[nfbmi-talk] A Brief Explanation of Order of Selection

[Elizabeth]

Hi Fred,
 
Has the federal monitoring report come out yet? I have not seen it yet if it has been released to the general public. From the tone of today’s meeting along with the other recent policy updates, it would appear as though RSA has taken issue with a number of things in regards to the Michigan Commission for the Blind.
 
I joined the call a bit late, so I did not hear the introductions of everyone who was participating in today’s meeting. There seemed to be a voice that I did not recognize that seemed to act as a bit of an authority figure when it came to discussing policies. This person raised an issue with the Commission giving priority to those who serve in the line of duty, and claimed that neither a single disability or a single group of people could be given priority under an order of selection.
 
As I understand it, the Michigan Commission for the Blind does not anticipate implementing an order of selection in the near future, but there was some discussion about making sure that the current policy accurately reflects federal regulations. I think that even though we do not have an order of selection that it still needs to be a part of the policy for what would happen if there were the need for an order of selection to occur. I believe members of today’s meeting were going to research this subject in more detail and discuss it at the next meeting.
 
I was interested in hearing what they had to say about this issue more for personal reasons than anything else.
 
Hope this helps,
Elizabeth
 
> From: f.wurtzel at comcast.net
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:47:10 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] A Brief Explanation of Order of Selection
> 
> Hi Elizabeth,
> 
> Thank you for that. Is it your understanding that RSA has raised issues
> with the Commission policy on this topic? Do you think it was because of
> the long-awaited and absent monitoring report? Was there any indication
> that MCB is contemplating invoking an order of selection in the near future?
> Was there any discussion of how MCB would change their criteria or
> categories?
> 
> Sorry for all the questions. Go ahead and respond any way you wish. Sorry
> I was late and missed this information.
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> 
> Fred
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:39 PM
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] A Brief Explanation of Order of Selection
> 
> 
> Hello List,
> 
> Someone asked me a question about order of selection off list, and I thought
> I would post my answer for all to read. I know that some concepts about the
> rehabilitation system are difficult for some to understand, so I thought I
> would offer a basic explanation of order of selection and how it works. 
> 
> Currently the Michigan Commission for the Blind does not have an order of
> selection in place. This means that it presumably has the capacity to serve
> all individuals that walk through their door with all of the services they
> need to obtain their vocational goal. However, when an agency does not have
> the resources, whether it is financial or personnel, they may need limit the
> number of consumers they serve or the amount of services they deliver to
> consumers. The tool they use to determine who is eligible to receive
> services when there is a shortage of resources is called an order of
> selection.
> 
> As I understand it, when an order of selection is put into place, people are
> assigned to different categories based on whether they have a significant
> disability or less significant disability. From today's Service Delivery
> Design Team meeting, it appears as though the number of categories and how
> these categories are defined are determined by each state agency. There was
> some discussion today as to how well the various categories are defined by
> the Michigan Commission for the Blind, and whether or not this section of
> the policy manual needed to be updated to reflect federal regulations.
> 
> I am sure that there is more that could be said about this subject, but for
> now I just wanted to provide a basic explanation for those who may have
> never heard of such a thing before. Hopefully it makes sense. If others who
> have more knowledge in this area would like to make additional comments on
> this subject, please feel free to do so.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
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