[NFBMT] FW: REMINDER: Town Hall for Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services (VRBS) and Independent Living (IL)

Thu Oct 28 14:34:03 UTC 2021

Below are instructions for joining today's town hall for Blind and Low
Vision Services and other vocational rehabilitation programs.  Hope to see
you there.

Here are a few ideas you may want to talk about:

. Importance of VR and IL programs in the lives of blind Montanans.

. Support for the Business Enterprise Program.

. Restoring permanent funding for NFB Newsline.

. Need for more assistive technology support for blind Montanans.

. Appreciation for the creation of the Bureau of Blind and Low Vision
Services.

. Expansion of Independent Living for the Older Blind program.

Jim Marks

President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana

president at nfbofmt.org

(406) 438-1421

www.nfbofmt.org

You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

From: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
<DPHHS at announcements.mt.gov> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 3:57 PM
To: president at nfbofmt.org
Subject: REMINDER: Town Hall for Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind
Services (VRBS) and Independent Living (IL)

October 28, 2021 

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October 27, 2021

Town Hall Meeting

Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services (VRBS) and Independent Living
(IL)

Thursday, October 28, 2021, 1pm - 3pm

Please join us virtually via ZOOM at:

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Dial by Telephone: 1 646 558 8656

Meeting ID: 859 3158 5083

Password: 190866

Information for review and comment:

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If you cannot join us for the live meeting, comments can also be posted
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Disability Employment and Transitions Division

PO Box 4210

Helena, MT 59604

**Written comments must be received by November 12, 2021 to be included in
response report. Be sure to provide an email or mailing address to receive
responses.

Closed Captioning for the meeting will be provided.  

To request a disability accommodation, please call (406) 655-7673 before
noon on October 25, 2021.

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Friends of Rehab is a monthly bulletin published by the State of Montana,
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The aim of this bulletin is to provide our community partners with regular
updates and news on the work carried out by Vocational Rehabilitation and
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