster way into federal jobs for people with disabilities. What it is and how to use it.
Go to Federal jobs (Schedule A) -
Self-employment, supported and customized employment, and moving from subminimum wage to full pay.
Go to Work your own way
Get support
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What VR pays for, how to apply, your state's wait list, and how to appeal a decision.
Go to Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) -
Plan for work while still in school, with transition services, internships, and work goals in the IEP.
Go to Students and young adults
Money and benefits
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Work and keep your health care. SSI, SSDI, Ticket to Work, and free benefits counseling.
Go to Benefits and work
Your rights
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The ADA, how to ask for accommodations, and where to file if something goes wrong.
Go to Rights at work -
Whether, when, and how to tell an employer about your disability. It is your choice.
Go to Telling an employer
For employers
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Where to find candidates, how accommodations work, and the tax benefits available.
Go to Employer toolkit
Find job help near you
Job coaches, supported employment, Project SEARCH, and job centers in your state.
- Search by state and county
- Job coaches and supported employment
- American Job Centers and Project SEARCH
Job boards and hiring programs
Employers with disability hiring programs, and job boards that welcome you.
- Job boards made for people with disabilities
- Employer hiring programs, including neurodiversity programs
- Staffing firms that place people with disabilities
Federal jobs (Schedule A)
A faster way into federal jobs for people with disabilities. What it is and how to use it.
- Who qualifies
- How to get your Schedule A letter
- Where to find federal openings
Work your own way
Self-employment, supported and customized employment, and moving from subminimum wage to full pay.
- Starting a small business, and how VR can help
- Customized and supported employment
- Leaving a subminimum wage job for full pay
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
What VR pays for, how to apply, your state's wait list, and how to appeal a decision.
- How to apply to your state VR office
- What to do if there is a wait list
- Free help with appeals from the Client Assistance Program
Students and young adults
Plan for work while still in school, with transition services, internships, and work goals in the IEP.
- Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
- Work goals in the IEP
- Project SEARCH internships
Veterans at work
VA job training, veteran hiring help, and more in your state.
- Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
- Veteran help at job centers
- More for veterans at Served & Supported
Benefits and work
Work and keep your health care. SSI, SSDI, Ticket to Work, and free benefits counseling.
- How a paycheck affects SSI and SSDI
- Ticket to Work
- Free benefits counseling (WIPA)
ABLE accounts
Save more than $2,000 without losing SSI or Medicaid.
- Who can open one
- What you can spend it on
- ABLE to Work: save more when you have a job
Rights at work
The ADA, how to ask for accommodations, and where to file if something goes wrong.
- Your rights under the ADA
- How to ask for an accommodation
- How to file a complaint
Telling an employer
Whether, when, and how to tell an employer about your disability. It is your choice.
- You decide if and when
- What to say, and what you never have to share
- What employers can and cannot ask
Employer toolkit
Where to find candidates, how accommodations work, and the tax benefits available.
- Free accommodation advice from JAN
- Tax credits and deductions
- Inclusive hiring practices
Real stories. Real jobs.
People with disabilities on how they found work and what helped, in their own words, shared with their permission. Coming soon.
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