I live in Ocean City, Maryland.
Stacy
"People who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you destroy
yourself"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:27
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Getting vans bought
by DR
Stacy where
in Pa do you live?
On 8/5/04 5:50 PM, "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I have
stressed that to everyone. I want to be independent and I want to stop
living off of the system. I hate it. I would love to have a job
but there is no way I can get back and forth. I have tried every
resource out there. I had to fight about getting picked up from school
after 1 o'clock. There is one program that is door to door. It's
for the doctors and school and a couple of times I got them to take me to
DR. Their pick up times stop at 1. My class got out at 3 and I
had to beg and plead to get them to pick me up just one of the 2 days that I
had class and got my friend who is also my helper to pick me up the other.
I wish that I could get her to take me back and forth, but I don't use
very many hours from her and she has another job. I don't use VR for
anything except making my plan for school and getting to work, but then the
transportation. I have talked with them about modifications but it's
getting that van. I haven't heard anything about the van that is
supposed to be donated to me. I am going to call tomorrow, but I was
so curious about how people were getting their vans paid for and I wanted to
make it clear that if I could, I would have been working since I have been
home. I am pretty sick and tired of being bored by not working.
sometimes I have too much time on my hands and I get on my own nerves.
I try to keep myself busy around the house but I have a damn hard time
getting up in the morning because I really don't have anything to get up
for. House is already pretty clean and I don’t have any appointments
so why get up so my feet can swell. I want off the damn system so bad
because it really doesn't help me that much. I apologize for
ranting, but it gets frustrating and I know I should be grateful for
what I do have but I can accomplish so much more. Even HUD raised my
rent because it's been a year and they swear my house is two bedrooms but
it's not. I can't even rent that room to a friend that needs a place
to live because they told me they don't want to live in a closet with no
heat and no door. My rent is a little over half of my income.
Then after bills, not too much left over to live on. Can't even
go anywhere to meet anyone new. No money and no way to get
there.
Stacy
"People who hate you do not win unless you hate
them. Then you destroy yourself"
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Original Message -----
From: Houston Leek <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: b.hickey <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
; quadlist <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:43
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Getting vans bought
by DR
Yeah I’ve been working on my business
plan. I’m glad that you’ve pointed these things out. I know them to
be true I see others reaping the rewards. While I hear others
sitting around crying the blues about not getting anything while they have a computer vr
purchase & other equipment & never even looked 4 a job. Yet
they want more toys I work the system but I do really want 2 get
away from or off SSDI until I’m 65 or 70yrs old. And if VR’s
supposed 2 help than I want it.
On 8/5/04 1:42 AM, "b.hickey"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The catch
is...... it takes justification, time, patience, hard work ans a
solid Business Plan. All of wich you have or can get!!
You do have to go
thru the "Division of Vocational Rehabilitation" because they also
have funding resourses for things like hand controls, power
lifts and anything you can think of that you need in order to get
back to work. There's the fun part..... :-)
....
Use your imagination and come up with a solid plan.
Remember the goal is, Driving Independently to Work. So plan
accordingly. For a business Plan ask yourself what am I good at, that
makes me happy?
What im trying to say is, have DVR help yo start up your own
MOBILE Business or find a job that you need to drive to. Use all
thats availible, SSA, DVR.....The Pass Plan, Ticket to Work,
IRWE's (Income Related Work Expenses)......ect.
The Pass plan is funding my
van with monthly payments from my SSI check and DVR is
funding the conversions.
Hope this
helps.....Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacy Harim <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Quad-List <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004
11:21 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Getting
vans bought by DR
How
in the hell are some of you getting DR to pay for vans.?
There is no way I can get them to pay for any kind
of vehicle modifications to a van that is more than 4
years old and more than 40,000 miles. I brought up
that a couple of people got DR in their state to pay for
the vans (DR is federal) and they have no idea what I am
talking about except for they they say that they don't
know how that was done since DR is
federal.
Stacy
"People
who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you destroy
yourself"
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