Re: Voc Rehab and Ticket to Work

[Guest guest]

Hi Gretchen,

I have participated in Voc Rehab and it was positive. I had already found a job

working at home with NTI, a telecommunications based

company that places jobs for individuals with disabilities. They had me

contact a Voc Rehab counselor in order to obtain training funds.

The Ticket to Work program was involved in this. The Rehab counselor was

given the ticket.

I collect SSDI and work part-time, which works well for me with my CMT

issues.

[Guest guest]

Gretchen,

Hey, I live in Mobile Alabama. I went thru college on a grant from

Vocational rehab...I have never been on any type of disibility or

anything, so I may not really contribute to ur question, but while i

am very very appreciative to have my college education paid for, I

was very disapointed in their " job finding " skills.

Before I went to college, I went thru voc rehabs assessement program and they

were supposed to help me find a job....They never even got me an interview.

After receiving my degree, Voc rehab was supposed to try and help find me

interviews to go to...Once again, nothing. I have a friend here in Mobile that

went thru the same situation, and they never got an interview for him either.

I might add that voc rehab couldnt find 1 interview in approximately 2 yrs of

looking. After a year of beating the streets, for the second time, I finally

found a job in my field. This was due only to my hard work.

Jimmy