Vocational Rehabilation

VISION:

Honoring All Abilities

MISSION:

The Fort Mojave Vocational Rehabilitation mission is to support American Indian people with disabilities on their journey toward successful employment.

SERVICES AVAILABLE:

• Counseling and guidance
• Medical services and equipment
• Additional assessments through medical specialty exams, psychological and vocational testing, as needed
• Vocational training and education
• On-the-job training (OJT)
• Referral to other community resources
• Telecommunications, sensory and other technological aids and devices
• Transportation assistance for job related activities
• Assistance with maintenance costs
• Job development and placement
• Supported employment services, including job placement and job coaching
• Job seeking skills training
• Work tools, equipment and license fees
• Work clothes, uniforms and safety equipment
• Personal assistance services
• Services for family members
• Self-employment services
• Post employment services

Funds are not available to consumers until their program has been developed in the form of an approved Individual Plan Employment

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

• Must be a member of a Federal or State Tribe or an Alaskan Native
• Must have an impairment that is keeping an individual from work or school
• Must live in the geographic services area of Mohave Valley, AZ; Needles, CA; or Laughlin, NV
• Require vocational rehabilitation services to gain or maintain employment
• Must be able to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services
• FMVR does not service descendents
• Eighteen years and older (full services) Individual Plan of Employment (IPE)
• Fourteen years to eighteen years (transition services from school to work) Individual Education Plan (IEP)
•  Zero to fourteen years (provide resources)

DEPARTMENT EVENTS:

• Aha Macav FMVR Support Circle
• Advisory Committee
• Other Tribal Events

Please note: Events are held throughout the year. Please contact Vocational Rehabilitation for current date, time and location of events.