Certainly for veterans who have service-related injuries, there's always a back door to get them into a VAC rehabilitation program. Whether they have applied right away between the 120 days or two years down the road, they can still come in and show a service relationship and have access to the VAC rehabilitation program.
The problem with the SISIP being the first provider is that it only does the first two years. Their program is limited. Then if you wanted to continue with a VAC rehab program, my understanding is that you should have applied for that within 120 days of release. I don't think a lot of people realize that when they do release. They just think, “I'm going into the SISIP program”, because that's what they've had and paid into their entire service career.
There are a lot of other areas that have timelines for access that we find unreasonable. Specifically, survivors only have a year in which they can access the VAC rehabilitation service. When you've lost your spouse and you're dealing with young children and perhaps a move off a base back to a hometown, it might take much longer than a year to be ready to start school.