[nfbmi-talk] I AM LEGALLY BLIND--VISUALLY IMPAIRED---ALLOWED $44, 600

[Jacalyn Paulding]

Dear James,

You seem to be having some difficulty understanding how the Rehabilitation
process works logistically.  Everyone else on the list please realize that
I am only trying to explain the legal process and how it works,  Please
forgive me if I make any errors and just correct them.  I do not mean any
of this to be an opinion, just what I understand.

If a person who is legally blind in the state of Michigan is interested in
employment and capable of employmen AND they have a substantial impediment
to employment that is caused by their vision loss,t than they have a right
to seek out services through the Beaureau.  The process would be for a
client to set up a meeting with a counselor, go through the application
process and be deemed eligible .

After eligibility is established then a client would sit down with the
counselor and develop their Individual Plan for employment. or an IPE.
Vocational goal is the client's choice but a counselor would assist the
client to make sure the vocational goal is a good choice for the individual
client.

Certain services would be included in a plan such as tuition for a
vocational program, assistance with job search, assistive technology etc
but services would only be provided if they fit into the vocational goal.
So, for instance, if I wanted to be a chef and my counselor and I decide
that is a good choice then my plan could include a culinary arts training
program, appropriate tools for the training program etc...it would not
include something like a home phone line because I don' tneed that to be a
chef.

In addition if I were already gainfully employed, or had my own business
then I would not really need services because I have already met a
vocational goal.

There is no dollar amount alotted toward an individual specifically because
they are blind, it is all dependent upon the specified plan and that plan
is signed by both the client and the counselor.  Once that plan has been
developed then the bureau would need to provide services IF the client is
upholding their side of the agreement with things like maintaining contact,
showing up to meetings, making progress on the plan etc...

Hope this all makes sense.  Being Blind or visually impaired doesn't really
entitle a person to services in any state.

Sincerely,
Jackie Paulding


On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Jacalyn Paulding <jacalynpaulding at gmail.com
> wrote:

> James if you are employed then you would not require vocational assistance.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:20 AM, James Schmidt <jamesschmidt1946 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes---I have a Home based business---Northwest Michigan School for the
> Blind & Deaf---8101 Davis Street--Central Lake--Michigan---49622----my cell
> # 231---392--4475 ----the bussiness is a D.B.A. (registered)  and has a
> Federal Tax Identification Number ----
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Jacalyn Paulding <jacalynpaulding at gmail.com>
> > To: Joe Sontag <suncat0 at gmail.com>; NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing
> List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] I AM LEGALLY BLIND--VISUALLY
> IMPAIRED---ALLOWED $44, 600
> >
> > I am with Joe. As far as I understand there would only be a dollar
> amount given for allotment other than services to be provided as part of
>  if an IPE (individual plan for employment ) if this plan has been
> developed then services have been outlined and those services must be
> provided. The only way a home phone line would be provided is if it is a
> direct need to secure employment, such as a home based business.
> >
> > Have you developed an IPE with Julie Clark?  What you are saying just
> does not make sense
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2013, at 5:19 PM, "Joe Sontag" <suncat0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> James, exactly what does this $44,600 represent?  Is this the expected
> cost of the items in your IEP or something else?
> >>
> >> It's not really my business, I'm just a little confused.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Schmidt" <
> jamesschmidt1946 at yahoo.com>
> >> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>; <
> JAMESSCHMIDT1946 at YAHOO.COM>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 16:46
> >> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] I AM LEGALLY BLIND--VISUALLY IMPAIRED---ALLOWED
> $44,600
> >>
> >>
> >> i am allowed $44,600 from Bureau of Blind Persons of Michigan--until
> 2017---I signed contract ---but can't even get Julia Clark of Gaylord
> Office to supply me with a Land Line or Wireless Phone-Fax-Internet at my
> house---Respectively yours---James E, Schmidt---8101 Davis Street---Central
> Lake--Michigan--49622 (The only phone I have is a --LIFELINK -EMERGENCY
> PHONE for Low Income persons---which has a 250 minute
> limit--(counts--inbound & outbound call) today is Feb 27-----
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> >> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:03 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
> >>
> >> Oh, yes they still violate Titles 1,5, and VII of the Rehabilitation
> Act of
> >> 1973 as amended.
> >>
> >> That just about covers it.
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Posont" <
> president.nfb.mi at gmail.com>
> >> To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:51 PM
> >> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
> >>
> >>
> >>> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> >>> 20812 Ann Arbor Trail
> >>> Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
> >>>
> >>> February 27, 2013
> >>>
> >>> dear Michigan Federationists:
> >>>
> >>>   I am still collecting information about what was being done by
> >>> the Commission for the Blind or by the
> >>> former Board that is not being done by the Bureau of Services for
> >>> Blind Persons. I can think of two things. Financial reports had been
> >>> sent to the Board on a quarterly basis. We got the Reports to come
> >>> every month for three months. Now, they are not made available to
> >>> anyone at all. They are not even made available to the Advisory Board.
> >>> Also, I was formerly sent job listings within the Agency so that I
> >>> could distribute them in hopes of getting blind individuals hired.
> >>> This has not happened since the Commission became the Bureau. Once
> >>> again, please send your ideas to the list and they will be collated.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Larry Posont
> >>> President
> >>> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> >>> Email: president.nfb.mi at gmail.com
> >>> Web page: http://www.nfbmi.org/
> >>>
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