[nfbmi-talk] Fw: this demands a response accountability

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Posont" <president.nfb.mi at gmail.com>
To: <joeharcz at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] this demands a response accountability


> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> 7189 Connors Rd.
> Munising, MI 49862
>
> August 21, 2014
>
> Dear Joe:
>
>     Wil you please write a short letter that gives the concise points 
> about
> the concerns with the Rehabilitation Services being given to older blind
> consumers? I will take the letter, and send it out under my name as 
> President
> of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. Often, individuals 
> will
> not read a long report, but will read one concise page that discusses an
> important issue. I would love to have this report you sent about services 
> to
> older blind reduced to its most crucial points so that I can send it out 
> as
> President of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. Thank you 
> for
> your consideration of this matter.
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry Posont
> President
> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> (906) 387-3546
> Email: president.nfb.mi at gmail.com
> Web page: www.nfbmi.org
>
> Munising home of the beautiful Pictured Rocks.
>
>
>
> On 8/18/14, joe harcz Comcast via nfbmi-talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>> August 18 2014 Reiterated Request for Answers 7OB Disparities
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
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>>
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> June 16 2014 BSBP 7OB Prior Year Questions
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>>
>>
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>>
>> 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):
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> "Part V: Comparison of Prior Year Activities to Current Reported Year
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>>
>> 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
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>> 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
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>>
>> Source:
>>
>> https://rsa.ed.gov/includes/export-html.cfm?filename=tmp-8430604b33e77518bd832670535939302745.html&exportto=print&utf16=1
>>
>>
>>
>> "
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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