[Nfb-hi] FW: Update- Hawaii VR's WIOA Unified State Plan

[Milton Ota]

From: Abe, Gavan [mailto:GAbe at dhs.hawaii.gov] 
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 8:19 PM
Subject: Update- Hawaii VR's WIOA Unified State Plan

 

See the message below from our new DVR Administrator, Maureen Bates
regarding Hawaii VR's WIOA Unified State Plan.  Click on the link to read
the entire document.  Please pass this along to others who might be
interested.  Thanks!

 

I would like to ask that you share the link to Hawaii's modified WIOA
Unified Plan draft
(https://labor.hawaii.gov/wdc/files/2018/02/Unified-State-Plan-Draft-Mod-021
8.docx ) that is continuing to be worked on through solicitation of public
comment until next week Wednesday.  As our stakeholders may notice DVR
continues to report on pre-WIOA performance measures and is integrating
updates under the new WIOA performance measures as this data is being
tracked into our reporting systems.  As noted below, comments to improve
upon this plan are being solicited and should be sent to
DLIR.Workforce.Council at hawaii.gov <mailto:DLIR.Workforce.Council at hawaii.gov>
no later than midnight 2/28/2018.

 

Our stakeholders include but are not limited to our clients, their ohana and
advocates, our community partners such as vendors, providers, employers, and
all our staff and contracted supports with whom we regularly collaborate to
fulfill our DVR mission.

 

Thank you for getting this information out to our partners and encouraging
their engagement to support improvements to our modifications of this
Unified Plan.  The opportunity for them to continue to engage in this
process will be provided on an annual basis moving forward.  Stakeholders
may also want to look at the federal guidelines for WIOA at the following
link: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/wioa-final-rules.html

 

 

Gavan Abe

Community Services Coordinator

DHS/Division of Vocational Rehabilitation/Ho`opono Services for the Blind 

 

1901 Bachelot Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Phone: (808) 586-5271 Fax: (808) 586-5361

Email:  <mailto:dinaba at dhs.hawaii.gov> gabe at dhs.hawaii.gov 

 

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