[nfbmi-talk] this demands a response accountability

[joe harcz Comcast]

August 18 2014 Reiterated Request for Answers 7OB Disparities

 

 

From: Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

To:

 

Mike Pemble Acting Director, BSBP

Leemon Jones BSBP

(Others BSBP via E-mail)

 

All,

 

I’ve yet to have even a courtesy of a response to my simple request for reasons why in one fiscal year alone services to older blind dropped by more than sixty percent in spite of having more money than the prior fiscal year (see attachment).

 

This inquiry and others demands answers and accountability. Thus I am demanding a response and explanation.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: RSA

Cc: MCRC

Cc: MI SILC

Cc: Disability Network Michigan

Cc: CAP/MPAS

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: several

 

 

 

 

June 16 2014 BSBP 7OB Prior Year Questions

 

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

joeharcz at comcast.net

810-516-5262

 

To:

Edward F. Rodgers, Director

Michigan Bureau Services for Blind Persons

Leemon Jones, BSBP

Mike Pemble, Deputy Director BSBP

Susan Luzenski Administrative Assistant, BSBP

(Via E-mail)

 

All,

 

I direct your attention to the following segment of the RSA 7OB report for Fiscal Year 2013 (which was the first year of operation of the new bureau after the ludicrous Executive Order 2012-10):

 

 

 

 

“Part V: Comparison of Prior Year Activities to Current Reported Year

 

A. Activity

 

Table with 4 columns and 7 rows

  

a) Prior Year

b) Reported FY

c) Change ( + / - )

1. Program Cost (all sources)

1,127,478

1,293,245

165,767

2. Number of Individuals Served

1,022

438

-584

3. Number of Minority Individuals Served

244

63

-181

4. Number of Community Awareness Activities

77

107

30

5. Number of Collaborating agencies and organizations

12

14

2

6. Number of Sub-grantees

1

1

 

table end

 

 

 

 

 

Source:

https://rsa.ed.gov/includes/export-html.cfm?filename=tmp-8430604b33e77518bd832670535939302745.html&exportto=print&utf16=1

 

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How do you all explain such a dramatic drop of elderly blind persons served in excess of 50 percent while you had the same basic revenues under this program as did the defunct Michigan Commission for the Blind in the previous year?

 

How does this jive with the Governor’s contention that when he destroyed the Commission through the Executive Order that the same level of services will be maintained?

 

People legal blindness is growing, the need is growing especially among the elderly yet it appears on its face that resources are not being used to serve Michigander’s who are blind and elderly even on the level of FY 2012.

 

This is quite outrageous by any measure and needs a thorough explanation and accountability.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

Cc: Sarah Ggravetti, Chair SILC

Cc: Valarie Barnum-Yargar, ED, MI SILC

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: TB, RSA

Cc: CAP/MAPS

Cc: BSBP Commissioners

Cc: MCRS