[nfbmi-talk] Fw: OIB PROGRAM

[Christine Boone]

Yes it is good news that the Independent living older blind program will remain within the Department of Education and the Rehabilitation Services Administration. As broken as that system is, it would appear to be preferable to what will happen to the bulk of the Independent Living program. Perhaps I will be wrong, and this will be a good thing for independent living centers.  
   
We will all find out soon enough. 
Christine
Boone Christine Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:17 AM, joe harcz Comcast via nfbmi-talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

This is an important response from RSA on the older blind program.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Beatty, Timothy 
To: joeharcz at comcast.net 
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 11:32 AM
Subject: OIB PROGRAM


Good morning Paul,



I received your telephone message regarding the transfer of the Independent Living programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) due to the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Specifically the WIOA calls for the Independent Living Programs to be transferred to the Agency on Community Living within HHS. The WIOA did not specify the transfer of the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB) to HHS so that program with remain in the Rehabilitation Services Administration within the Department of Education.



Timothy Beatty, Chief

Independent Living Unit 
Rehabilitation Services Administration 
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) 

US Department of Education

(202)245-6156

timothy.beatty at ed.gov




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