Rehabilitation Service

Louisiana Department of Education serves schools, parents, students and teachers. It provides a range of education-related solutions. The department offers information on school and school district accountability. It operates the High School Redesign program, which features statewide policies and guiding principles. The department s Ensuring Literacy and Numeracy for All Initiative program develops early learners into readers, writers and mathematicians. It has a staff of more than 550 individuals. Louisiana Department of Education works in association with over 9,000 district and school employs. In addition, its career and technical education programs include funding, monitoring, reporting, dropout prevention, and adult and family literacy solutions.

The Louisiana Department of Social Services is a state government agency that provides financial assistance and social services for the citizens of Louisiana, and for rehabilitating persons with disabilities. Its services include children s support programs, adoption services, vocational rehabilitation, food stamps, child welfare services, cash assistance and services for visually impaired individuals. The department is composed of the Executive Office of the Secretary, which includes Louisiana Rehabilitation Services; the Office of Management and Finance; the Office of Family Support; and the Office of Community Services. The Louisiana Department of Social Services has headquarters in the A. Z. Young Building in Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana Rehabilitation Services, a part of the Louisiana Department of Social Services, offers vocational training and independent living programs for visually impaired individuals. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services provides the State Personal Assistance Services Program for people suffering from physical, mental, cognitive and sensory disabilities. The agency offers advocacy, document interpretation and consumer training services for individuals with hearing impairments. In addition, it provides a range of hearing aids and general accessibility equipment. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services offers job placement and career counseling programs. In addition, the agency provides transportation services to access other vocational rehabilitation services. It also offers a selection of occupational tools and equipment. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services assists with the evaluation of rehabilitative potential. The agency provides therapeutic and medical care services for the survivors of traumatic head and spinal cord injuries.