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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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Please read below for information on the state plan for the Nebraska Commission for the Blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>This email has been sent on behalf of the State Plan partners, as well as Governor Pillen and the Nebraska Workforce Development Board (State Board). The public notice below will be published this week in Nebraska newspapers. (This email has been sent separately to the State Board, which includes the Governor.) Please forward this email as appropriate. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PUBLIC NOTICE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2024 – 2027 COMBINED STATE PLAN FOR NEBRASKA’S WORKFORCE SYSTEM: Draft available for public comment</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PUBLIC HEARING: January 31, 2024, 500 South 84<sup>th</sup> Street, Lincoln, NE 68510</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The Nebraska Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired have published this draft of the 2024 - 2027 Combined State Plan for Nebraska’s Workforce System, in compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Public comment on the draft is requested during the 30-day period beginning January 16, 2024 and ending February 15, 2024. The plan is accessible online at</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/NEstateplan24-27">http://tinyurl.com/NEstateplan24-27</a><span style='color:black'>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Comments on the draft plan may be submitted by email to </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:ndol.wioa_policy@nebraska.gov">ndol.wioa_policy@nebraska.gov</a><span style='color:black'> or by US mail sent to: <a name="_Hlk153959435">State WIOA Team, Reemployment Services Division, </a>Nebraska Department of Labor, 550 South 16<sup>th</sup> Street, Lincoln, NE 68508. Comments on the draft plan may also be provided in person during a public hearing, which will be held at 10am CST on January 31, 2024 at </span>500 South 84<sup>th</sup> Street, Lincoln, NE 68510<span style='color:black'>. The hearing will be broadcasted simultaneously at the following Nebraska VR locations:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_Hlk95227940"><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Kearney – 315 West 60<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 400</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Lincoln – </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>500 South 84<sup>th</sup> Street</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Omaha – 1313 Farnam on the Mall</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Scottsbluff – 505A Broadway, Suite 500</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><a name="_Hlk153959470"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Also, the hearing will be held via Zoom meeting. You can attend the Zoom meeting using this link: </span></a><a href="https://educationne.zoom.us/j/99316972370"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk153959470'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://educationne.zoom.us/j/99316972370</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk153959470'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk153959470'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program TDD: 800.833.7352. If accommodations are needed for the public hearing, please contact Cinda Wacker at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:cinda.wacker@nebraska.gov">cinda.wacker@nebraska.gov</a><span style='color:black'> at least three (3) days prior to the hearing.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Deb Andersen</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none'>Reemployment Services: State Policy Unit Coordinator</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Nebraska Department of Labor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Division of Reemployment Services</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>550 South 16<sup>th</sup> Street</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>office </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>402.471.0284</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Lincoln, Nebraska 68508</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:deb.andersen@nebraska.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none'>deb.andersen@nebraska.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=313 height=19 style='width:3.2638in;height:.2013in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DA4201.FFE243B0" alt="This image reads as: A proud partner of the American Job Center network"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Y8ZbeSr6s"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Helping Businesses Build Their Workforce</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><a href="http://dol.nebraska.gov/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>dol.nebraska.gov</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> | </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nebraska.DOL"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Facebook</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> | </span></b><a href="https://twitter.com/NE_DOL"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Twitter</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none'>This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). 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