<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Good afternoon National Federation of the Blind of Georgia members, please take time today to read the information below and follow through on contacting the listed members for this legislative alert.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please remember to use the sample email or verbiage for phone calls and don’t forget to put your name where it should go and the names of the committee member that you are emailing or calling their offices. </div><div>**Also, If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy Justin Young at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank">jyoung@nfb.org</a>.</div><div dir="auto">This is very important.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you and let’s send this to any other members that may not be on the Georgia listserv. Let’s show what Georgia can do.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warm regards, ,<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dorothy Griffin - President <div dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind of Georgia.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat">The <span>National</span> <span>Federation</span> of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 12:50 PM<br>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] URGENT Legislative Alert - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act Update<br>To: <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Federation Family:<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I wanted to update everyone on the TCIEA Legislative Alert from Friday, November 22. We have done a great job of flooding the four offices mentioned in the original email with our collective calls
and emails, but we cannot let up. If you haven’t had a chance to call or email the offices below, it’s not too late, and if you have already done so, it wouldn’t hurt to send another to really demonstrate how important this issue is to us.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For your convenience, I’ve included the entirety of the previous Legislative Alert below, which includes the suggested script and contact information for the offices.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all you do,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Justin<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are coming down to the wire on the 118th Congress and we want to make sure that we’ve done everything that we possibly can in order to advocate for our legislative priorities. In this case, we are trying to ensure that the Transformation
to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) is included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reauthorization bill that is currently being considered. Right now is a crucial time for this initiative because Congress wants to pass the
WIOA reauthorization when they return after Thanksgiving. We need you to flood the email inboxes and telephone lines and voicemail boxes of four key committee staff members in order to make sure TCIEA gets included in the final bill:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amy Jones<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Amy.jones@mail.house.gov" target="_blank">Amy.jones@mail.house.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-225-4527<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Véronique Pluviose-Fenton<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Minority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov" target="_blank">veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-225-3725<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warren Gunnels<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Majority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov" target="_blank">Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-224-0767<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amanda Lincoln<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov" target="_blank">Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-224-5375<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you call or email, you might say something like:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Dear [NAME]:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am urging the [HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE/SENATE HELP COMMITTEE] to please include the TCIEA in the WIOA reauthorization bill. The TCIEA will eliminate the payment of subminimum wages for people with disabilities and eliminate
the need for a government program to monitor special wage certificate holders. Thank you.”<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy Justin Young at
<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank">jyoung@nfb.org</a>. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congress is working diligently to move the WIOA reauthorization bill as soon as they get back after the Thanksgiving break, so time is of the essence for us to make our voices heard. If you have any questions, please contact me.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all that you do,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+Street,+Baltimore,+MD+21230?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">jyoung@nfb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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