[Nfbk] Fw: Office for the Blind Public Hearing, May 13th

[Ronnie White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Abner, Lauren (KDLA) 
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 1:17 PM
Subject: Office for the Blind Public Hearing, May 13th


Dear Kentucky Talking Book Library Patron:

 

Please read the message below about an upcoming public hearing  conducted by the Kentucky Office for the Blind.  The Kentucky Talking Book Library feels this is an important opportunity for our patrons who are blind or visually impaired.  We encourage you or a family member to attend to let your needs be known.  If you cannot attend, you may instead fill out an online survey at http://blind.ky.gov.

 

 

Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
Office for the Blind to hold public hearings in 2014

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 26, 2014) - The Kentucky Office for the Blind (OFB) has scheduled four public hearings to give consumers and other interested individuals an opportunity to comment on the needs of the blind and visually impaired as well as annual revisions to the State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation Services for 2015. Every three years the OFB is required by the federal Rehabilitation Services Administration to conduct a statewide needs assessment of individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

 

One of these hearings is coming soon to your area:

  a.. Louisville: 3:30-5:30pm EST May 13 at the Charles W. McDowell Center, 8412 Westport Rd.  For more information contact Cora McNabb, 1-800-321-6668.
·         Kentuckians who are unable to attend a hearing may send comments in any format (written, phone call, in person, etc.) through June 30, 2014. Comments may be sent in writing to the Kentucky Office for the Blind, 275 E. Main St., Mail Drop 2-EJ, Frankfort, KY 40621, via email to cora.mcnabb at ky.gov , by fax at 502-564-2951, or call 1-800-321-6668.

 

·         You may also fill out the community needs assessment survey online at http://blind.ky.gov. 

 

 

Lauren Abner

Kentucky Talking Book Library

PO Box 537

Frankfort, KY 40602

1-800-372-2968 (KY toll-free)

(502) 564-8300 ext. 279

lauren.abner at ky.gov

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