This list identifies two different types of state agencies for people with hearing loss:

    1. Commissions or state offices mandated to serve people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and
    2. State offices of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities, including hearing loss

While the scope of services differs from state to state, these programs provide a variety of valuable services. Among the functions are advocacy, information gathering and dissemination, referral to appropriate agencies, interpreting services, state-wide planning, job placement and development. There are approximately 38 state agencies of the deaf and hard of hearing. 

ALABAMA

Department of Rehabilitation Services

ALASKA

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

ARIZONA 

Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH)
Rehabilitation Services Administration

ARKANSAS

Rehabilitation Services

CALIFORNIA

Department of Rehabilitation

COLORADO

Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services

DELAWARE

Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Department on Disability Services

FLORIDA

Florida Coordinating Council for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 

GEORGIA

Commission for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Vocational Rehabilitation Agency

HAWAII

Department of Human Services Hawaii, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

IDAHO

Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

ILLINOIS

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission

INDIANA

Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS)

IOWA 

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

KANSAS

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

KENTUCKY

Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

LOUISIANA

Commission for the Deaf

MAINE

Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Late Deafened

MARYLAND

Division of Rehabilitation Services
Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 

MASSACHUSETTS

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Rehabilitation Commission 

MICHIGAN

Department of Civil Rights
Rehabilitation Services

MINNESOTA

Commission of Deaf, Deafblind & Hard of Hearing
Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Rehabilitation Services Administrative Office 

MISSISSIPPI

Department of Rehabilitation Services
Office on Deaf and Hard of Hearing  

MISSOURI

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 

MONTANA

Montana Association of the Deaf, Montana Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Department of Public Health and Human Services, Montana Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services 

NEBRASKA

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 

NEVADA

Nevada Commission for Persons Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Vocational Rehabilitation

NEW JERSEY

Department of Human Services, Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 
Department of Labor and Workforce Development,
Career Connections- Vocational Rehabilitation Services

NEW MEXICO

Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 

NEW YORK

Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR)
NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources

NORTH CAROLINA

Department of Health and Human Services,
Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

NORTH DAKOTA

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

OHIO

Center for Outreach Services, Ohio School for the Deaf
Department of Education- Resources for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

OKLAHOMA

Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Department of Rehabilitation Services  

OREGON

Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program
Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Division 

PENNSYLVANIA

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation 

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Office of Rehabilitation Services

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department

SOUTH DAKOTA

Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Service

TENNESSEE

Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Tennessee Council for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing 

TEXAS

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services 

UTAH

Utah Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Utah State Office of Rehabilitation  

VERMONT

State of Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind
State of Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Virgin Islands Department of Human Services, Disabilities and Rehabilitation

VIRGINIA

Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

WASHINGTON

Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Department of Social and Health Services  
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

WEST VIRGINIA

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

WISCONSIN

Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

WYOMING

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation