CSAVR Backgrounder

Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)  

Founded in 1940 to furnish input into the State-Federal Rehabilitation Program, the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) has provided a forum for state administrators to study, deliberate and act upon matters affecting the rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities.  The CSAVR serves as a resource for the formulation and expression of the collective points of view of State Agencies of Vocational Rehabilitation on all issues affecting the provision of quality rehabilitation services to persons with mental and/or physical disabilities.  The CSAVR maintains communications with similar organizations in education, health, welfare, and labor, as such organizations are related to rehabilitation.

The CSAVR is composed of the chief administrators of the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies serving persons with physical and/or mental disabilities in the United States.  These agencies constitute the state partners in the State-Federal Program of Rehabilitation Services provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.  The CSAVR’s members supervise the rehabilitation of some 1.2 million persons with disabilities annually across the nation.

Principal Programs

The CSAVR provides a forum to enable Administrators of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies to study and discuss matters relating to vocational rehabilitation and employment, and  administration of the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program.  It also serves as an advisory body to the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Education.  The organization meets in full session a minimum of twice yearly to communicate on issues of concern within the field of vocational rehabilitation.  Much of the CSAVR’s work is carried on through the following standing committees: Direct Client Services Committee; Employment Committee; Human Resources Development Committee; Management Services Committee; Client Services Through Partnerships Committee; Rehabilitation Research Committee; and, Social Security Relationships Committee.  In addition, task forces concerned with issues of a more transitory nature are assigned on an ad hoc basis.

 

 

 

 

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