**§21.214 Furnishing supplies for special programs.**

\(a\) *General.* A veteran pursuing one of the following types of
vocational rehabilitation programs is eligible for any types of supplies
listed in §21.212. The following paragraphs clarify the applicability of
the general provisions of §21.212 to these special situations.

\(b\) *Supplies furnished to veterans pursuing training in the home.* VA
may furnish to veterans training in the home:

\(1\) Books, tools, and supplies which schools or training
establishments that train individuals outside the home for the objective
the veteran is pursuing at home ordinarily require all students and
trainees to personally possess;

\(2\) Supplies and equipment which are essential to the prescribed
course of training because the veteran is pursuing the course at home.
Equipment in this category consists of items which ordinarily are not
required by a school or training establishment;

\(3\) Special equipment, such as a vise or drafting table;

\(4\) Supplies needed to enable the veteran to function more
independently in his or her home and community. (Authority: 38 U.S.C.
3104(a))

\(c\) *Supplies furnished to a veteran in farm cooperative training.*
The books and related training supplies which VA may furnish a veteran
in farm cooperative training depend upon the type of instruction he or
she is receiving:

\(1\) When organized group instruction is part of a veteran's course, VA
will furnish those books and supplies which the school requires all
students in the school portion of the course to own personally or on a
rental basis;

\(2\) When all instruction is given on the veteran's farm by an
individual instructor, VA will furnish to a student only those textbooks
and other supplies which would ordinarily be required by a school.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(7))

\(d\) *Obtaining and maintaining employment.* A veteran being furnished
employment services may receive supplies which:

\(1\) The employer requires similarly circumstanced non-veterans to own
upon beginning employment to the extent that the items were not
furnished during the period in which the veteran was training for the
objective, or the items that were furnished for training purposes are
not adequate for employment;

\(2\) VA determines that special equipment is necessary for the veteran
to perform his or her duties, subject to the obligation of the employer
to make reasonable accommodation to the disabling effects of the
veteran's condition. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a), 4212)

\(e\) *Self-employment.* The supplies and services which may be
furnished, subject to the requirements prescribed under §21.258, to a
veteran for whom self-employment has been approved as the occupational
objective, are generally limited to those necessary to begin operations:

\(1\) Minimum stocks of materials, e.g., inventory of saleable
merchandise or goods, expendable items required for day-to-day
operations, and items which are consumed on the premises;

\(2\) Essential equipment, including machinery, occupational fixtures,
accessories, and appliances; and

\(3\) Other incidental services such as business license fees.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(2))

\(f\) *Supplies and related assistance which may not be furnished for
self employment.* VA may not authorize assistance for:

\(1\) Purchase of, or part payment for, land and buildings;

\(2\) Making full or part payment of leases or rentals;

\(3\) Purchase or rentals of trucks, cars, or other means of
transportation;

\(4\) Stocking a farm for animal husbandry operations.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(12))

\[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985\]

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