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Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from Drazen Elez, Administrator for VR Nevada and Kara Jenkins, Administrator for Nevada Equal Rights Commission! During this holiday season, we want to highlight our services and encourage Nevadans to contact either agency...
Pre ETS Services for Students with Disabilities
VR counselor, Jake Merrill discusses the help students receive from VR Nevada to help them in their chosen field of employment. VR Nevada has access to internships, career exploration, and summer camps that are all...
Town Hall Meetings
Two Town Hall meetings held by Vocational Rehabilitation Nevada in November 2023 provided a successful platform for collaboration and open dialog among VR Nevada administrators and community partners, clients, staff, and members of the public. The...
VR Awards for Hiring People with Disabilities
Enrique Pichardo, GM of Sephora Distribution CTR in Las Vegas. Jack Robb, Director of Administration On Thursday September 7th and Friday September 8th, 2023 the State’s Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) held it’s first Statewide...
Robin Whisenhunt
VR Nevada's counselor Robin Whisenhunt shares what it means to work at Vocational Rehabilitation Nevada.
employment is essential for everyone
"Everyone wants to be independent to live the life that they want," says Mechelle Merrill, VR Nevada Deputy Administrator. Our role at VR Nevada is to help people get jobs that meet their aptitude, interests, and that...
Success Stories
Adolpho Rivera
Adolpho Rivera was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in Las Vegas. He came to BVR on April 2, 2004, looking for services that could help him find employment. He was referred to BVR by his therapist who told him...
Jessica Whitfield
Jessica Whitfield is another Voc Rehab Shining Star Success Story. Her initial intake was 12/18/2013 and her Eligibility Date was 2/14/2014. She had been accepted into our DETR program due to a history of depression and...
Lawrence Faulk
Lawrence Faulk applied for BVR services in March 2021. Due to covid-19, he wanted to start over. He left Ohio and moved to Las Vegas to be closer to his sister. Lawrence was working with Ohio Disability Agency, where he was diagnosed with Bipolar...
Hannah McNary
Hannah McNary came to Vocational Rehabilitation services in the December of 2020 in the middle of COVID requesting help to find a job. Hannah had an unsuccessful case from 2013 and had a strong desire to have a new case for Vocational...
Brendan Hanlon
Brendan applied for BVR services and was deemed eligible in February 2019. He came to us with diagnoses of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and with the challenges these pose in communications and relationships. ...
Jessica Lawson
Jessica Lawson applied for services from the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) in December 2019. Jessica was a student in the Project Search Program at Mountain View Hospital. In early 2020, when COVID forced everyone to be home, Jessica...
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