Vocational Rehabilitation
Additional helpful links include:
- Life Options Rehabilitation Program
www.lifeoptions.org (link opens in a new browser) - Ticket to Work Program
www.yourtickettowork.com (link opens in a new browser)
Since 1972, when the ESRD Program was established and the U.S. government began paying for treatment of kidney failure, the Networks have been charged with several goals. One of these goals has been to encourage people with kidney failure to take part in vocational rehabilitation programs to work when possible.
Some Network efforts related to this have included:
- Collecting data on how many people with kidney disease are working
- Encouraging centers to schedule treatments around work and school
- Teaching people with kidney failure about rehab programs and working
- Offering programs and materials on work topics
If you are interested in returning to the work force or remaining in the work force in a different type job and need to know your options, you should contact (or have your social worker contact) your state’s Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. The following links will open in a new browser.
Alabama Agency: Department of Rehabilitation Services
Phone: (334) 281-8780
Mississippi Agency Department of Rehabilitation Services
Phone: (601) 853-5100
Tennessee Agency Department of Human Services
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Phone: (615) 313-4891