[Ct-nfb] FW: Notice of Public Hearing and Comment Period for DORS-BESB Draft Vocational Rehabilitation Section of Unified State Plan

Elizabeth Rival erival at comcast.net
Mon Jan 11 16:08:19 UTC 2016


Hi all NfB ct members. NFB of cT urgently needs to Advocate for more staff
positions and especially instructors at the upcoming hearing on January 21
from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.  There is only 1 mobility instructor for over
1,000 clients.  And there are no plans to hire any mobility instructors in
the next 5 years!  Further, there are only 2 rehabilitation teachers in the
vr which means 1 per 500consumers, and BESB is hiring none.  But there are
10 vocational rehab councilors and plans to hire 4 more in the next 5 years.
We clearly have too many counselors instead of severely needed Instructors!
This hearing will take our input on BESB's plan for the next five years, and
BESB needs to hear from us because its focus is off-target and won't empower
blind people in Connecticut.

 

please  advocate  with us On Thursday January 21st by phone or in
person...thanks beth 

 

From: Sigman, Brian [mailto:Brian.Sigman at ct.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 8:38 AM
To: DORS-DL BESB
Subject: Notice of Public Hearing and Comment Period for DORS-BESB Draft
Vocational Rehabilitation Section of Unified State Plan

 

Notice of Public Hearing

 

The State of Connecticut, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Bureau of
Education and Services for the Blind (BESB) will be conducting a public
hearing on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 184
Windsor Avenue, Windsor, CT and simultaneously by teleconference. The
purpose of the hearing is to offer the public, consumers, advocates,
agencies and organizations the opportunity to review and provide comments
pertaining to the proposed BESB Vocational Rehabilitation section of the
Unified State Plan for the Statewide Workforce System in Connecticut. The
BESB section of the draft Unified State Plan is available for review at
<http://www.ct.gov/besb> www.ct.gov/besb, in the "Employment and Vocational
Rehabilitation" section (or by following this link:
http://www.ct.gov/besb/cwp/view.asp?a=2851
<http://www.ct.gov/besb/cwp/view.asp?a=2851&q=575180> &q=575180). Print,
Braille, and electronic copies of these documents will be available at the
public hearing, or may be requested in advance of the hearing by contacting
the Bureau at (860) 602-4008. Please provide at least two weeks notice if
you are requesting a sign language interpreter, by emailing
brian.sigman at ct.gov.

 

Comments may be submitted in person or through teleconference at the public
hearing, or may be submitted via email to: brian.sigman at ct.gov; mailed to
Brian Sigman, Bureau of  Education and Services for the Blind, 184 Windsor
Avenue, Windsor, CT, 06095, or recorded onto voice mail at (860) 602-4008. 

 

To participate in the public hearing through teleconference, please call
(860) 602-4008 at least one business day prior to the public hearing to
obtain the call-in phone number and access code. All comments received prior
to the close of business on Monday, February 1, 2016 will be fully
considered. 

 

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