[nabs-l] Petition: Elimination of Background Checks due to Budget Cuts

[Serena]

What's a "four one nine email?"

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Petition: Elimination of Background Checks due to 
Budget Cuts


> Are we sure this isn't a 419 (four one nine) email?  Yes, I'm seriously 
> asking.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 02:02:40AM -0700, Rob Lambert wrote:
>>ELIMINATION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS DUE TO BUDGET CUTS
>>We are deeply
>>concerned that as of April 1, the DPPC (Disabled Persons Protection
>>Commission), because of budget cuts, had to stop allowing employers to
>>tap into its database of complaints to do background checks on the
>>people they want to hire to work with the disabled. It has been
>>reported that the DPPC is applying for a federal grant to continue the
>>background checks, but until money comes from either a grant or another
>>source, people with disabilities could potentially be victims of more
>>abuse and neglect than in the past. We urge you to help the DPPC find
>>the money - $60,000 (sixty thousand) - to continue providing this
>>essential service.
>>
>>
>>
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