[Rehab] We are funding and need based financial aid

[Dick Davis]

Justin,
This is an agency - university problem, not something that should end up on
the back of the student.  The agency and university financial aid office
need to sit down together and come up with an interagency agreement that
outlines the financial aid responsibilities of each party, as required by
the Rehab Act.  There is federal guidance on comparable services and
benefits that the agency can follow.  It is either a technical assistance
circular (TAC) or a policy directive (PD) and should be on the OSERS?RSA
website.
Dick Davis

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From: Rehab [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin Salisbury
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Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11:45 AM
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Cc: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>
Subject: [Rehab] We are funding and need based financial aid

Dear colleagues,

A consumer and college student has come to me with a question, and I am
seeking your help in finding an answer.

Before people wrongly accuse me of this again, I am going to be extremely
clear that this is not somebody from Hawaii. It is not a consumer of the
agency where I work. Like any other involved member of the national
Federation of the blind, I communicate with people across the country on a
regular basis.

This student is hearing from the University financial aid office that the
funding from vocational rehabilitation is other need-based aid and that they
are retracting the money that they would have given. It appears that both
the University and the vocational rehabilitation agency are treating each
other‘s need-based aid as comparable benefits and saying that they will not
pay because the other must pay. Thus, the student is falling in the middle.
Since both entities believe that their funding must come as a last resort,
how do we figure out which one takes priority and which one must pay?

Mahalo,

Justin

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Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury

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