DORS Caseloads:​ July 2025

Number of active Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program consumers: 26,388

  • Adults (age 25+): 11,761
  • Youth (age 14-24): 14,627

Total additional eligible individuals on Wait List: 2,887


VR Program consists of:

Employment Services

  • Adults (age 25+) actively receiving employment services: 10,931
  • Youth (age 14-24) actively receiving employment services: 7,660

Total Marylanders receiving VR employment services this month: 18,591

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

  • Students with disabilities (age 14-21) participating in Pre-ETS this month: 6,967

Independent Living Older Blind (ILOB) Services

  • Older blind individuals (age 55+) receiving independent living services this month: 830

​New VR Program Referrals

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  • Total (all ages) requesting employment services this month: 1,759
  • Students with disabilities (age 14-21) requesting Pre-ETS this month: 531
  • Older blind individuals (age 55+) requesting independent living services this month: 142

Total Marylanders requesting VR services this month: 2,432


Disability Determination Services (DDS)

  • Disability claims adjudication caseload: 18,677​​

Total Active DORS Caseload (VR Program + DDS)
in ​July 2025: 45,065​



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.