Helping Students with Disabilities Explore Careers, Training, and Employment
The Student HireAbility Navigator connects students with disabilities to career exploration, work-based learning, training opportunities, and employment resources across the Texas Panhandle.
Whether you are a student, parent, educator, or employer, Workforce Solutions Panhandle can help create pathways to meaningful employment and long-term career success.
What is the Student HireAbility Navigator?
The Student HireAbility Navigator is designed to help students with disabilities:
Transition successfully from school to work
- Explore careers and local labor market opportunities
- Develop workplace and employability skills
- Participate in work-based learning experiences
- Connect with vocational rehabilitation and workforce services
- Prepare for college, training, apprenticeships, or employment
Who Can Use This Program?
Services Available to Students
For Employers
Employers play a critical role in helping students gain experience and enter the workforce.
Workforce Solutions Panhandle can assist employers with:
- Information on available tax incentives
- Recruiting qualified students and job seekers with disabilities
- Work-based learning opportunities
- Disability awareness and inclusion resources
- Workplace accommodation guidance
- Retention strategies
Employer Resources for Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
Workforce Solutions Panhandle Vocational Rehabilitation helps employers recruit, hire, retain, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities. Explore the resources below to learn about hiring practices, workplace accommodations, tax incentives, accessibility, and disability inclusion.
- Hiring and Recruiting
- Workplace Accommodations
- Tax Credits and Financial Incentives
- Laws and Employer Responsibilities
- Employer Toolkits
- Disability Employment Awareness
Find resources to help you recruit, interview, hire, and retain qualified employees with disabilities.
Hiring People with Disabilities
Learn about workforce services and the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities.
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Texas HireAbility
Connect with Texas programs and employer resources that support disability hiring.
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Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN)
Best practices for recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing employees with disabilities.
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Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
Recruit highly qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities.
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SHRM Foundation – Employing Abilities at Work
Human resources guidance and workplace best practices.
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Disability:IN
Resources for building a disability-inclusive workplace.
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Learn how to provide reasonable accommodations and create an accessible workplace.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Free, confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and ADA compliance.
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ADA National Network
Technical assistance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Learn about federal and state tax incentives available to employers.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
Information on eligibility, certification, and online application resources.
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Additional Resources
WOTC Online Portal
Department of Labor – Employer Tax Incentives
Overview of available federal tax incentives.
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IRS Tax Benefits for Businesses
Learn about tax credits and deductions related to accessibility and hiring.
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ADA Tax Incentives for Businesses
Information on the Disabled Access Credit and Barrier Removal Deduction.
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Understand your responsibilities under federal disability laws.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Official guidance on ADA requirements and regulations.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Information about disability discrimination and reasonable accommodations.
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Practical resources designed to help employers build more inclusive workplaces.
Finding Candidates with Disabilities
Strategies for recruiting qualified applicants.
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Interviewing People with Disabilities
Tips for conducting accessible and inclusive interviews.
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Hiring Disabled Veterans
Resources for recruiting and supporting veterans with disabilities.
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Small Business Toolkit
Practical guidance tailored to small businesses.
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Learn more about disability inclusion and national initiatives.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
Annual campaign promoting the value of workers with disabilities.
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What Can YOU Do? Campaign
Resources and public service campaigns encouraging disability inclusion.
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