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Michigan Protection &Advocacy Service, Inc.

Employment Team Report 

 

Third Quarter

(April 1, 2014 – June 30, 2014)

 

 

The Employment Team at Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) provides information, referral and advocacy services to applicants, clients and others eligible for vocational rehabilitation programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act.  We also provide training on our services and information to clients on their rights under the Rehabilitation Act and Title I of the ADA.  Our funding streams to provide these services include the following grants:  Client Assistance Program (CAP), Protection & Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT), and Protection & Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI).

 

Employment Team Staff:  Brian Sabourin, Director of Employment Services, Elham Jahshan, Advocate; Charlie Rose, Advocate; and Leslie Mundt, Program Assistant. 

 

Case Statistics:

       

      Information & Referral Only

       
      

      Closed Service Requests = 40
     

 

 

       

      Case Level Services

       
      

      Closed Service Requests = 20
     
      Related to Michigan Rehabilitation Service (MRS)                                       20             

        
     
      Related to Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)                                0

       
     
      Related to Centers for Independent Living (CIL)                                            0                         

       
     

 

Problems Identified (MRS/BSBP/CIL):

      Communication problems between counselor and individual
     5
     
      Related to IPE development and/or implementation.
     1
     
      Conflicts about services to be provided.
     9
     
      Related to application and/or eligibility process
     3
     
      Other issues related to Rehab. Act
     2
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Protection &Advocacy Service, Inc.

Employment Team Report 

Third Quarter FY 2013/14 

Page 2

 

 

Primary Disability Reported by Individual (MRS/BSBP/CIL):

      Hard of Hearing
     1
     Neurological Disorders/Impairments
     2
     
      Deafness
     1
     Ortho/Physical Impairments
     3
     
      Heart/Circulatory
      
     Specific Learning Disabilities
     3
     
      Mental Illness
     6
     Substance Abuse
     1
     
      Mental Retardation
      
     Brain Injury
     1
     
      Blindness 
      
     Auto Immune/HIV
      
     
      Visual Impairment
      
     Emotional Impairments
     1
     
      Autism
      
     Respiratory
     1
     
      Speech Impairment
      
      
      
     

 

 

Below is a breakdown, by office, of the case level calls we received during this quarter.  Case level services would mean that someone from the Employment Team called MRS/BSBP/CIL to try to resolve a complaint.  The numbers reported are only those that were closed during that quarter.  

 

 

Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)

      Adrian
     1
     Detroit Porter
      
     Mt. Pleasant
      
     
      Alpena
      
     Flint
     1
     Muskegon
      
     
      Ann Arbor
     1
     Gaylord
      
     Oak Park
      
     
      Battle Creek
      
     Grand Rapids
     1
     Pontiac
     1
     
      Bay City
      
     Hamtramck
     2
     Port Huron
     1
     
      Benton Harbor
     1
     Holland
      
     Roseville
      
     
      Big Rapids
      
     Jackson
      
     Saginaw
      
     
      Caro
      
     Kalamazoo
      
     Taylor
     1
     
      Clinton Township
     1
     Lansing
      
     Traverse City
      
     
      Detroit Fort
     1
     Livonia
      
     Wayne
      
     
      Detroit Grand River
     2
     Marquette
     2
     MCTI
      
     
      Detroit Mack
     1
     Midland
      
     Port Huron
     1
     
      Detroit Milwaukee
     1
     Monroe
     1
      
      
     

 

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP):  0

 

Centers for Independent Living (CILs):            0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Protection &Advocacy Service, Inc.

Employment Team Report 

Third  Quarter FY 2013/14

Page 3

 

Quarterly Activities:

 

Michigan Rehabilitation Service

 

CAP worked very closely with MRS in the development of their FY 15 State Plan.  

CAP staff provided an outreach presentation for the staff at the the Flint MRS office.

 

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons 

 

CAP worked very closely with BSBP in the development of their FY 15 State Plan.

 

 

Center for Independent Living

 

CAP Representative attended an open house at CACIL for their new executive director, Mark Pierce.