The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
Employment for People with Disabilities
The following are 52 duplicative spending programs for Employment for People with Disabilities across 8 agencies:
AgencyDetailsCost
U.S. AbilityOne Commission AbilityOne Program $0
Department of Agriculture Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities: AgrAbility Project $4,667,107
Department of Defense Air Force Warrior and Survivor Care $0
Department of Defense Army Warrior Care and Transition Program
Department of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program $8,847,404
Department of Defense Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Program $0
Department of Defense National Resource Directory (joint with Department of Veterans Affairs)
Department of Defense Navy Safe Harbor Program $24,000
Department of Defense National Organization on Disability Wounded Warrior Careers Demonstration Program
Department of Defense Recovery Care Coordinator Program $0
Department of Defense Recovery Coordination Program – Operation Warfighter $966,502
Department of Defense U.S. Special Operations Command Care Coalition $0
Department of Education American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services $42,822,202
Department of Education Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind $9,181,000
Department of Education Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers $2,197,283
Department of Education Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities $11,000,000
Department of Education Projects with Industry $17,842,595
Department of Education Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program $0
Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Demonstration and Training Programs $5,800,000
Department of Education State Grant for Assistive Technology Program $0
Department of Education Supported Employment Services for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities $28,889,190
Department of Education Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program$2,437,797,600
Department of Health and Human Services 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver
Department of Health and Human Services 1915(i) State Plan Home and Community-Based Services $0
Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program
Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid State Plan Services
Department of Health and Human Services Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration $0
Department of Labor America's Heroes at Work $300,000
Department of Labor Work Incentive Grants/Disability Program Navigator Initiative $0
Department of Labor Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program
Department of Labor Employer Assistance and Resource Network $1,600,000
Department of Labor Job Accommodation Network $2,366,318
Department of Labor Job Corps
Department of Labor Local Veterans’ Employment Representatives Program
Department of Labor REALifelines Program
Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities Initiative $0
Department of Labor Community Service Employment for Older Americans $0
Department of Labor Veterans' Workforce Investment Program
Department of Labor Work Opportunity Tax Credit (joint with the Internal Revenue Service) $0
Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act Youth Activities
Department of Labor Workforce Recruitment Program (joint with the Department of Defense) $211,377
Department of Labor YouthBuild
Department of Veterans Affairs Compensated Work Therapy Program $0
Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Transition Assistance Program
Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment $768,000,000
Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Vietnam Veterans' Children with Spina Bifida or Other Covered Birth Defects
Social Security Administration Benefit Offset National Demonstration $13,510,873
Social Security Administration Mental Health Treatment Study $699,317
Social Security Administration Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program $27,328,266
Social Security Administration State Vocational Rehabilitation Cost Reimbursement Program $106,000,000
Social Security Administration Ticket to Work Program $22,100,000
Social Security Administration Youth Transition Demonstration Project $768,628

Source: Table 13, Appendix III, "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue," Government Accountability Office, 2/28/2012