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HRD-79-5 1 (1979-06-06)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Cong


OF THE UNITED STATES


Rehabilitating Blind And

Disabled Supplemental Security

Income Recipients: Federal

Role Needs Assessing

The Supplemental Security Income-Vocation-
al Rehabilitation program was established to
save benefit payments by helping blind and
disabled persons receiving Supplemental Se-
curity Income payments to be gainfully em-
ployed. The program has provided rehabilita-
tion services since January 1, 1974.

GAO analyzed data from 14State rehabilita-
tion agencies, and concluded that the Federal
funds spent have greatly exceeded the savings
in benefit payments for the first 2-1/2 years
of operation.

The program's limited success raises a ques-
tion about the need for a separate program to
provide services which are already available
from State agencies through the basic Federal-
State rehabilitation program.


The Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare should evaluate program effective-
ness. The Congress, after receiving sufficient
data, should consider whether this separate re-
habilitation program is needed.


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