State agencies are designed to be resources for the specific people they serve and can often be a direct source of financial assistance and services.
ALABAMA
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Website: www.rehab.state.al.us/
ALASKA
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Website: http://www.labor.state.ak.us/dvr/home.htm
ARIZONA
Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
Website: http://acdhh.org/
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (ARS)
Website: http://ace.arkansas.gov/arRehabServices/Pages/default.aspx
CALIFORNIA
State Office of Deaf Access
Website: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/default.htm
COLORADO
Colorado Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Website: http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/dvr/
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
Website: http://www.state.ct.us/cdhi/
DELAWARE
Delaware Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.delawareworks.com/dvr/services/dodhh.shtml
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Website: http://rsa.dhs.dc.gov
FLORIDA
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Program
Website: http://www.deafhhsfla.org/
GEORGIA
Georgia Department of Human Resources
Website: http://dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR/
HAWAII
Hawaii State Coordinating Council on Deafness
http://hawaii.gov/health/adacoordination/home/
IDAHO
Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.cdhh.idaho.gov/
ILLINOIS
Division of Services for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.dhs.state.il.us
INDIANA
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Website: http://www.in.gov/fssa/ddrs/5298.htm
IOWA
Deaf Services Commission of Iowa
Website: http://www.state.ia.us/dhr/ds/index.html
KANSAS
Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.srskansas.org/kcdhh/index.htm
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.kcdhh.ky.gov/
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Commission for the Deaf
Website: http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/lrs/Commission_For_the_Deaf.html
MAINE
Division of Deafness
http://www.maine.gov/rehab/dod/index.shtml
MARYLAND
Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services
Website: http://www.dors.state.md.us/DORS/
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.mass.gov/mcdhh/
MICHIGAN
Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website:http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-28077_28545_28559---,00.html
Michigan Rehabilitation Executive Office
Executive Office
1-888-605-6722 (toll free, TTY)
MINNESOTA
Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans.
Website: http://www.mncdhh.com/
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services
Website: http://www.mdrs.state.ms.us/
MISSOURI
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.mcdhh.mo.gov/
MONTANA
Disability Services Division – Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Public Health and Human Services
Website: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/dsd/index.shtml
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.ncdhh.ne.gov/index.html
NEVADA
Rehabilitation Division
Website: http://www.detr.state.nv.us/rehab/reh_index.htm
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning/VR/DeafandHardofHearing.htm
NEW JERSEY
Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/ddhh/
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.cdhh.state.nm.us/
NEW YORK
Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
Website: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/deaf.htm
NORTH CAROLINA
Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health and Human Resources
Website: http://dsdhh.dhhs.state.nc.us/
NORTH DAKOTA
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Website: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/disabilities/index.html
OHIO
Rehabilitation Services Commission
Website: http://www.rsc.ohio.gov/
OKLAHOMA
Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.okrehab.org/services_ils.html#14ils
OREGON
Oregon’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Website: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/odhhs/index.shtml
PENNSYLVANIA
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=128&q=245997
PUERTO RICO
Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Website: http://www.dtrh.gobierno.pr/
RHODE ISLAND
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.cdhh.ri.gov/
SOUTH CAROLINA
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Website: http://www.scvrd.net/index2.html
SOUTH DAKOTA
Communication Services for the Deaf
Website: http://www.c-s-d.org/
TENNESSEE
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Department of Human Services
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/rehab/dhhs.htm
TEXAS
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Website: http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/index.shtml
UTAH
Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Utah Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.deafservices.utah.gov/
VERMONT
Vermont’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VocRehab)
Website: http://www.vocrehabvermont.org/
VIRGINIA
Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.vddhh.org/
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Division of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Services
Website: http://www.dhs.gov.vi/disabilities/index.html
WASHINGTON
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Website: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/odhh/
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://www.wvdhhr.org/wvcdhh/
WISCONSIN
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Website: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/sensory/INDEX.HTM
WYOMING
Wyoming Relay/Deaf Services Program
Website: http://wyomingworkforce.org/vr/