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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Fellow Federationists!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below are a couple of action items received from the national office. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NFB continues to monitor the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) implementation of our 2020 settlement agreement regarding visitor-intake-processing kiosks. With SSA field offices recently reopening, we are gathering information about the accessibility of SSA’s current visitor-intake-processing methods. If you have visited an<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/locator/">SSA field office</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>since their reopening in April 2022, please contact <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Valerie Yingling <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>410-659-9314, extension 2440, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="mailto:vyingling@nfb.org">vyingling@nfb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to share your experience. We are specifically gathering information on whether the field offices are using kiosk, web-based, or human check-in processes, and whether these processes are accessible to blind individuals. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have the opportunity please check out one of the Nebraska field offices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Grand Island 115 North Webb Road, Grand Island NE 68803, (308) 385-6440<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Lincoln 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln NE 68508, (866) 593-2880<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>North Platte 300 East 3rd Street, Room 204, North Platte NE 69101, (308) 532-9502<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Omaha 604 North 109th Court, Omaha NE 68154, (866) 716-8299<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NFB continues to gather information regarding the accessibility of all at-home COVID-19 test kits and websites used to order these tests. Please share your experiences via NFB’s Access to COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/legal-program/access-covid-19-vaccine-and-testing-survey">Survey</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The NFB has also created a The <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/covid-19-resources/covid-19-home-test-information/template-letter-your-state-secretary">Templet Letter</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>members can use or modify when advocating at the state level for distribution of accessible, at-home COVID-19 tests.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jamie K. Richey, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: (402) 477-7711<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: (308) 520-9024<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:president@ne.nfb.org">president@ne.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>