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Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency making itself less vulnerable to massive fraud
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) tells Channel 2 Action News it has taken steps to make sure it is less vulnerable to another massive fraud like we reported last week.
Counselor ‘created’ fake students and stole $1.3M in tuition fraud scheme, feds say
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoA state worker “created” a number of fake college students, claiming they were her clients suffering...
Chair of House committee aims to end subminimum wage for workers with disabilities
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEight Georgia community rehabilitation providers are legally paying subminimum wage to 245 workers...
State worker accused of creating fake disability clients, stealing more than $1M from taxpayers
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA former state worker whose job was to help the disabled is expected to plead guilty to federal...
Workers at a state agency improperly approved more than $50,000 for a worker’s family member
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChannel 2 Action News has learned that state investigators found that the state agency charged with helping Georgia’s disabled citizens overpaid a family member of one state employee by more ...
SC law enforcement, nurses, mental health professionals in line for pay raises in House budget
The State McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoA year after the state approved pay raises for South Carolina law enforcement officers, local law...
Couple who stole $1.3M from Georgians with disabilities sentenced to prison time in inside job
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was an inside job -- a state employee and her husband stealing money intended to help people with...
Fired official says state agency uses app to skirt records law
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn her whistleblower lawsuit, Stephanie Ramage says she was encouraged to use an app called Signal soon after she was hired as the communications director by the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA).
Documents reveal mismanagement at state agency that prepares disabled Georgians for workforce
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNow we've seen the actual findings from Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the federal agency that pays most of the bills. And we've seen Georgia's plan to dig out of the mess.
Renewed effort to create an agency just for Georgia’s blind community
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA state senator from the metro area says she will renew her effort to create an agency just to assist Georgia's blind community because the services currently provided are so poor.
