This list identifies two different types of state agencies for people with hearing loss:
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- Commissions or state offices mandated to serve people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and
- 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
CALIFORNIA
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
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
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