ILP Waiting Time Decreased

with the signing of PL 110 - 389 10 Oct 2008.....

SEC. 332. INCREASE IN CAP OF NUMBER OF VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM.
Section 3120(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2500 veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘2600 veterans’’. 38 USC 3105.
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waiting time for the last eligible veteran to receive benefits is down from 203.98 years to(INSERT DRUMROLL HERE) 196.14 years....Hot Damn..Hot Damn...Hot Damn...

Thank You 110th Congress...

ARE THEY STUPID..DO THEY THINK WE ARE..OR IS THIS A CONSPIRACY TO DENY DISABLED VETS BENEFITS???

Steve from Alabama writes: "When I spoke to the VA rep on the phone, before I went to fill out the application, he flat said that ILP does not provide things like computers, etc."

Not only do they provide computers....but farm tractors...snowblowers....greenhouses....dog training....electric gates....enhanced computer systems...ergonomic furniture....whatever it takes to serve the needs of the disabled vet

IS THERE SOME FUZZY MATH GOING ON ???

VR&E Service conducted a site visit in June 2007 at the Atlanta Regional Office (RO). The Savannah outbased office was not visited, but the site visit report indicated the Atlanta RO was performing well overall. At that time Savannah had three case managers and an average caseload of 142 each. Savannah currently has four case managers with an average caseload of 110 each.
In FY08, the average number of days a case was in evaluation and planning status for the Atlanta office was 93. The FY08 target was 105 days.
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using fy 07 data (fy 08 not yet provided to me)
46 ILP's X 93 days = 4278 days
mac 1463 days
donald 613 days
jj 643+ days
total for 3 vets 2719 days
guess the other 43 were really expedited

Independent Living Program now on Wiki

For more information on ILP check out wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Living_Program...

when will it end

the house veterans affairs cmte paid lip service to correcting the problems with ilp. there are 500,000 disabled vets eligible and no way to apply for the benefit.
time to raise the trumpets...shout from the rooftops....and ring the bells..