Vocational Rehabilitation Services
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Vocational Rehabilitation Services is a state-run program that helps people with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment through counseling, training, and support services.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1922871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vocational Rehabilitation Services Context triple: [Oregon Department of Human Services, hasPart, Vocational Rehabilitation Services]
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A.
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program that helps veterans with service-connected disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain suitable employment or achieve independent living.
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B.
U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation was a federal agency responsible for providing and overseeing services that helped individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment.
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C.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions)
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions) is a U.S. federal law framework that modernizes and governs vocational rehabilitation and related disability employment services to help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and retain competitive integrated employment.
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D.
Employment Service
Employment Service was a former UK government agency responsible for helping people find work and administering employment-related benefits before its functions were absorbed into successor bodies.
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E.
Centers for Independent Living programs
Centers for Independent Living programs are community-based, consumer-controlled organizations that provide services and advocacy to help people with disabilities live independently and fully participate in society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vocational Rehabilitation Services Target entity description: Vocational Rehabilitation Services is a state-run program that helps people with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment through counseling, training, and support services.
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A.
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program that helps veterans with service-connected disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain suitable employment or achieve independent living.
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B.
U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation was a federal agency responsible for providing and overseeing services that helped individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment.
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C.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions)
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions) is a U.S. federal law framework that modernizes and governs vocational rehabilitation and related disability employment services to help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and retain competitive integrated employment.
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D.
Employment Service
Employment Service was a former UK government agency responsible for helping people find work and administering employment-related benefits before its functions were absorbed into successor bodies.
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E.
Centers for Independent Living programs
Centers for Independent Living programs are community-based, consumer-controlled organizations that provide services and advocacy to help people with disabilities live independently and fully participate in society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public vocational rehabilitation program
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state-run program ⓘ |
| alignedWith | federal disability employment policy in the United States ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
community rehabilitation providers
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employers ⓘ schools ⓘ workforce development agencies ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
ability to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services
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disability that creates a barrier to employment ⓘ presence of a mental disability ⓘ presence of a physical disability ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
federal funds
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state funds ⓘ |
| goal |
increase economic self-sufficiency of people with disabilities
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promote competitive integrated employment ⓘ reduce unemployment among people with disabilities ⓘ |
| guidedBy | individualized plan for employment ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
help people with disabilities maintain employment
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help people with disabilities obtain employment ⓘ help people with disabilities prepare for employment ⓘ |
| mayProvide |
modifications to the worksite
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time-limited financial support for training ⓘ tools and equipment needed for employment ⓘ |
| operatedBy | state government agencies ⓘ |
| providesService |
assistive technology services
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benefits counseling related to employment ⓘ career guidance ⓘ independent living services related to employment ⓘ job coaching ⓘ job placement assistance ⓘ job retention support ⓘ job training ⓘ on-the-job training ⓘ postsecondary education support ⓘ rehabilitation technology assessment ⓘ resume and interview preparation ⓘ skills development ⓘ supported employment services ⓘ transportation assistance related to employment ⓘ tuition assistance for training ⓘ vocational counseling ⓘ workplace accommodation assistance ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | state vocational rehabilitation regulations ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | people with disabilities ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
career exploration
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transition from school to work for students with disabilities ⓘ work-based learning experiences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vocational Rehabilitation Services Description of subject: Vocational Rehabilitation Services is a state-run program that helps people with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment through counseling, training, and support services.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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hasDivision
→
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
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this entity surface form:
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
this entity surface form:
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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hasPart
→
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
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this entity surface form:
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
subject surface form:
Shepherd Center
this entity surface form:
Vocational Rehabilitation Program