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Originally Posted by Bottesini
Now I will probably look stupid. But when I was young, Voc Rehab did not give me option for school, but put me to group home and work as janitor.
I fought my way out of it all. But I am not a big supporter of VR.
Maybe things are much different now.
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Things are different. And the agency is still undergoing change that will improve the services. A lot of it is dependent upon funding issues.
However, I have a deaf student who gets VR services while he works on his Bacelor degree. A portion of his tuition and his books are paid for by VR, the rest is paid through Federal grants.
We have several non-traditional students with acquired disabilities that VR also contributes to their eductional expenses, as they were no longer capable of doing the job they had prior to disability.
The primary goal of VR is to assist the individual in obtaining and maintaining gainful employment. They will mediate on the job for needed accommodations, they will assist with eductional expenses if that is what is needed to achieve the goal, they provide job skills training and supported employment, if that is necessary, etc, etc, etc. And, you also have to keep in mind that when someone signs up for VR services, and then later decides that they don't want to work for what ever reason, funding is cut. Those cuts affect the services they are able to provide for the next person down the road.