State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursements
Social Security Administers a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Reimbursement Program to assist beneficiaries with disabilities to work. Under this program, Social Security pays State VR agencies for the services they provide to beneficiaries with disabilities if the services result in the person’s achieving work at a specified earnings level. The following is a summary of the reimbursements Social Security made to State VR agencies by fiscal year.
| Fiscal
Year* |
Number
of Claims Allowed |
Amount
of Dollars Allowed |
Average
Cost Per Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
FY 23 |
18,493 |
$241,380,084.57 |
$13,052.51 |
FY 22 |
17,862 |
$237,103,761.93 |
$13,274.20 |
FY 21 |
15,380 |
$194,348,498.71 |
$12,636.44 |
FY 20 |
17,885 |
$223,102,368.67 |
$12,474.27 |
FY 19 |
14,573 |
$185,499,507.10 |
$12,728.99 |
FY 18 |
16,237 |
$215,417,316.50 |
$13,267.06 |
FY 17 |
9,924 |
$129,576,302.54 |
$13,056.86 |
FY 16 |
11,932 |
$181,403,972.90 |
$15,203.15 |
FY 15 |
12,291 |
$187,835,165.34 |
$15,282.33 |
FY 14 |
9,451 |
$141,449,760.46 |
$14,966.64 |
FY 13 |
9,645 |
$138,260,580.10 |
$14,334.95 |
FY 12 |
5,343 |
$78,768,058.10 |
$14,742.29 |
FY 11 |
4,679 |
$72,991,906.25 |
$15,599.89 |
FY 10 |
7,768 |
$105,964,398.60 |
$13,641.14 |
FY 09 |
8,712 |
$122,268,833.39
|
$14,035 |
FY 08 |
9,325 |
$124,238,549.09
|
$13,323 |
FY 07 |
6,871 |
$90,263,129.56
|
$13,137 |
FY 06 |
8,387 |
$105,049,203.20
|
$12,525 |
FY 05 |
6,095 |
$75,635,939.94 |
$12,410 |
FY 04 |
6,811 |
$85,172,425.42 |
$12,505 |
FY 03 |
6,760 |
$84,599,189.87 |
$12,514 |
FY
02 |
10,527 |
$131,062,205.10 |
$12,450 |
FY
01 |
8,208 |
$103,892,717.86 |
$12,657 |
FY
00 |
10,220 |
$117,024,222.20 |
$11,451 |
FY
99 |
11,126 |
$119,934,831.23 |
$10,780 |
FY 98 |
9,950 |
$103,037,127.54 |
$10,355 |
* The Federal fiscal year runs from October of one year through September of the next year.