From rybodek at gmail.com  Fri Jan  2 02:21:46 2026
From: rybodek at gmail.com (rybodek at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 21:21:46 -0500
Subject: [NFBJ] COPE Institute Info On Accommodating Visually Impaired
 Learners
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Hi all,

See below e-mail from Leah Zagelbaum. She happens to be a parent of a
visually impaired adult herself so she knows our field quite well. 

It would make me so happy if some of you take advantage of this venue and
become gainfully employed eventually! Please keep me posted if you do or if
there's anything I can do to help support this! And please spread the word
to others who can benefit from this.

Have a great Shabbos!

RY

From: Leah Zagelbaum <lzagelbaum at copeins.com <mailto:lzagelbaum at copeins.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2026 8:09 AM
To: Rachel Bodek <rybodek at gmail.com <mailto:rybodek at gmail.com> >
Subject: COPE Institute Info On Accommodating Visually Impaired Learners

 

Dear Rochel Yenti, 

 

I am sure you know that COPE Institute gives courses in Accounting. You
might not know that COPE is a NYSED certified business school, or that I
recently became its director, or that the courses are available online.

 

I received an email with the following information, and immediately thought
of you, and the wonderful work that you do for people with visual
impairments, and that some of your network might find this useful.

 

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) currently offers a grant
designed to support schools that serve students with visual or hearing
impairments. To be eligible for this funding, students must:

 

*	Be New York State citizens.

*	Be enrolled full-time, in actual attendance, at an eligible
institution.

*	Attend a college, university, technical or professional school-such
as state institutes of applied arts and sciences, agriculture and technical
colleges, or licensed private career schools-located within New York State
and authorized to confer degrees.

*	Be matriculated in a recognized degree or certificate program.

 

This funding can be used to provide essential academic support services such
as readers, note takers, sign language interpreters, or assistive
technology-helping ensure students have equitable access to information
critical to their academic success.

 

I am attaching a flyer about our upcoming semester. 

 

If this is relevant for any of your students, and it can help them attend
COPE, I'd be happy to set up a Zoom for more info. Or they can reach out to
us directly via the methods listed on the flyer. If any of them do apply,
and run into trouble going through our system, be aware that it's new and I
will personally troubleshoot anything I can.

 

Continued Hatzlacha, 

 

Leah Zagelbaum

Director, COPE Institute

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