The Bottom Line:
SCVRD Performance
SCVRD is proud to be a national leader in the public vocational rehabilitation program.
Vocational Rehabilitation clients become taxpayers instead of tax consumers when they become employed. They reduce their reliance on government disability benefits and many receive health insurance coverage through their new jobs and no longer rely on Medicaid.
VR: a great return on investment!
- Competitively employed clients pay back $3.20 in taxes for every $1 spent on their rehabilitation.
- Employed clients will realize a $12.78 increase in earnings for every $1 of vocational rehabilitation funds invested in them.
- They repay the cost of their vocational rehabilitation in an average of 5.6 years.
- That’s a 17.8 percent annual rate of return on the taxpayer investment.
| Category | SCVRD | SE Average |
U.S. Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitations per 100,000 population | 199 | 87 | 65 |
| Average cost per client served | $1,662 | $2,376 | $2,608 |
| Average cost per client rehabilitated | $8,643 | $14,012 | $17,115 |
These figures are from 2007, the latest year for which national comparisons are available.