[NFBMT] Another article from the Disability Rights Newsletter for October, 2019

[sheila leigland]

that is depressing news indeed.It sounds like things will be getting 
worse before getting better.

On 11/5/2019 3:40 AM, BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER via NFBMT wrote:
> Vocational Rehab Program Announces Multi-million Dollar Federal Penalty for
> Next Year
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> As a penalty for overspending in the 2016 fiscal year, the federal government
> will be cutting its appropriation to Montana Vocational Rehabilitation by
> $3.3 Million this fiscal year.  The customary appropriation from the federal
> government is roughly $10 million so this is a cut of nearly 1/3 of the total
> federal appropriation. This will inevitably mean that this program that helps
> people with disabilities gain employment will continue to place people on the
> waiting  list instead of opening new cases.
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> The VR program is currently in a total order of selection, with every
> category closed to new applicants.  This has been true since March of 2017.
> The waiting list in the last year has increased  by 700 and now has a total
> of 3213 people waiting.  Although the program has offered services to 200
> people on the waiting list, as of September only 84 of those have employment
> plans as many of those offered services had moved on after 2 ½ years of
> waiting.
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> When all categories were open and the program was allowing new applicants, a
> 2012 University of Montana study found that this program put $3.31 in the
> economy for every dollar spent after 3 years of employment.
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> http://www.bber.umt.edu/pubs/survey/VocRehabReport.pdf.
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> This is for all participants with closed cases, with all types of
> disabilities.
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> <https://DisabilityRightsMT.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9937c0f2ad7acf
> 59fa7c183d1&id=1d3499f6a7&e=d0632197b9> Click Here to Read UM Study
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> Joy Breslauer, First Vice President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Montana
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> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/>
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