[rehab] Question concerning social security award letter letter and VR

[RJ Sandefur]

What types of purchoses can be made in IL? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex" <heyitslu at gmail.com>
To: "Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [rehab] Question concerning social security award letter letter 
and VR


> RJ, a Social Security card and valid ID are required to work.
> Ensuring you have these pieces of information shows that you are
> serious about going to work and will not hold up the hiring process
> when it comes.  Also, providing a copy of your Social security card
> assists when verifying SS#'s, which at least we in TN are required to
> do.  A person's SS benefit information is not available immediately to
> the VRC; therefore, bringing a copy of the award letter assists in
> determining a presumed eligibility right away unless the person
> exhibits some type of behavior or limitation that would indicate to
> the VRC that the applicant might not be able to benefit from services
> in which case an extended evaluation or additional
> medical/psychological records are requested to make an appropriate
> eligibility decision.  True, the SS benefit info is usually available
> within a few days, but when so many of our rehab agencies are
> operating in an order of selecttion a few days can make the difference
> in being served immediately or in which release a person on a waiting
> list is served.  We in IL do not ask for all of this info because we
> are not concerned with work.  You do not need a valid ID or Social
> Security card to improve your independent living skills.  I worked as
> a VRC for nine years and have worked as an IL instructor for almost
> two.  I have provided this information to you based on my knowledge,
> training, and procedures we use in TN.  In other words, this is the
> rehab world according to Lucy and her experience, not necessarily the
> way it might be in your area.
>
> HTH and cheers!
> Lucy
>
> On 4/30/11, RJ Sandefur <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why does VR ask you for your social security card, a copy of your photo 
>> ID,
>> your social security award letter, when they already have your social
>> security number? Does IL ask you for the same information? RJ
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