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SCVRD
Breakthrough is published by the S.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Department, 1410 Boston Ave., P.O. Box 15, West Columbia, SC 29171-0015. SCVRD distributes Breakthrough free. Requests for copies of the current issue may be sent to: Public Information Office P.O. Box 15 West Columbia, SC 29171-0015 Or contact us at 803- 896-6833 or [email protected]. In accordance with federal and state law, the S.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Department does not discriminate against any race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in employment or in provision of services.

Partnerships at work
Clockwise from top left: A student helps out at a veterinary clinic during Disability Mentoring Day, which provides opportunities for high school students with disabilities to explore potential careers. A former SCVRD client works as a pharmacy technician at a doctors office. Students, counselors and business leaders from around the state participate in the Youth Leadership Forum, an annual career leadership forum for high school juniors and seniors. A client assembles Christmas wrapping packs at an SCVRD work training center.

The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department printed 10,000 copies of Breakthrough. Money earned by the department from outsource agreements with employers paid for the printing. The total cost of printing this publication was $2,315.00, or about $0.23 per copy. Printed November 2009 breakthrough.scvrd.net

Agency partners
Cooperation among public agencies is essential to expanding the opportunities for their respective clients. Our partnerships with more than 450 agencies and organizations throughout the state pay off with better employment outcomes and newfound independence for people with disabilities. Our partners include: Commission for the Blind Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Department of Commerce Department of Corrections Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Department of Education Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Mental Health Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Department of Social Services Employment Security Commission Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School Workers Compensation Commission County commissions on alcohol and drug abuse

The Power of Partnerships

Thank you for your interest in the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department and its commitment to help people with disabilities prepare for, achieve and maintain competitive employment. This year, a shrinking job market brought on by a tight economy presents some difficult challenges. As individuals, we turn to our friends for support in times of trouble. As an agency, we are fortunate to have a solid network of partnerships with businesses and industries, fellow agencies and referral sources to help us accomplish our mission. This issue of Breakthrough is devoted to honoring those partnerships and the opportunities they provide for our citizens with disabilities to enter gainful employment. Youll discover how important they are as you read about Michael Carlos and how a relationship with a business executive turned into a career (page 5); or about ESAB, a Florence company that hires people with disabilities because theyve worked hard to become employable and it shows in their performance (page 7). Dont miss the teamwork of three state agencies and the technical college system working together to provide Career Readiness Certificates for people with disabilities (page 9). When we succeed, everyone benefits. People with disabilities can focus on their abilities to earn a living; employers gain well-trained, reliable employees; and taxpayers benefit because these new employees become taxpayers themselves instead of tax consumers. Each year, about 8,500 people go to work after receiving our services. While we are constantly searching for ways to maximize our resources and minimize our costs, our dedicated, professional staff is passionate about our mission to provide the highest quality and level of services necessary to prepare our clients to successfully achieve their employment goals. Thank you again for your interest in our department, our clients and the services we provide.

Barbara G. Hollis, Commissioner

Putting potential to work

People with disabilities are one of the nations most significant employee resources, but they represent its greatest unemployed minority. Almost 350,000, or 14 percent, of South Carolinas citizens fall into this category sidelined from the workforce because of their disabilities and trapped into dependence on government benefits. SCVRD has been enabling South Carolinians with disabilities to prepare for, achieve and maintain competitive employment for more than 80 years. Each year SCVRD places more than 8,500 people with disabilities in jobs paying competitive wages. These new workers become taxpaying citizens, proud of what they have achieved and building fulfilling lives for themselves and their families.

Client Services
SCVRD services are available to all eligible South Carolinians with disabilities except the blind, who are served by the S.C. Commission for the Blind. To be eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation services, you must have a physical or mental impairment that hinders you from working. You also must require and be able to benefit from Vocational Rehabilitation services that would lead to gainful employment. Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) who apply and intend to enter employment are presumed eligible for VR services. To apply, contact one of SCVRDs offices, located conveniently around the state (see back cover).

decisions made during the course of your rehabilitation.

VR services available in your local office

SCVRDs local offices provide an array of services designed to help you reach your vocational goal. Your individualized plan may include: Diagnosis and treatment to correct or substantially modify within a reasonable period a chronic and stable or slowly progressive physical or mental condition that is a substantial impediment to employment. Vocational counseling and guidance services. Evaluation and interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing. Job-readiness training in our work training centers to gain real work experience. Supported employment for persons with significant disabilities who need extra assistance getting started on the job. Training at trade schools, technical schools or colleges if further education is required to achieve a vocational goal. Job search and job placement.
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Tailoring an individual plan

Many individuals who come to SCVRD are highly motivated but need help keeping or getting a job due to their disability. As a client, you will participate in an assessment to help determine your interests, abilities and potential for employment; the kinds of jobs you are best suited for; and the services required to help you achieve employment success. Assessments may include: Job shadowing, Mentoring, Job tryouts, Job coach assistance. All of these community-based experiences are conducted at no cost to employers. Clients are paid a stipend and covered by Workers Compensation. Once a vocational goal has been established, you will work with a VR counselor to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) tailored to your abilities and interests. You participate fully in all

The VRBPN advantage

Opportunity = Success
Michael Carlos is the kind of man who decides what he wants and goes after it. When a stroke paralyzed his left side from the shoulder down in June 2001, he knew he had to make some tough decisions. He was 43 years old with a wife and three children and he could no longer do his job as administrator of the Salvation Armys Boys and Girls Club junior golf program in Georgetown. While he was undergoing physical therapy, someone handed him a Vocational Rehabilitation brochure. I knew if I had to make a change in my career, I had to focus on the long term, not just get any job, he said. For a year, he spent weekdays in West Columbia and commuted home to Pawleys Island on weekends. His wife worked two jobs plus overtime to support the family. While at the ITTC, Carlos met Ben Box, a member of the centers Business Advisory Council and a senior developer at PM Systems Corp. in Chapin. PM Systems creates Internet banking web sites for credit unions. Box saw a settledness about Michael that you dont often find in entry-level IT staff. Hed been out in the world, managed projects and done a number of other things. When Carlos graduated, there was a job waiting for him at PM Systems, writing code to produce web site designs. He has a good eye for creativity and style, said Pam Reutebuch, a web developer who has worked with Carlos for four years. He had a solid base knowledge of web site design and he was a good fit for us.

The Vocational Rehabilitation Business Partnership Network (VRBPN) is a joint effort of public and private employers and SCVRD. Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Lowes, along with more than 80 other businesses, provide leadership in disability employment awareness through the VRBPN. The networks goal is to introduce businesses to the states most significant employment resource, people with disabilities. VRBPN addresses disabilityrelated issues in the workplace, dispels myths about disabilities, and shares information with other employers. Business leaders interested in saving time and money while expanding their business opportunities and customer base are invited to join the VRBPN. vrbpn.scvrd.net

They never saw me without a book in my hand. I was determined to take full advantage of the opportunity. I was like a back country dirt road that needed to be paved. Michael Carlos
After a month at SCVRDs Evaluation Center in West Columbia, Carlos, who has a bachelors degree in animation and a masters degree in Biblical Studies, decided to use his background in computers and applied to enter the departments Information Technology Training Center (ITTC). When he started the program, he said, They [businesses] are going to hire from the top, not the bottom. If youll give me a chance, Ill be the poster boy for this program.

Today, Carlos has limited ability in his left hand and walks with a limp but it doesnt dampen his enthusiasm. Im so grateful the opportunity came about so I could get back the ability to do stuff, he said. Ive got nothing but wonderful [things] to say about VR. Carlos has a profound gratitude to God and to the company to be able to begin providing for his family again, Box said.

Work training centers

SCVRDs 24 work training centers offer a great outsource alternative to businesses and industries statewide. We can do jobs that may be too labor-intensive and costly to do in-house. We can assemble, bundle, collate, fold, inspect, mail, package, paint, salvage, saw, shred, sort and just about any other similar task your business may require. Our work training centers meet your needs by providing: Commitment to quality Cost-efficient labor A flexible work force

Business Services
People with disabilities represent the single largest minority group seeking employment in todays market. Various surveys show that 50 to 70 percent of employers find it difficult to recruit qualified employees. Vocational Rehabilitation provides answers to the needs of both groups. SCVRD can help your business achieve its competitive advantage by providing qualified job candidates who are trained in a wide variety of skills and have the good work habits that you require. Employers say our clients (people with disabilities) also have a good job retention rate, which reduces training costs that come with turnover. In addition to hiring our clients, you can utilize other valuable Vocational Rehabilitation services: Job Retention Services help your employees whose jobs are jeopardized by disabling conditions. You hold on to good employees and avoid retraining costs. These services are confidential. Substance Abuse Treatment is provided at VR-operated centers in Greenville and Florence. Employers across the state make referrals through their local VR offices to help employees with addiction problems turn their lives around and get back to work. Our Supported Employment specialists work side-by-side with new workers who need a little extra help getting started. Supported employment specialists train the employee to perform the job at no cost to you. Community Work Experiences give VR clients job tryouts at no cost to the you, allowing you to assess the persons potential as an employee. This also gives our clients experience in real work situations and helps them set career goals. Through the Skilled Workforce Apprenticeship Training (SWAT) program our clients are matched to your needs using WorkKeys. Clients go through a structured training period and learn on-the-job under a mentor to become fully competent in all aspects of the job, including knowledge, skills and company culture. Our web-based resource, Employing Ability (employingability.scvrd.net), provides you with concise, straightforward information on employing people with disabilities, including: How to conduct job interviews with people who have disabilities Tax benefits for businesses hiring people with disabilities Providing reasonable accommodations How to create an accessible work environment without spending a lot of money Disability etiquette A clear, concise overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Find out more at businessServices.scvrd.net

Pickup and delivery services worktrainingcenters.scvrd.net Quick turnaround time

Outsource partners
SCVRD has more than 400 business partners who outsource work to our 24 community-based work training centers, including A.O. Smith Water Products AccuTrex Products Ahlstrom Filtration AM Conservation Group, Inc. Asten Johnson BKI, Inc. Bridgestone/Firestone Carolina Manufacturing CVS Pharmacy DBW Fiber Corporation Eaton Corporation ESAB Welding and Cutting Filtrona Extrusions Freightliner Custom Chassis Grand Illusions Hengst of North America, Inc. Inergy Automotive Systems Integrated Power Services International Paper Le Creuset of America Lexington Medical Lift Technologies, Inc. Marley Engineered Products New York Wire of Walterboro North American Rescue Professional Towel Mills Racor Div. Parker Hannifin Corp. Rempac Foam Corporation Richloom Home Fashions Rico Industries, Inc./Tag Express Robert Allen Group Roller Bearing Corp. of America Rotorion North America Savannah River Site Sealed Air Corporation Siemens Energy & Automation Stanley Tools Stealth Concealment Solutions Tegrant North America Walgreens

Cost-effective Quality
A tight economy has businesses and industries looking for ways to reduce costs while maintaining quality and production. ESAB in Florence turned to the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department to supplement its workforce. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, ESAB is a leading supplier of welding and cutting equipment. The company makes traditional oxygen/acetylene welders as well as laser welders and hybrid welders that use water jet and laser technology. It has pioneered friction-stir technology, which stirs together metal molecules from two different sources to weld them. Training Center manager. Last year, five VR clients worked about 12,500 hours on-site at the plant. ESAB has hired three clients full-time. They begin in the deburr area, removing the rough edges from cut and drilled metal, said Helen Boineau, ESAB manufacturing manager in Florence. Two clients work in wire termination, fitting connectors on the end of wires. Michael Dukes, pictured above, a former VR client, has been working at ESAB since March assembling welding torches. He went through a five-month apprenticeship program while going to school fulltime at Florence-Darlington Technical College. Boineau says VR clients are topnotch workers because they want it more. Theyre also screened through the WorkKeys skills assessment test, so theyre hirable if they successfully complete the year-long training, she said.

We look forward to the opportunities VR can provide for increasing production while helping us manage costs. Helen Boineau
The vast manufacturing plant in FlorenceESABs North American headquartersmakes every kind of welding and cutting equipment, from home welders to mammoth machines used in shipyards. Quality is essential and hiring guidelines are strict, said Susan Urquhart, SCVRD Florence Work

The company qualifies for tax credits for every VR client it hires. I would recommend that any company look at using VR skill sets, Boineau said. Its an opportunity to allow people back into the workforce and its very cost-effective for the employer.

Youth programs
We believe people with disabilities should have the same employment opportunities as people without disabilities. If youre a high school student with a disability, youre probably thinking about your future. We can give you the extra boost you need to succeed in the job market after you graduate. Through High School/High Tech (HS/HT) you are encouraged to set your sights on college and a career in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math. HS/HT students gain onthe-job experiences through job shadowing activities and internships. The South Carolina Youth Leadership Forum is an annual career and leadership training program for high school juniors and seniors. Disability Mentoring Day pairs students with disabilities with employers for one-on-one job shadowing experiences. DMD exposes you to a variety of career options and provides you with a better understanding of the work place environment. youthprograms.scvrd.net

Client Services
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Job Retention Services to help people whose jobs are in jeopardy because of disability-related factors. Services in collaboration with cardiac rehabilitation programs throughout the state.

Services available statewide

If you have a significant disability, you may spend time at the Center for Comprehensive Services, located on SCVRDs main campus in West Columbia. The staff at the programs Evaluation Center evaluates physical disabilities and determines vocational needs. Physical therapists develop exercise programs to help you increase your strength and stamina while occupational therapists teach you new ways of caring for yourself so you are less dependent on others. The Pain Management Program is available if you have chronic pain.

If you have a brain injury, the Brain Injury Program helps you to develop behavioral and compensatory strategies to improve your workrelated performance. The Muscular Development Center features state-of-the-art physical therapy equipment, swimming and therapy pools and well-equipped exercise areas. The Information Technology Training Center prepares qualified clients for entry-level jobs in the computer field. A Rehabilitation Technology Program engineer may consult with you and make recommendations for technological adaptations that can help the you overcome barriers and compete more successfully in the employment market. If you have drug or alcohol problems, you may be referred to one of our residential substance abuse treatment centers, located in Florence and Greenville.

A successful outcome
Once you are employed, we follow up with you and your employer to ensure both of you are satisfied. Our staff remains available to you should any problems arise. SCVRD is a partner in South Carolinas coordinated workforce development and employment network. Find out more at clientservices.scvrd.net

Matching Workers to Jobs

Vocational Rehabilitation clients can now go job hunting armed with a Career Readiness Certificate testifying to the skill level they have achieved. Through a partnership with the state departments of Education and Commerce, our clients have the opportunity to earn certification through the WorkKeys program in the areas of applied math, reading for information and locating information. Local school districts provide adult education teachers in each of SCVRDs 24 work training centers and its Georgetown office to screen clients for the WorkKeys program and prepare them for testing. WorkKeys provides a common language matching the skills potential employees have with the requirements the job has, said Dr. Peggy Torrey, deputy secretary for workforce at the Department of Commerce. Employers can look at the test scores and know if the potential employee meets the qualifications. Representatives from the states technical college system profile jobs for employers who want to use WorkKeys. Employers can also match their jobs with profiles provided online through the testing company ACT, Fetner said.

It pays to hire VR clients

Our clients come to you prepared with good work habits and understanding what is expected of them. We work with you to identify the traits you are looking for in an employee and match those skills with potential applicants. People with disabilities often possess valuable problemsolving skills because they are accustomed to finding creative ways to perform tasks others take for granted. Employees with disabilities are dependable, driven to succeed, loyal and productive. The best person for the job may be someone who has shown a great deal of motivation and responsibility to become employable. After employment, we follow up to make sure everything is going smoothly, and to help you and the employee with any concerns. Tax credits are available to businesses who tap into the disability community, including the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, providing a federal income tax credit of up to $4,800 for each new hire.

WorkKeys helps retention because matching is better up front, Torrey said. That results in better placement and saves on training employees. WorkKeys helps employers match required

job skills to a potential employees ability.

The tests are given at no charge to the client, paid for by the Department of Commerce through a grant, according to Terry Fetner, education associate with the Department of Educations Office of Adult Education. SCVRD provides space for the teachers and computers with Internet access so clients can prepare online to take the WorkKeys test. Clients can earn gold, silver or bronze certification, depending on their test scores. To date, more than 4,200 SCVRD clients have earned Career Readiness Certificates.

She said about 300 businesses and industries in South Carolina use WorkKeys.

Because WorkKeys is a nationally recognized skills test, a Career Readiness Certificate earned in South Carolina is portable across the country to any employer that uses WorkKeys. Clients who arent ready for WorkKeys but still want to improve their chances for employment can take advantage of other services offered by the Office of Adult Education, Fetner said. They can take the General Educational Development (GED) tests, which certify that the taker has high school-level academic skills, or they can take literacy classes or skills enrichment classes, all free of charge.

Leadership

Disability Determination Services

In addition to client services, SCVRD administers Disability Determination Services (DDS), which processes Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims under the Social Security Act. DDSs mission is providing quality disability determination services in a responsive, timely and cost-effective manner.

Barbara G. Hollis
Columbia SCVRD Commissioner Agency Board Secretary

Derle A. Lowder Sr
Sumter 5th Congressional District Agency Board Chairman

H. Lucius Laffitte, MD
Allendale Member-at-large Agency Board Vice Chairman

Individuals may be eligible to receive benefits from these programs when a physical or mental impairment prevents them from performing any type of work for a sustained period of time. Applications for SSDI benefits or SSI may be made at ssa.gov or through your local Social Security Administration (SSA) office. A DDS disability examiner and medical consultant objectively evaluate the medical and vocational factors of each disability claim and make a recommendation to SSA on the medical portion of the claim. DDS staff process initial, reconsideration, continuing disability review (CDR), and CDR appeal-level claims. DDS operates from offices in Charleston, West Columbia, Greenville and Lexington. In addition to handling SSDI and SSI claims, DDS processes S.C. State Retirement System disability claims and Medicaid disability claims for the Department of Health and Human Services. DDS staff members provide determinations for more than 71,000 claimants each federal fiscal year as they assist citizens with disabilities in navigating the Social Security, SSI and state disability claims process. Find out more, or apply for SSDI or SSI, at ssa.gov

Joseph A. Thomas
Conway 1st Congressional District

Rhonda J. Presha
Elgin 2nd Congressional District

Timothy W. Evatt
Pendleton 3rd Congressional District The South Carolina State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation board sets policy under which the Vocational Rehabilitation Department operates. The members, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the South Carolina Senate, serve seven-year terms.

Roxzanne B. Breland, DC
Greenville 4th Congressional District

Alease G. Samuels
Walterboro 6th Congressional District

The Bottom Line

Cost per client rehabilitated
SCVRDs total expenditures reveal a far lower cost per client rehabilitated than national and regional averages. SCVRD ranks 3rd nationally.

2008-2009
Clients served
$18,190
Total clients served New referrals Total rehabilitated (employed) Served in work training centers 47,544* 20,009 6,379 8,510

$9,729 SCVRD

$14,520

Southeast Average

US Average

* Since rehabilitation is a continuous process that often takes a period of years, SCVRD serves some of the same clients in successive years.

Rehabilitations per 100,000 population

SCVRD rehabilitates more citizens with disabilities into employment per 100,000 population than any other state in the Southeast. SCVRD ranks 2nd nationally.

193 86 SCVRD Southeast Average 64 US Average

Types of jobs our clients get

Service Clerical / Sales 29% 17% 13% 13% 11% 14% 3% Professional / Management / Technical Manufacturing Construction Agricultural

Cost per client served

SCVRDs integrated service delivery system helps us achieve one of the nations best costefficiency levels. SCVRD is 13th in the nation.

$2,478 $1,759 SCVRD Southeast Average

$2,725

Miscellaneous

Client earnings
US Average
Mean weekly earnings at referral (72% have no earnings) Mean weekly earnings after rehabilitation $117 $368

These figures are from 2008, the latest year for which national figures are available.

A great return on investment

SCVRD clients become taxpayers instead of tax consumers when they become employed, reducing their reliance on government disability benefits. Employed clients realize a $13.12 increase in earnings for every $1 of Vocational Rehabilitation funds invested in them.

Many receive health insurance coverage through their new jobs and no longer rely on Medicaid. Competitively employed clients pay back $3.33 in taxes for every $1 spent on their rehabilitation.

Employed clients repay the cost of their vocational rehabilitation in an average of 5.5 years. Thats a 18.1 percent annual rate of return on taxpayer investment. results.scvrd.net

SCVRD Offices
Aiken 855 York St. N.E. (803) 641-7630 (Voice/TDD) (800) 861-9410 (Toll free) Anderson 3001 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (864) 224-6391 (Voice/TDD) Oconee Beaufort 662 747 Robert Smalls Parkway 136 (843) 522-1010 (Voice/TDD) Berkeley-Dorchester 2954 S. Live Oak Drive Moncks Corner (843) 761-6036 (Voice/TDD) (866) 297-6808 (Toll free) Camden 15 Battleship Road Ext. (803) 432-1068 (Voice/TDD) (866) 206-5280 (Toll free) Charleston 4360 Dorchester Road North Charleston (843) 740-1600 (Voice/TDD) Conway 3009 Fourth Avenue (843) 248-2235 (Voice/TDD) Florence 1947 West Darlington Street (843) 662-8114 (Voice/TDD) Gaffney 364 Huntington Drive (864) 489-9954 (Voice/TDD) Greenville 105 Parkins Mill Road (864) 297-3066 (Voice/TDD) Greenwood 2345 Hwy. 72/221E (864) 229-5827 (Voice/TDD) (866) 443-0162 (Toll free) Hartsville 2413 Stadium Road (843) 383-2662 (Voice/TDD) Kingstree 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. (843) 354-5252 (Voice/TDD) Lancaster 1150 Roddey Drive (803) 285-6909 (Voice/TDD)

SCVRD services by county for fiscal year 2008-2009

Cherokee Greenville 1,131 4,050 166 Spartanburg Pickens 693 2,698 716 505 164 Union 458 70 York 1,566 250 Chester 397 56

Top: County Middle: Clients served Bottom: Clients rehabilitated

Lancaster 923 170 Chesterfield 407 81

Marlboro 461 82 Dillon Anderson Laurens 317 Fairfield Darlington 2,248 Kershaw 1,342 79 271 767 389 954 273 Newberry 42 Lee 177 169 Marion 635 226 Abbeville 349 158 55 Florence Greenwood 260 83 1,425 1,260 61 Richland Horry Saluda Sumter 286 1,320 246 5,592 199 1,536 Lexington 238 967 McCormick 49 213 2,562 122 509 Edgefield 20 Calhoun Williamsburg Clarendon 280 117 458 355 44 19 87 Aiken 47 Laurens 1,569 Orangeburg Georgetown 22861 Highway 76 East, Clinton 283 1,471 481 (864) 984-6563 (Voice/TDD) 216 85 (866) 443-0103 (Toll free) Berkeley Barnwell Bamberg Dorchester 1,200 249 Lexington 160 869 214 34 1330 Boston Ave., West Columbia 22 149 (803) 896-6333 (Voice/TDD) Allendale 114 (866) 206-5184 (Toll free) Colleton 8 572 Hampton Marlboro 103 Charleston 228 1029 Highway 9 West, Bennettsville 3,435 26 (843) 479-8318 (Voice/TDD) 579 (800) 849-4878 (Toll free) Jasper Total clients served 47,544 Oconee-Pickens Beaufort 105 Total rehabilitated 8,510 893 1951 Wells Highway, Seneca 15 (employed) 163 (864) 882-6669 (Voice/TDD) (866) 313-0082 (Toll free)

Orangeburg 1661 Joe S. Jeffords Hwy S.E. (803) 534-4939 (Voice/TDD) Richland 516 Percival Road, Columbia (803) 782-4239 (Voice/TDD) Rock Hill 1020 Heckle Blvd. (803) 327-7106 (Voice/TDD) Spartanburg 353 South Church St. (864) 585-3693 (Voice/TDD) (866) 451-1480 (Toll free) Sumter 1760 North Main St. (803) 469-2960 (Voice/TDD) Walterboro 919 Thunderbolt Drive (843) 538-3116 (Voice/TDD) (888) 577-3549 (Toll free) areaoffices.scvrd.net

South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department

1410 Boston Avenue, P.O. Box 15 West Columbia, SC 29171-0015 803-896-6500 Barbara G. Hollis, Commissioner scvrd.net