The Office of the Deputy Director for RSA is responsible for providing leadership and policy direction to the Administration.  The Rehabilitation Services Administration has been expanded and strengthened through the years with the goal of empowering individuals with disabilities to maximize employment, economic self sufficiency, independence, inclusion and integration into society, and adjudication of disability claims.
The mission of the RSA is to provide comprehensive vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to persons with disabilities, which will maximize their quality of life and promote their employability and economic self-sufficiency; and to adjudicate disability claims for the Social Security Administration.  RSA also administers the Randolph Sheppard Business Enterprise Program, Older Blind Program, Transition Services Program, Supported Employment Program and Independent Living Program.