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It outlines Virginia’s early vocational rehabilitation governance, staff growth, and program scope under federal and state actions. 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Congress responded by creating the Veterans’ Rehabilitation Service. This resulted in a demand for a similar service to civilians.\nThe 1920 \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/\" \\t \"_blank\" \\o \"This link opens in a new window and leaves this web site.\" \u0014Virginia General Assembly\u0015 established a vocational rehabilitation program just a few months prior to the passage of the first \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/rsa/pd-96-02.pdf\" \\t \"_blank\" \u0014Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act\u0015. The new federal law was signed by President Woodrow Wilson and was designed to promote the vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment. It applied only to the physically handicapped; covered only guidance, training, provision of artificial appliances and job placement; and initially was in effect on a year-to-year basis. The same year, Virginia’s Governor, Westmoreland Davis, issued a proclamation accepting the provisions of the Federal Act and in 1922 the General Assembly enacted legislation providing for the acceptance of these provisions.\nFrom 1920 to 1928, the program was administered by a special board composed of the Governor, Chairman of the Industrial Commission, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1928 rehabilitation was placed as a “division” of the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.pen.k12.va.us/\" \\t \"_blank\" \u0014Virginia Department of Education\u0015.\nFrom 1928 through the early 1930s, Richard N. Anderson, Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Virginia State Board of Education; one secretary; three emergency caseworkers, and one part-time field assistant were the only rehabilitation staff in the entire state. In 1935 five rehabilitation workers became regular employees. In 1937, W. Kuhn Barnett was added to Mr. Anderson’s professional staff as a special assistant. Special Education and Adult Education were added to the program in 1938.\nWhen war was declared in 1941, speedy production of military essentials became a necessity. As many able-bodied individuals were in the armed forces, a large number of workers had to be recruited from the ranks of those who were disabled. The rehabilitation service organized employment clinics for the disabled in some parts of the state, resulting in more growth in its services.\nThe \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/264582\" \\t \"_blank\" \u0014Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943\u0015 (Public Law 113) greatly extended services to the handicapped, especially in regard to physical restoration. Until that time federal matching funds could not be used for physical restoration. Such surgery as was procured for rehabilitation clients was provided without charge through Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments the generosity of the orthopedic surgeons of the Commonwealth. Hospital co-operated by accepting token fees paid from state funds or individual contributions. Some clients had to be trained around a disability that could have been removed or reduced by surgery.\nMr. Anderson attended many crippled children’s clinics conducted by the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.vdh.state.va.us/\" \\t \"_blank\" \\o \"This link opens in a new window and leaves this web site.\" \u0014State Department of Health\u0015 with Dr. Roy M. Hoover, an orthopedic surgeon of Roanoke. Together they discussed the possibility of a place providing service after surgery where amputees and other orthopedically disabled individuals could live and obtain physical restoration and preparation for employment in accordance with the individuals’ capabilities. It became a dream of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnett, Dr. Hoover and others, notably Corbett Reedy, State Supervisor, to secure such a facility.\nA piece of land near Dublin, Virginia, was declared surplus, and consideration was given ","cbCait39TL6Fg4zI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait39TL6Fg4zI","docx",127226,20,"English","# History of the Center\n## Post–World War I Foundations\n## Virginia Program Development (1920–1930s)\n## World War II Expansion and Federal Amendments\n## Toward a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center","[{\"question\":\"What prompted the creation of rehabilitation services after World War I?\",\"answer\":\"Thousands of wounded Americans returned home and sought productive, useful opportunities, leading Congress to create the Veterans’ Rehabilitation Service and create demand for similar civilian services.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Virginia’s vocational rehabilitation program develop in its early years?\",\"answer\":\"Virginia established a vocational rehabilitation program shortly before the federal act’s passage, administered it through a special board until 1928, and later placed rehabilitation within the Virginia Department of Education, expanding staffing and adding special education and adult education.\"},{\"question\":\"What changed with the 1943 Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments?\",\"answer\":\"The amendments greatly extended services, particularly for physical restoration, and supported rehabilitation approaches that combined vocational goals with medical and training needs.\"}]","History of Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center | DOCX",7]