Vocational Rehabilitation Program
The Vocational Rehabilitation Program is a Stipend sponsored by North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind.
Award Information:
Amount of Stipend:
Requirements: Applicant must be a North Carolina resident who is blind or visually impaired. Award is for training under an approved rehabilitation plan.
Eligibility: College freshman, College sophomore, College junior, College senior, Master's-level study
Sponsorship provided by:
North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind
309 Ashe Avenue, 2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
USA
Email Address: admrec@siu.edu
Phone Number: 919 733 9822
Fax Number: 919 733 9769
http://www.siu.edu/siuc
You can find out more by contacting:
JoAnn Strader
Chief of Rehabilitation Field Services
Email Address: admrec@siu.edu
One may find it helpful to carefully examine any material provided for the stipend. Getting the greatest odds of achieving your goal is a result of initially researching the prerequisites and making sure you meet them. Prior to starting, be aware of the reason for involvement of the North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind and their goals for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. After making sure you satisfy the prerequisites, verify that you have a decent shot of actually getting the stipend. Once you believe that you have the possibility that you can be awarded the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, then it is useful to fill out an application.
One critical aspect of working toward obtaining the stipend is filling out the application correctly. Occasionally the process can be lengthy and tedious, but take the time to make sure that your work was done precisely and without omission. Use caution to insure that you will not get passed over on a technicality.
After filing, you should note when the Vocational Rehabilitation Program chooses a winner and distributes the resources so that you can know if it is possible to rely on the stipend to provide additional support for the expenses associated with school and what assistance it will provide, as there may be restrictions on what expenses are covered by the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Recently it has become more burdensome to find ways to cover the expenses associated with school, and making use of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program to assist with your expenses can be a huge help. If you don't end up getting the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, don't give up, there are other stipends that you can hopefully get.