What does anyone know about Voc. Rehab. only wanting to train clients for menial jobs instead of a decent job? I've had a heck of a time with Voc. Rehab. in my state over the past few years. First they send me to a MS office training in which had I graduated it would not get me a job except for something menial pay wise. The MS office training was at one of Voc. Rehab.'s vendors whom they contract with. Voc. Rehab. has told me I can't do this and I can't do that when I tell them what I would like to do. I've filed a complaint with a federal agency concerning Voc. Rehab. refusing certain services like paying for transportation to school for what I wanted to do. That agency took over 6 months to get back with me and then to only tell me that they did not find Voc. Rehab. at fault. The training center that Voc. Rehab. sent me to was not conducive to my training. It was a complete joke of a training center. I don't know anyone who got a job from there using the skills they've learned there. One such woman who graduated from there got a job at the same training place sorting clothes all day. Another woman got a job stuffing envelopes.

My interests are high in the Arts. I had at 1st told my Voc. Rehab. counselor I wanted to be a web page designer. He said it was too hard of a job to know. Then I said I wanted to be a photographer thinking that would be easier and they said I could not do that either. My voc. rehab. counselor's supervisor had told him this year that they need to focus on getting me a job and that's when all chances of them helping me realize a good enough paying job vanished.

Had anyone have any suggestions, have been through this, or going through this? It makes me upset to see goverment agencies surpressing people's careers like Voc. Rehab. is trying to do with me. I will not stop learning toward my goal.

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