Success Stories
Nevadans with disabilities achieving their dreams
Success Stories
Oscar Chavira
Oscar Chavira is from Battle Mountain, a small town in rural Nevada, but that did not stop him from achieving his academic and vocational goals. He was admitted to University of Nevada, Reno after graduating from high school and declared a major in...
Tabatha Avila
Tabatha Avila is 42 years old, who has a mild intellectual disability, which impacts her abilities regarding written language. She has had three cases with BVR, all closed successfully. Her first vocational goal was Maid – Housekeeper, then she...
Sinai Lopez
Sinai applied for services on February 18, 2020. She was determined eligible for services on April 6, 2020 with a disability of Cerebral Palsy. Sinai wanted and needed to go to work to pay her bills and her rent. She was not eligible for SSI and...
Alem A.
Alem is originally from Ethiopia where he attended high school and pursued his studies in nursing. In December 2004, only three months before completing nursing school, he suffered a stroke resulting in the paralysis of his right side. His...
Burnetta Schlechter
Ms. Burnetta Schlechter applied for vocational rehabilitation services in 2017. She initially expressed an interest in working as a licensed operator of a cafeteria in our BEN program. Ms. Schlechter is legally blind and met all the...
Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott began Vocational Rehabilitation services in May 2020. When he first started services Jonathan stated he has been searching for job/career that would be a good fit with his disability and be a livable wage. Jonathan’s disability is...
News
New BEN Site
We’re thrilled to announce that a new BEN (Business Enterprises of Nevada) site has officially opened inside the main post office in Las Vegas! A huge shoutout to Donna Bates, the incredible operator of an employee only marketplace,...
State of Nevada Distributes iBill Currency Readers Free of Charge
CARSON CITY, NV – The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired opens a new window, is the first agency in the state to distribute iBill Currency Readers through a...
Biggest Little Café
We are so proud to have Eugenio as part of our VR Nevada family! Read all about how Eugenio opened the Biggest Little Cafe with the help of VR Nevada services and the Business Enterprises of Nevada (BEN) program. Eugenio says, "This is just a big...

