Federal Agencies

The Department of Justice established the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990, to prohibit discrimination based on disability in employment, state and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications.

ADA Publications

If you think that your employer is discriminating against you because of your citizenship or immigration status or your national origin or your employer is requiring you to present more or specific documents to demonstrate employment eligibility, contact: Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices

Email: osccrt@usdoj.gov

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fosters and promotes the welfare of job seekers, wage earners, and retirees by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.

• Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), U.S. DOL
  ODEP develops and influences disability employment-related policies and practices affecting an increase in the employment of people with disabilities.
  
  Website: https://www.dol.gov/odep
  Publication: https://orders.gpo.gov/odep.aspx.


• Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. DOL
  

  ETA provides job-training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems.
  
  Website: https://www.doleta.gov/etainfo/mission.cfm

• Office of Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act, (WIOA), U.S. DOL

WIOA helps job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.

WIOA supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa/ 

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) promotes student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
  OSERS supports programs that serve millions of children, youth and adults with disabilities.
  
  Website: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html?src=oc
  
  Publications: https://www.ed.gov/edpubs/
  
  Other Publications and Products: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/reports.html



• National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)

NIDRR provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

Website: https://www.acl.gov/Programs/NIDILRR/Resources/Research-Statistics.aspx



• Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)

RSA oversees grant programs that help people with physical or mental disabilities obtain employment and live more independently through supports such as counseling, medical services and job training.  RSA's major Title I formula grant program provides funds to state vocational rehabilitation agencies to provide employment-related services for individuals with disabilities, giving priority to individuals who are significantly disabled.

Website: https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/osers?src=oc

Publications: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/products.html

• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

OSEP is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.

Website: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html

Publications: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/products.html

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services 
CMS is a federal agency that runs the Medicare program and works with the States to run the Medicaid program.

Website: https://www.cms.gov        

• Medicaid Buy-In program

This program allows workers with severe disabilities to earn more than would otherwise be possible and still have Medicaid coverage.  In return, participants “buy into” the Medicaid program, typically by paying premiums based on income.

Websites:
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/ltss/employmment/index.html

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/enrollment-employment-and-earnings-in-the-medicaid-buyin-program-2011

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) EEOC.gov is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person?s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Website: https://www.eeoc.gov/

Publication: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc-publications

The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) was established to promote interagency disability research coordination and collaboration, and enhance communication and information sharing among federal agencies and stakeholders conducting rehabilitation research programs and activities.

Website: icdr.acl.gov/

OPM is an independent agency of the United States government that manages the civil service of the federal government.?

Website: https://www.opm.gov

• Federal Employment of People with Disabilities

Federal agencies fill jobs two ways, competitively and non-competitively. Persons with disabilities may apply for jobs filled either way. People who are selected for jobs must meet the qualification requirements for the jobs and be able to perform the essential duties of the jobs with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits.gov provides easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. The website includes over 1,000 programs representing 17 Federal partners.

Website: https://www.benefits.gov/