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DORS Can Help You Build Your Business

​DORS Work for Your Business!

The Business Relations Branch provides No Cost Business Solutions, including:

  • Wage Reimbursement for On-the-Job Training (OJT)
  • Tax Incentives
  • Recruitment Assistance
  • Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Reviews
  • Internship Programs for State Agencies
  • Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA) in the Workplace
  • Training
  • Events
  • Resources


DORS Business Relations Team

Statewide Business Relations Program Manager
Wanda Peele
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's Counties
Vacant
Baltimore City
M. Steven Shields
Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard & Kent Counties
Savannah Buskell
Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester
Jessie Ferrio
Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, & Washington Counties
John Buskell
Montgomery County
Shirish Dhungel
Prince George's County
William Brownlee


The Vocational Rehabilitation program receives 78.7% of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
For the Federal fiscal year 2024, the total amount of grant funds awarded was $51,885,242.
The remaining 21.3% of the costs ($15,395,878) were funded by State appropriations.