Evaluating State-Operated ComprehensiveRehabilitation Centers: Determi

Public operated comprehensive rehabilitation centers
have been in existence for over 50 years and
provided valuable vocational rehabilitation services
to thousands of persons with disabilities. These
facilities offer a wide range of services seeking to
assist the individual gain or maintain employment and
offer unique opportunities for persons with the most
significant disabilities. These facilities are
generally large in nature and costly to operate in
terms of tax payer dollars, yet little empirical
research exists evaluating the effectiveness of this
approach to vocational rehabilitation.

This study seeks to address this lack of knowledge,
by analyzing factors that contribute to center
participants' ability to complete their planned
center program. It also seeks to determine whether
persons who complete a public operated comprehensive
rehabilitation center vocational rehabilitation
program are more likely to gain employment than
center participants who did not complete their center
program.