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What is the Injured Workers Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB) Voucher?

 

 

Employees injured on or after January 1, 2004, may be eligible to receive Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB) to help them return to gainful employment.   We will work with your attorney to  efficiently evaluate your case and determine your eligibility for SJDB.

 

Not being going back to work is a scarry reality.   As an older student can be very scary!  The way students are learning today has changed.  You are going to be noticably older in the class,  and you may feel out of place,  but given all of that more Americans are "going back to school".  

 

 
What Are Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB)?
 

In the event you are unable to recover from your work-related injury and you cannot return to work for your employer, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB), in the form of a non-transferable voucher, may pay for education-related training or skill enhancement, or both, at state-approved or state-accredited schools. Expenses covered by the SJDB voucher include school tuition, fees, books, and expenses required by the school for training.   Additionally,  a portion of your voucher's value can be used for vocational and return-to-work counseling.

 

As professionals in both workers compensation and college admissions counseling,  we are able to help you not only gain this benefit,  but other additional benefits.  We will work with your attorney.

 

 

In order to qualify for SJDB if you must meet each of the following criteria: 
 

  • Your injury causes permanent partial disability preventing you from doing your usual job;

  • You are unable to return to work within 60 days after receiving your last temporary disability payment; and

  • Your employer does not offer you modified or alternative work.

 

 

With regard to modified or alternative work, if your employer offers you such work and you do not accept it, you are not eligible for an SJDB voucher. However, the modified or alternative work must satisfy the following conditions:

 

  • You are able to perform the essential job functions;

  • The job is considered a regular position that lasts for at least 12 months;

  • The wages and compensation of this job are at least 85 percent of what you were receiving at the time of your injury; and

 

  • The job is located within a reasonable commuting distance of your home at the time the injury occurred.

 

 

Consult with your lawyer or contact the Information and Assistance Officer at your local workers compensation appeal board. Learn what SJDB benefits you may be entitled to receive.

 
 
What is the Amount of the SJDB Voucher?
 

Depending on the level of your disability, the SJDB voucher can range from $4,000 to $10,000. The higher the percentage of your permanent disability, the higher the SJDB voucher amount.  However,  as college admissions consultants, we can assist you with obtaining additional funds to help you meet your individual goals.   Each case is different!

 

 

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