DORS Caseloads:​ August 2025

Number of active Vocational Re​habilitation (VR) Program consumers: 26,580

  • Adults (age 25+): 11,918
  • Youth (age 14-24): 14,662

Total additional eligible individuals on Wait List: 2,921


VR Program consists of:

Employment Services

  • Adults (age 25+) actively receiving employment services: 11,095
  • Youth (age 14-24) actively receiving employment services: 7,689

Total Marylanders receiving VR employment services this month: 18,784

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

  • Students with disabilities (age 14-21) participating in Pre-ETS this month: 6,973

Independent Living Older Blind (ILOB) Services

  • Older blind individuals (age 55+) receiving independent living services this month: 823

​New VR Program Referrals

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  • Total (all ages) requesting employment services this month: 1,656
  • Students with disabilities (age 14-21) requesting Pre-ETS this month: 495
  • Older blind individuals (age 55+) requesting independent living services this month: 131

Total Marylanders requesting VR services this month: 2,282


Disability Determination Services (DDS)

  • Disability claims adjudication caseload: 16,286​​

Total Active DORS Caseload (VR Program + DDS)
in ​August 2025: 42,866​​



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 2025 the total amount of grant funds awarded was $62,023,386. The remaining 21.3% of the costs ($16,786,507) were funded by State appropriations.