[Nfbmo] Contacting the Senate about Rehab

[Shelia Wright]

Jim,
The vote last Wednesday was in the HELP Committee. Neither of our Senators
serves on the committee. It goes from Committee to the full Senate and so we
need to schedules appointments with our Senators while they are in the
district during their summer break August3-September 6.
Shelia
 

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From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Moynihan
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Gary

What happened to the Rehab bill.  Does it now approve subminimum wages and 
does itmake rehab part of the Department of

Warmly

JIm MoynihanLabor?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Contacting the Senate about Rehab


> Thank you, Jim.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Moynihan
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:20 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Contacting the Senate about Rehab
>
> Gary
>
> Yesterday I contacted the offices of Senators Blunt and McCaskell
>
> Warmly,
>
> Jim Moynihan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <charleshelen at CenturyTel.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 9:51 AM
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Contacting the Senate about Rehab
>
>
>> As you have no doubt read in a message from Anil Lewis generated last
>> evening, The Rehabilitation Act is being considered by the Senate this
>> week,
>> and the two changes being proposed are detrimental to blind people. In 
>> the
>> hope that it will help, here is what I have sent to Sen. Blunt and 
>> Senator
>> McCaskill. Please do what you can.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warmly,
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>
>> This week or next a bill should come before you concerning the
>> reauthorization of rehabilitation for people with disabilities. I am
>> blind,
>> and I'm very concerned about two provisions in that bill. One would move
>> rehabilitation from the Department of Education to the Department of
>> Labor.
>> A large component of rehabilitation is, of course, the education of 
>> people
>> who are blind. We receive everything from vocational technical training 
>> to
>> college degrees, both undergraduate and graduate. Education is the place
>> we
>> belong.
>>
>>
>>
>> My second concern is that section 511 is being proposed for addition to
>> the
>> act. This would change the work requirement that now exists in the
>> rehabilitation act which states that a successful closure must be in a
>> competitive and integrated work setting. I think this is appropriate.
>> Section 511 would, however, allow credit for placement of blind people in
>> sheltered workshops, many of which pay less than the federal minimum 
>> wage.
>> This is not an appropriate work placement, and the bar should not be
>> lowered
>> for rehabilitation agencies in our state federal program to claim success
>> for a workshop placement.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for considering my views. Rehabilitation is one of 
>> the
>> best programs we have. Let's keep it so!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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