Deaf & Hard of Hearing Resources

DHHU/Region 1 Interpreter Request Pilot

• ​Sign Language Interpreter Request (on Alchemer)
• Foreign Language Interpreter Request (on Alchemer)

DORS-Approved Vendors for ASL Interpretation

• ​ASL Interpreter Reference Guide

Rehabilitation Communication Specialists

• Adama "Mary" Bangura – statewide
  
• Jessica Doran – statewide
• Jicha Communications/Jill Jicha – Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester Counties
  
• MagniFind Solutions, LLC – Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s & Washington Counties
• Michael Pearlman – statewide
• RiseHands LLC – statewide

Vocational Interpreters

• Adama "Mary" Bangura – statewide
• Nan Cronk-Walker – Carroll, Frederick & Washington Counties
  
• Lori Leal – Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's & Washington Counties

CRPs with Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Consumers

Benefits Planning Providers with Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Consumers

RCS/VI Forms

Workforce & Technology Center

• Services at WTC for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• WTC Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Handout

Maryland School for the Deaf Pre-ETS Documents

• Cooperative Agreement By and Between Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services and Maryland School for the Deaf and Spectrum Support Inc. for Work-Based Learning Experiences
• Third Addendum Memorandum of Understanding By and Between Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services and Maryland School for the Deaf: MSD Pre-Employment Transition Program Academic School Year Services

Resources & Publications

• DORS Support for Consumers Attending/Enrolled at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) or Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (as of August 2021)
• CSAVR 2022 Model State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Deaf People