RSA administers and supports a comprehensive array of formula and discretionary grant programs and projects that serve and assist individuals with disabilities. To learn more about any of these programs, please click on the program title below.

• American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS)

• Assistive Technology (AT) State Grant Program

• Basic Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants

• Centers for Independent Living

• Client Assistance Program (CAP)

• Demonstration and Training Programs

• Helen Keller National Center

• Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind

• Independent Living State Grants

• Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

• Program Improvement

• Projects With Industry (PWI)

• Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology

• Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR)

• Randolph Sheppard Vending Facility Program

• Recreation Programs

• Rehabilitation Act Program Evaluation

• Rehabilitation Act Program Improvement

• Rehabilitation Training

• Supported Employment State Grants

Formula grant programs are allocations of money to states or their subdivisions in accordance with a distribution formula prescribed by law or administrative regulation for activities of a continuing nature not confined to a specific project.

Unlike a formula grant, a discretionary grant awards funds on the basis of a competitive process. RSA reviews applications in light of the legislative and regulatory requirements established for a program. This review process gives RSA discretion to determine which applications best address the program requirements and are, therefore, most worthy of funding.