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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK) [mailto:JenniferN.Wright@ky.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 24, 2018 2:35 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Kentucky Office for the Blind to Provide Employment Opportunities at State Cafeterias<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Below is the press release about the running of two state cafeterias in Frankfort being taken over by two of our KBE vendors.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Kentucky Education & Workforce Development Cabinet [mailto:kyewdc@subscriptions.kentucky.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 24, 2018 2:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK) <JenniferN.Wright@ky.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> Kentucky Office for the Blind to Provide Employment Opportunities at State Cafeterias</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:white'>Initiative provides opportunities for upward mobility for blind vendors </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><a name="gd_top"></a><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse' id=yahoo><tr><td style='background:#DDDDDD;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:100%!important'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;width:100%!important'><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 0in 15.0pt 0in' id=main-header><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 22.5pt 7.5pt 22.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=135 height=134 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/KYEWDC/2016/06/914572/943576/hi-res-color-state-seal-9x9_crop.jpg" alt="Kentucky United We Stand, Divided We Fall"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><h1 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:110%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Commonwealth of Kentucky<br>Education & Workforce Development Cabinet </span><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=columns-bg><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=left-one><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;text-align:start'><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%;text-align:start'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Matthew G. Bevin, Governor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=right-one><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt'><p class=gdp align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:140%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Don Parkinson, Interim Secretary</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=left-two><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;text-align:start'><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%;text-align:start'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=right-two><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt'><p class=gdp align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:140%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact: Cora McNabb </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>502-564-4754<br><a href="cora.mcnabb@ky.gov"><span style='color:#0000EE'>Cora.mcnabb@ky.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=main-body><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h1 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:110%'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kentucky Office for the Blind to Provide Employment Opportunities at State Cafeterias</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 24, 2018) </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- In support of Governor Bevin's Kentucky Work Matters Task Force, blind and visually impaired Kentuckians will soon have increased career opportunities in the food service industry. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Kentucky Office for the Blind will assume management later this spring of two cafeterias which primarily serve state employees. The cafeterias are located at the Transportation Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“This provides opportunities of upward mobility for blind vendors and helps them to serve more consumers,” said Corey Marcum, Director of Kentucky Business Enterprises (KBE). “Participating vendors work as entrepreneurs who hire additional staff for meaningful employment.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>KBE is a division of the Kentucky Office for the Blind, which is an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC). The mission of the Kentucky Office for the Blind is to provide opportunities for employment and independence to individuals with visual disabilities.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>EWDC Interim Secretary Don Parkinson says this move will provide important work experience for Kentuckians with disabilities.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“KBE currently provides excellent food service at Café 300 in the Sower Building,” said Parkinson, “These services will continue to improve as they expand to the cafeterias at the Transportation Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services buildings and will provide great work opportunities for Kentuckians in need of employment.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>KBE has identified experienced food service vendors with a track record of positive customer satisfaction and high employee retention to operate the cafeterias.</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in;text-align:start' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The first cafeteria to transition is located at the <b>Transportation Cabinet</b>. Food service will not be available between April 27, 2018 and June 1, 2018 as KBE assumes operations from the Kentucky Department of Parks. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style='margin-top:0in;text-align:start' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Food services will be interrupted at the cafeteria at the <b>Cabinet for Health and Family Services</b> beginning May 31, 2018. KBE is currently working on a timeline for resuming operations. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Governor Bevin’s Kentucky Work Matters Task Force was formed in November 2017 with the goal of addressing barriers to employment and promoting workforce inclusion among people with disabilities, foster children, disabled veterans, and individuals burdened by substance abuse or criminal records.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“The unemployment rate in Kentucky is at 4%. That is its lowest level in nearly half a century,” said Adam Meier, Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Bevin, who led the Kentucky Work Matters Task Force. “For our state to satisfy the employments needs of our growing economy, we must expand career opportunities for all Kentuckians, especially those who have a disability or other impediment to employment.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Kentucky Business Enterprise Program is an association of 40 active vendors who are blind or visually impaired and operate businesses in the Commonwealth. The program is rooted in the 1936 Randolph Sheppard Act, which makes provisions for the blind or visually impaired to run vending or other food service operations on federal and state property across the country. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdp align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>###</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mail_footer"><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 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