<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 60.95000076293945px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 60.95000076293945px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Total Permanent Disability (TPD) Student Loan Discharge Program:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 60.95000076293945px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 60.95000076293945px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On August 19, 2021, the US Department of Education announced new rules to simplify and facilitate student loan discharge due to disability. We have prepared an </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/advocacy-resources/general-summary-and-faqs-total-permanent-disability"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 60.95000076293945px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">FAQ document</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 60.95000076293945px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> that contains the answers to many of the questions we have received.</span></p><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Denise Valkema, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">National Federation of the Blind of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;">valkemadenise@aol.com</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(305)972-8529</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;">WWW.NFBFLORIDA.ORG</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Follow us @nfbflorida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Live the life you want.</span></p></div></body></html>