[nabs-l] Choosing a Center

[Anmol Bhatia]

Arielle,
What you mentioned is correct. In addition, many rehab agency would like to send clients to instate training agency rather than a out of state agency is because it is because counselors have to justify why they are spending state many out of state. Anotherwords, think of the arguement "why should someone who is not a resident of Arkansas get tuition at the same rate as residents of Arkansas? The answer is that they should not and thats why those who are not residents of the state have to pay out of state tuition twice the rate of instate students." Now if a client can justify why they want to attend a training center out of state such as the training they want is only offered at certain training centers such as the NFB traing center, or the career goal they want is only offered at certain training such as the IRS program, it is much eaiser for the counselor to fund that and most clients end up being able to attend the training center of their choice.

Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller


--- On Tue, 7/17/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Choosing a Center
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:45 PM
> Hi all,
> Many VR agencies will tell clients that they can only send
> them to
> in-state or "in-contract" centers for training. However,
> this is only
> partially true. VR agencies prefer to send clients to
> centers with
> which they have established contracts, which are usually
> in-state
> centers. But by law VR agencies are required to support a
> client's
> choice of center if that choice is justified, even if the
> center is
> out-of-state or out-of-contract. I don't know the legal
> specifics but
> several Federation leaders can provide assistance with this,
> including
> Jim Omvig, Amy Phelps, Fred Schroeder and Edward Bell. If
> you are
> having problems getting a VR counselor to respect your
> informed
> choice, talk with your state president and try to get
> connected with
> one of these people.
> I have experience with this process because I was in the odd
> situation
> of trying to get my state to send me to LCB for training
> instead of
> CCB. They were willing to send me to CCB (where they had a
> contract)
> but not LCB. I wanted to go to LCB because I had been
> offered a chance
> to do some work with the blindness research institute at
> Louisiana
> Tech and I felt this opportunity was critical to my career
> development
> (and it turned out to be quite helpful after all). I had to
> make that
> case to my VR agency and though my counselor supported my
> decision,
> his supervisors did not and it took quite a lot of
> discussion and
> letters from Dr. Bell and from my state president, but they
> finally
> complied and I went to LCB. For most of you who are wanting
> to go to
> any NFB center rather than an in-state one (and not choosing
> between
> NFB centers like I did), there are many reasons you can give
> for the
> superiority of NFB centers: off-campus living, comprehensive
> training,
> blind mentors/instructors, use of sleepshades if you have
> partial
> sight, and probably others I am forgetting.
> Arielle
> 
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