VR&E regulations: 21.144 Vocational course in a sheltered workshop or rehabilitation facility

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(a) General. A vocational course in a sheltered workshop or rehabilitation facility may be an institutional, on-job, or combination course which has been modified to facilitate successful pursuit by a person with a disability that would otherwise prevent or impair the person’s participation in the course.

(b) Authorization. A vocational course in a sheltered workshop or rehabilitation facility may be authorized when the training offered is a sound method of restoring a veteran’s employability.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(7))

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