Welcome to Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is the state agency that empowers Ohioans with disabilities through employment, disability determination, and independence. It is accomplished through its Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR), Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) and Division of Disability Determination (DDD). A fourth area is the Division of Employer and Innovation Services (EIS), which is responsible for establishing and maintaining partnerships with employers.

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Do You or Anyone in Your Family Have a Disability?

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Individuals with Disabilities

Need to Contact Your Regional Office?

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Are You a Provider?

Discover important updates and resources

Information for Providers

Are You an Employer?

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Information for Employers

Search for a Provider

A tool designed to help individuals who are receiving services from OOD select a service provider.

OOD Works

Starting on the path to reemployment is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Click here to apply for Vocational Rehabilitation.

Ohio Means Jobs

A tool designed to help individuals who are receiving services from OOD select a service provider.

Pandemic Making for a Different Senior Year than GHS Student Expected

This isn't the senior year Brooklyn Grady expected to have. She has spent the last two summers participating in Summer Youth Work experiences through OOD.

Local Teens Enjoy Work for Summer Youth Job Program

Seven participants between the ages of 16 and 17 spent two weeks sprucing up Friendship Park in Smithfield and continued working at Jefferson State Lake in Richmond. The Summer Youth Program exposes teens to career exploration and hands-on training over a period of four weeks