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Summary: The VR Workforce Studio is a podcast rooted in the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The core mission and purpose of the VR Workforce Studio is to offer important compelling information and stories for Individuals with disabilities (IWD) who are "in" or "preparing to be part of" the workforce in Virginia as well as employers and the staff who help IWD become employed. The show is produced at WWRC, a comprehensive vocational rehabilitation center that serves over 300 IWD on any given day helping them prepare for employment. The Center is one of only seven such facilities in the United States and has been in operation since 1947 offering both comprehensive medical rehabilitation as well as vocational assessments, transition and jobs-driven training. In addition to the extensive array of IWD at WWRC, the Center's parent agency, The Department for Again and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) serves upwards of 20,000 consumers at any given time who also hope to go to work and demonstrate the value that IWD bring to the workplace. This exceptional array of consumers, employers and professionals working together provide an ongoing and unparalleled plethora of stories, interviews, strategies and opportunities listeners will find both informative and educational. VR Workforce Studio listeners can expect to hear WWRC chronicle the journeys and triumphs of IWD while spotlighting employers who hire them

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Podcasts:

 Bently’s journey as a peer recovery specialist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Special guest Bently Wood, Region 4 Lead Peer Recovery Specialist Coordinator, for the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority.

 Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness with Kaleb Jeffries and his story of drones, weather forecasting and the workforce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness with Kaleb Jeffries and his story of drones, weather forecasting and the workforce

 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

 VR Innovations and Celebrations PERT-Mart, plus Carol Dobak on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the rehabilitation act | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

VR Innovations and Celebrations PERT-Mart, plus Carol Dobak on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the rehabilitation act

 Khalil graduates and WWRC welcomes Alison Shaner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Khalil graduates and WWRC welcomes Alison Shaner

 Reflections from Tom Wood on vocational rehabilitation and Project SEARCH | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Reflections from Tom Wood on vocational rehabilitation and Project SEARCH

 Michaela Pacelli’s story of autism plus Asurion’s journey with DARS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Michaela Pacelli’s story of autism plus Asurion’s journey with DARS

 This job was made for me, the Kim Roberts story of vocational rehabilitation and business engagement as we celebrate rehabilitation counselor appreciation day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

This job was made for me, the Kim Roberts story of vocational rehabilitation and business engagement as we celebrate rehabilitation counselor appreciation day

 The Resolve to Work in the Face of Chronic Illness: Honoring Rare Disease Awareness Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

The Resolve to Work in the Face of Chronic Illness: Honoring Rare Disease Awareness Day

 How Nick jump started his career track from high school to the workforce through vocational rehabilitation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

How Nick jump started his career track from high school to the workforce through vocational rehabilitation

 Chris put some “drive” in his apprenticeship as VR Workforce Studio celebrates National Apprenticeship Week | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Chris put some “drive” in his apprenticeship as VR Workforce Studio celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

 From coal miner’s daughter to software engineer at Dell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

From coal miner’s daughter to software engineer at Dell

 Up Up and Away for the Drone Industry and People with Disabilities. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Plus the 2022 Virginia Ability Forum

 The electricity of Lauren’s apprenticeship. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

VR and Apprenticeship are working together to create career pathways for people with disabilities.

 They contacted Flora because of her workforce credentials, and the VR Workforce Studio has a new spark | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

They contacted Flora because of her workforce credentials, and the VR Workforce Studio has a new spark

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