GAO Report from Jan 2009 - VA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT

GAO Report from Jan 2009
VA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Better Incentives, Workforce Planning, and Performance Reporting Could Improve Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0934.pdf

not sure but think the senate vet affairs committee should probably be on the distribution list (appears only House members requested the report). also those Members who are interested in their disabled constitutents. rather than print one i'm going to order one, but their copy is there for the asking. after a quick browse, several stats JUMPED OUT.

page 10 - pie chart that shows 21% of veterans entering voc rehab entered the INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM track jan 07 - may 08.

don't have the #'s for FY08 yet, but the VA reported voc rehab participants for the following years:
FY 07 90,593
FY 06 89,126
FY 05 94,330
FY 04 96,009

not sure but think 21% of 90,000 is about18,000.
IS THE PIE CHART CORRECT?

another VA report shows Independent Living Program stats as:
FY 07 2540
FY 06 2839
FY 05 2693
FY 04 2689
FUZZY MATH ????

either the pie chart should read 2% OR the ILP #'s are about 16,000 short AND if so, the Congressional cap of 2500 ILP cases/year was surpassed.

OOOPS