The money comes from the states' rehabilitation agencies.

Mr. Kosak was introduced to working with people with disabilities when he attended a 1988 job fair sponsored by a local vocational rehabilitation agency.

The network is a collaboration of local rehabilitation agencies and employers that provides a variety of services to enhance employment opportunities for people who have disabilities.

The system is widely used in schools, job training programs and in rehabilitation agencies and has been validated against widely recognized criteria.

At his death Dr. Ames was vice chairman of the board of the Manhattan-based rehabilitation agency.

He began visiting the Catholic Charities Guild for the Blind, a rehabilitation agency that teaches 200 people a year how to travel and live independently.

Mrs. Playford, 26, is the assistant controller at the Lighthouse, a rehabilitation agency for the blind in New York.

PTW looked to serve inmates and ex-offenders by teaching them computer skills and offering technical assistance to prisons and rehabilitation agencies.

It has general supervision over all public and private primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, museums, libraries, historical societies, archives and vocational rehabilitation agencies.

In 1944, as a staff member of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency, he helped negotiate relief agreements with Italy.