1 - The Rehabilitation Act and the Code of Federal Regulations

To be eligible to receive funds under this subchapter for a fiscal year, a State shall submit, and have approved by the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor, a unified State plan...The unified or combined State plan shall include...the provisions of a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services, described in this subsection. 

...The State plan for vocational rehabilitation services shall designate a State agency as the sole State agency to administer the plan...[and] shall be a...State agency primarily concerned with vocational rehabilitation, or vocational and other rehabilitation, of individuals with disabilities...

(See 29 USC § 721(a) - State plans, Plan Requirements.)

No qualified handicapped person shall, on the basis of handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity which receives Federal financial assistance.

(See 34 CFR 104.4 - Discrimination prohibited.)

Under the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program, the Secretary provides grants to assist States in operating statewide comprehensive, coordinated, effective, efficient, and accountable vocational rehabilitation programs, each of which is—

● An integral part of a statewide workforce development system; and

● Designed to assess, plan, develop, and provide vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities, consistent with their unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice so that they may prepare for and engage in competitive integrated employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

(Authority: Sections 12(c) and 100(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 720(a)) 

(See 34 CFR 361.1 - State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program, Purpose.)

No individual in the United States may, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or political affiliation or belief, or, for beneficiaries, applicants, and participants only, on the basis of citizenship or participation in any WIOA [Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act] Title I-financially assisted program or activity, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment in the administration of or in connection with any WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. 

(See 29 CFR 38.5 - General prohibitions on discrimination.)