[CT-NFB] Letter for Amy Porter

[Nathanael T. Wales]

Deb and All,

 

These are all excellent, excellent points.  I have learned something here, too, and I think we all may have as a result of reaching out to Dr. Bell.  New Mexico is, indeed, another great example of a state following best practices.

 

Consolidation is exactly what Governor Maloy partly did back 10 years ago, and he would’ve done more if we hadn’t pushed back.  It’s why BESB isn’t its own board as it used to be and why it’s now under the Department of Aging and Disabilities Services.  We already lost a commissioner-level appointee.  I’m glad that our first point, strong and repeated, is that we want no more consolidation.  And we still want a BESB director.

 

As President Riccobono quotes from our mutual birth state (Wisconsin)…Forward!

 

Nathanael

 

 

From: CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deb Reed via CT-NFB
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2021 1:58 PM
To: Elizabeth Rival
Cc: Deb Reed; bmartin1998 at gmail.com; rmirdi at aol.com; NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Letter for Amy Porter

 

Good information back with lots of questions to answer and legislative work ahead. I do not know Greg

 

Deborah J. Reed

Central Chapter President

NFB of CT

Deb.reed57 at gmail.com

860-378-5370

“Live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back.” National Federation Of The Blind 

 

 

 

 

 





On Dec 8, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Elizabeth Rival <erival at comcast.net> wrote:



Hi again, after talking to Eddie Bell at the Louisiana center… What is the OID plan in CT? Older individuals for blind seniors plan? Vo rehab only serves 14 and older legally in CT. That would have to be changed in the legislature. Used to be 18 years old till 2014. Now its 14 years old. New Jersey serves down to infancy, for instance. That’s a state law to change. CT. would say that schools should be paying for under 14in CT. Ask Gregg Trapp in New Mexico for more, if anyone knows him?  Where is the OId money going to? How does the state of CT. Match the federal allotment money from the federal government? Do we have a commissioner n for the blind?  Or have they consolidated? Beth ?  

 

From: Elizabeth Rival <erival at comcast.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2021 12:05 PM
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Subject: RE: Letter for Amy Porter

 

Hi, the comment , director, if there should be one… take that out, of course there needs to be a director. I also agree with rest of comments, still waiting to here from Louisiana and national. Beth 

 

From: maryanne.melley at gmail.com <maryanne.melley at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2021 10:29 AM
To: erival at comcast.net; marysilverfox at gmail.com; 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>; rmirdi at aol.com; j.mccollum64 at comcast.net; deb.reed57 at gmail.com; veronicalalston at gmail.com; bmartin1998 at gmail.com
Subject: Letter for Amy Porter

 

Hello Board Members,

 

Please review the attached letter for Amy Porter. Edit as you feel appropriate. I will then email it to her.

 

Thank you,

 

Maryanne Melley

President

National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut

860-212-5549

maryanne.melley at gmail.com

 

Together with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into reality

 

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