[nabentre] Grants or assistance to send our blind employee to the Louisiana School for the blind?

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
This is a current employee and they closed their case with rehab when they
started working for us in September.
They live in California.
I don't think they are a member of any other state agencies serving
blindness at this point, but it should not be any big deal to join one if
it can help.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Terry D. Eagle via nabentre <
nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Is this employee a current or recent client of the state agency serving
> persons with blindness?  In which state does this employee work?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon
> Keith Biggs via nabentre
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> Cc: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabentre] Grants or assistance to send our blind employee to the
> Louisiana School for the blind?
>
> Hello,
> We hired a blind employee and as they started working, they realized that
> doing everything with vision gave them huge headaches, so medically they
> need to relearn everything without vision.
> I am too busy to teach them the skills they need to know myself, so we are
> looking to send them to the Louisiana School of the blind to do the NFB
> program down there this summer.
>
> We are going to see if they can reopen DOR to pay for the school itself,
> but is there any way that we can keep paying our employee while they are
> learning these skills? They have a family and cutting their pay would make
> it impossible for them to go to the program.
>
> I'm not sure how long the program lasts, but our employee gets around $3500
> a month.
> Does anyone know of any kind of tax incentive or grants we can get to help,
> if not completely, cover this cost?
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
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