[audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
- From: "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:43:19 -0400
Is this a new member on the list?
Well, this morning has been spent looking for houses to rent. We need a bigger
house in order to take in children who have been placed in the foster care
system. I have found a potential house, but of course it has to meet the
wifey’s approval. It keeps Little Man in the same school system for the most
part which is a biggie, but it also gives us one extra room which gives us the
room we need in order to take in other children. Now that I have done some
number crunching I see where our max is on what we will pay for a rental each
month. Over the last couple of days I have also done some questioning of both
tax agents as well as Social Security representatives regarding the settlement
that Amanda and I got for the wreck. I told the tax agent what I had found
regarding tax exemptions on the internet. She took down my name and number and
gave me a call back. The answer I received from the lady was that I do not have
to report the money unless it was from missed work. This is the same
information that I found on the internet, but I wanted to make sure so I also
wanted a verbal confirmation of what I found. The first tax lady back when I
first got the money told me that I needed to pay taxes on it, so I am glad that
I went ahead and did my own research and didn’t settle for her answer. The next
hurdle was Social Security. I poked around on the Social Security internet
page, but that page is horrible if you have ever tried to find something on it.
The answers are there, but finding them is the problem because I believe too
much information is there. So, I left that page and just did a general Google
search and found a website that I am not sure was reputable or not, but
nonetheless she gave some links to some reputable websites. The websites said
unless it is earned income then I do not have to report it. So, instead of just
going with what some Joe Blow says I decided to give Social Security a call and
wait in that massive line of callers. Unfortunately my phone was not ringing or
something because I chose to get a call back, but when they called back my
phone did not ring only gave me the indicator that I had a voicemail. They
tried back a second time, but again my phone did not ring after I tried to fix
the problem. So, the first day was a fail at talking with Social Security. The
second day though I started right at 7 A.M. and got right through to a
representative. I asked her if the settlement is something that would effect my
benefits. She told me that if it was SSI then yes, but since I receive SSDI
then I am not going to be effected at all. I am glad I did a little research
and talked to the people I needed to talk to. This has been a busy last couple
of days just dealing with these things.
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On Behalf Of Heather H
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 8:49 AM
To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
Whatev
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On Aug 13, 2014, at 8:33 AM, "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It has a nice ring to it. Hmmm, let me think about this for a while. I will let
you know whether I plan to use Lynn from now on or not *LOL*.
From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Heather H
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:26 PM
To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
Blah blah blah. Don't even think of using that name mister. You have got
enough trouble without me opening a can of whoop butt on Tennessee!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 12, 2014, at 9:13 PM, "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for bringing attention to this there Ms. Lynn *LOL*.
Hi Heaver
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On Behalf Of Heather H
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 8:21 PM
To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
Um, excuse me BethAnn, there was no call for my middle name. How rude! Hi
Josh and Tom!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:22 PM, "BethAnn LaPresta" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(Redacted sender "bela28_02@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote:
I didn't realize you were offering a good sized weekend getaway at your
expense...I would really love a vacation right about now. How about a trip to
Ohio to visit Heather Lynn?
In all seriousness, you and I seem to attract knobheads there Joshie. You with
your schooling, me with doctors. Oy!
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 2:45 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, it looked a little fishy or at least sounded a little fishy when Amanda
was reading it. Sounded like he had budgeted for me to get it, but was not
going to be dispersing it to me unless I needed it. Well, you know what happens
to that kind of money a lot of times. Someone would be havinga good size
weekened get away at my expense.
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On Behalf Of Thomas McMahan
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 5:15 PM
To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
Makes you wonder what all they are doing with the money budgeted to them
doesn’t it? I know in most States the budget allotment for rehab is on the
bottom, but it’s still pretty sizable, and at most it is frozen, not actually
cut. They are more likely to cut services.
The biggest thing you’ve got on them is if you take it outside the agency.
They will listen to you then because they don’t want it outside. It’s been
that way my whole life, and I’ve been around for a little while.
I think you can work out the rest for when it’s necessary.
On Aug 12, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The VR counselor sent me an e-mail this morning including his supervisor and he
attempted to clarify what he didn’t say yesterday, but says I must have
misunderstood because he was including funding to cover my textbooks. However,
he didn’t touch the fact that they cover rent and dorm room expenses for
students as well as meal money. He only went on to say that if for some reason
the money does not come in, in a timely manner then they would definitely
reimburse me. He isn’t getting the fact that he is doing this completely
different from the previous two VR counselors and he refuses to provide me with
any documentation regarding any changes that may have taken place.
Interesting enough I found out before my previous counselor left that due
to the pay that they were offering for VR counselors, my state agency, they
couldn’t get anyone of any quality to take the job. This seems to be evident
without her ever saying the first word. I hope and pray that he gets better in
time and isn’t just there for a paycheck which it is seeming that way right
now. The good news is, he thought he was being a rather smart guy by including
his supervisor, but now I know who she is and have her e-mail address. So, now
I will start discussing all these new apparent chages with her and see what she
has to say about it if things continue to go down hill. I believe I could do
his job without a degree or at least as good as he is doing anyways. Perhaps I
will talk to her about taking his job *LOL* j/k.
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mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 9:51 PM
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Subject: [audio-pals] FW: VR Counselor is Horrible
I have fought my VR counselor ever since he became my VR counselor. He has
requested documents that no other counselor has requested, he has made
incorrect statements regarding whether or not he will accept the university’s
recommendation for a lighter courseload, he has tried to shut down my
continuing education, and now he is messing with my money. I did gain some
ground though on the continuing education because when I first started VR I
told them I want to go to law school. Well, the VR counselor at the time told
me that I should probably go with a lighter load, so I did. I did make her
document somewhere though that I want to go to law school. I told my second
counselor the same thing and told her I may continue on with psychology. Well,
it gets to this guy who thinks he is all of that and a bag of *insert your
favorite chip here* *LOL* and I talked to him briefly once before regarding
continuing on and he said that they would have to see, but he sounded doubtful.
So, when I was talking to him seriously about it I asked him if the department
was going to pay for me to continue on with a higher degree or if I am going to
have to get representation to fight for it. He didn’t answer me directly and we
hung up. We started discussing it off and on and he opened up the door for me
to ask about law school again when he said that they cannot tell me what to do.
I took the window of opportunity. The latest is I need to pick between law
school and psychology and let him know by Friday. Now, a new battle has popped
its ugly head up and that is him not giving me funding for my textbooks when
they pay other people’s rent. He wants me to go out and purchase the 5 or 600
dollars sometimes maybe even $800 worth of textbooks each semester and then
they will reimburse me for supplies and textbooks. Um, no! This has never been
done this way before so I want answers as to why it is this way now other than
the fact I pushed them on one battle so now they are trying to come at me from
a different angle. I told them I fight enough battles on my own without having
to fight the very system that is there to help me by providing the funding I
need to go to school. I am hoping that I can get someone a lot better to handle
this or at least make him better through prayer.
For some reason though I thought when given the opportunity to go to law
school I would jump on it and run, but really and truthful I am having a hard
time choosing. I am actually leaning more toward mental health counselor which
is completely different from what I was looking at from the get go because if I
stayed with counseling and didn’t go for the law school then I wanted to do
family counseling, but now the mental health counseling is appealing to me. So,
now that I havea choice the turmoil has started *LOL*. Do I go for a JD or do I
go for an MA in counseling.
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