How long did it take to get approved by WIA?

[benrock]

After going through all the necessary steps for WIA (going to the orientation, getting a case worker, getting accepted into LVN school) my case worker finally calls me to let me know my application was up, I was so excited thinking that meant I had got approved and just in time bc school starts Feb 2010, they had told me not to enroll or pay for school just get accepted and WIA would then pay for the school. Then when I go see her she tells me that this meeting is just to turn in the paperwork to WIA and a panel of 5 people reviews it and they decide if they will approve it and then she tells me that my application will probably not be reviewed until March 2010! I am on unemployment and to qualify for this program you have to be on unemp. when you are approved, it looks like by the time they get around to my app. I will not qualify! I can not afford to go to school full time and work as well, especially with a difficult course like this one where I will need to study a lot. My goals and dreams just went out the window. Has any one had the same experience? From the day you applied how long did it take to get approved? Is there anything I can do to expedite the process?