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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>We have pasted below the Commission Edition for September, 2017.</DIV>
<DIV>Working together does make a difference to raise expectations to live the
life we want!</DIV>
<DIV>A strong NFBNJ and a strong NJCBVI equals opportunities, possibilities and
respectabilities for all concerned.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please read and share.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">We care. We
share. We grow. We make a difference<BR>Joe Ruffalo, President <BR>National
Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <BR>973 743
0075<BR>nfbnj1@verizon.net<BR><A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org">www.nfbnj.org</A></DIV>
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car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.<BR>Donate your unwanted vehicle
to us by clicking <BR>www.carshelpingtheblind.org <BR>or call 855 659
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Bodoni MT Black",serif'>The Monthly
Newsletter of the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually
Impaired<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>September 2017 – Volume
5, No. 9</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Monotype Corsiva"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Daniel B. Frye,
J.D.
Pamela Gaston<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Executive
Director
Editor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">From the
Director’s Desk <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>I am often asked to
explain what differentiates a vocational rehabilitation agency that specializes
in delivering services to blind, vision-impaired, and deaf-blind consumers from
a general vocational rehabilitation agency that caters to all other persons with
disabilities. It is acknowledged by those inquiring that the federal law allows
states to deliver vocational rehabilitation services from two entities (one that
provides blindness-specific programming and another that provides general
services) but these curious souls are interested in the underlying rationale
that allows for a blindness-specific service model to
exist.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The answer to this
question is fairly simple. Historically, the national blindness consumer
movement effectively advocated that the needs of blind, vision-impaired, and
deaf-blind people were sufficiently unique that significant additional training
would be required in order for this community to function with maximum
independence in the work, recreational, and home environment. The absence of
vision, it was argued, made it necessary for blind, vision-impaired, and
deaf-blind people to adopt nonvisual strategies to develop conventional literacy
skills, to cultivate methods for independent travel, to forge innovative
approaches to those practices now collectively known as Skills of Daily Living,
and to master the self-confidence required to interact comfortably in all
aspects of the world. Finally, proponents of blindness-specific vocational
rehabilitation recognized early on that the social misconceptions about
blindness and low-vision were deep-seated in our culture, and they understood
that agencies that had staff possessing comprehensive expertise in blindness and
low-vision would be best equipped to help counteract and overcome the false
stereotypes and misunderstandings that exist about people who are blind or who
function with limited sight.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The early opinions and
instincts of these policy champions have been confirmed and acquitted through
evidence-based research that clearly demonstrates that blindness-specific
vocational rehabilitation services yield dramatically improved outcomes as
compared to those blind, vision-impaired, and deaf-blind consumers and others
with all other disabilities who receive their rehabilitation services from a
general vocational rehabilitation agency. A study from Mississippi State’s
National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low-Vision illustrates
that consumers of blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation receive
qualitatively improved blindness skills; acquire higher numbers of, and better
paying jobs; and exhibit higher levels of self-confidence, as measured by
attitudinal surveys and bolder acts and efforts that they are willing to take in
multiple aspects of living.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Beyond the theoretical
and historical developments that have shaped the delivery of blindness-specific
vocational rehabilitation in this country, I have observed throughout my
twenty-year career two practical and distinct services that distinguish
effective blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation: high-quality blindness
skills training and the obligation to administer the unique, federally-created
entrepreneurial program for aspiring blind people, the Randolph-Sheppard
program. I believe it is incumbent upon leaders of blindness-specific vocational
rehabilitation agencies to give particular priority to supporting these two
aspects of service delivery. Should leaders fail to maximize the effectiveness
of these special services, I believe that they jeopardize and compromise the
uncontested advantage inherent in blindness-specific vocational
rehabilitation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Toward this end, I have
worked hard during my almost four-year tenure as Executive Director of the
Commission to see that we are a learning and training organization.
Specifically, I have worked to strengthen our residential blindness training
center, the Joseph Kohn Training Center (JKTC), by conducting a year-long
quality assurance evaluation of the JKTC. Within the next few weeks, we will be
implementing a number of recommendations stemming from the thirty-three page
report that has been generated to promote improvement of the programs at the
JKTC. Further, last August, I invited Dr. Edward Bell from Louisiana Tech
University’s Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness to
visit our agency and instruct our management staff on the principles of
Structured Discovery, a theoretical teaching approach—applied most commonly in
the field of Orientation and Mobility—but universally applicable to all aspects
of blindness training. In short, the theory of Structured Discovery encourages
the teacher to facilitate learning by blind consumers by asking questions,
inviting them to discover their own environments through their nonvisual senses,
and ultimately taking responsibility for figuring out how to manage a given
situation. This description, to be sure, is over-simplified, but it is
acknowledged as one of the most progressive, empowering approaches in blindness
rehabilitation in common use today. Additionally, our plans to provide both
training and testing to measure the competence, and secure credentials, for our
Teachers of the Visually Impaired, Home Instructors, and others in the new
Unified English Braille (UEB) code is calculated to guarantee excellence among
our Blindness Education and Independent Living staff. Finally, the creation in
the last four years of the Student Hands-on Alternatives Reinforcement Project
(SHARP); the Employment, Development, Guidance, and Engagement (EDGE) program;
and enhancement of the other existing initiatives to deliver high-quality
blindness instruction have all been established or refined to achieve the broad
goal of providing solid blindness skills instruction.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>With respect to the
second distinguishing program, I have also concentrated on making the
Commission’s Business Enterprises New Jersey (BENJ) program a model for the
country. On a foundation of a newly drafted Administrative Code, authored with
the consensus of the BENJ staff and our Elected Committee of Blind Managers
(ECBM), New Jersey has added certain provisions to our rules that provide
incentives for our blind managers to expand their businesses into the private
sector, fashioned a new and more merit-based process for promotions and
transfers, and clarified ambiguities that existed in the previous rules so that
the BENJ program can operate with greater certainty and efficiency. We urge our
blind managers to accept opportunities for upward mobility training to ensure
that they are best equipped to deliver high-quality food and other customer
services to the employees of the federal and state governments and members of
the general public who patronize their operations. Last, in my role as
President-Elect of the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind (NCSAB),
the professional network of blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation
agencies, I devote a substantial amount of time at working on national policies
that will preserve and promote the national Randolph-Sheppard program for
generations of blind entrepreneurs to come. In this respect, I actively
participated on behalf of NCSAB and our agency in the 2017 Business Leadership
and Superior Training (BLAST) conference on Randolph-Sheppard in Nashville,
Tennessee, from September 11-14, 2017, where over six hundred people interested
in the Randolph-Sheppard program assembled to set the direction for this
different and dynamic program.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>As I close my September
column, I hope that it is evident that I am trying to keep the faith with those
programs and practices that make blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation
essential and effective for the benefit of our blind, vision-impaired, and
deaf-blind consumers in New Jersey. I am grateful to each of you for helping me
keep this promise to our constituents.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt"><I><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Daniel B.
Frye<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Executive
Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoSubtitle><B><U><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: windowtext'>Learning Lunch
Reminder: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>As previously noted,
during each of these monthly sessions, I will meet with five CBVI staff and a
member of our Executive Management Team to receive feedback or suggestions on
what the Commission might do that is new and exciting. Please indicate
your interest in being part of such an up and coming forum by sending an email
with the subject line “Learning Lunch” to my assistant, Melissa Brown, at
</SPAN><A href="mailto:Melissa.Brown2@dhs.state.nj.us"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Melissa.Brown2@dhs.state.nj.us</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Program
Administration – John C. Walsh, Chief<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"
align=center><B><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Building Capacity
of Service Providers: Blindness Learning Community (Part
2)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>On August 14, 2017,
CBVI issued a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) and a Request for Letters of
Interest (RLI) inviting Supported Employment provider agencies to participate in
a Blindness Learning Community (BLC). Details of that posting were
discussed in the August issue of the <I>Commission Edition</I>. The Commission
accepted letters of interest until the close of business on September
1<SUP>st</SUP> and a total of five agencies applied for this opportunity.
All applicants met the requirements to participate in this initiative as
outlined by the RLI and were approved to be a part of the BLC by the internal
review committee. Based on the demographics of the agencies that applied, i.e.,
the counties they serve, and the number of staff, the BLC will be split into
Northern and Southern Cohorts. The Northern Cohort will be located
at JKTC, and the Southern Cohort will be located at the Cherry Hill Service
Center. All agencies agreed to be part of three full day trainings, and also to
participate in three follow-up sessions. Key staff from the Center
for Sensory and Complex Disabilities at The College of New Jersey, as well as
agency staff, will be the lead trainers for this project.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The first day of the
training will focus on dispelling misconceptions about blindness, training in
alternative/non-visual techniques, access technology, and travel techniques and
strategies. The second day will occur one week later and will focus
on Person-Centered Planning/Discovery, Collective Impact Strategies, Customized
Employment, and Business Engagement. The final day of training will bring
the two regional cohorts together for the wrap-up session that will address
additional topical areas identified by cohort members, a facilitated Kaizen
(continuous improvement) session to identify what is working now with the
provision of supported employment services, what areas can be improved, and the
development of action steps to further improve the working relationships with
agency staff and provider agency staff to expand employment outcomes for our
consumers. We will also ask each agency in the cohort groups to give
a brief 10-15-minute presentation on their agency. Based on these
three intensive training sessions, three follow-up sessions will occur in early
2018. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>I look forward to being
able to share additional details about this project as we inaugurate this
program.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Organizational
Logistics – Ines Matos, Chief</SPAN></U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Humanware Training,
submitted by Colleen Faupel:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> On Friday, August
25<SUP>th</SUP> and Monday, August 28<SUP>th</SUP>, Humanware presented training
on the Braille Note Touch for CBVI staff and students. The Technology Services
Specialists (TSS), along with some Education Teachers of the Vision Impaired
(TVI), were able to participate in Braille Note Touch training at the JKTC on
Friday to support the current pilot program that is running with 6 students
across the state. The students, along with their TVI, parents, and TSS were
invited to participate in a full day training session on the use of this
device. Students who had been using the Braille Note Touch during the last
few months of this past school year had an opportunity to ask questions that
were specific to their needs and share it with other students who might have
encountered similar issues in addition to reviewing the device’s features. Some
TVIs were present and able to learn with their student along with TSS staff to
facilitate CBVI being able to best support these students as we start the new
school year and continue the pilot. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The second day of
training was specifically for TSS staff and the TVIs who were involved in
Friday’s training, to participate in more comprehensive orientation to the
device and gain a greater understanding of the various features. This device is
still relatively new and the training provided an opportunity for all TSS staff
to learn about the device they may want to recommend for a VR client, as well as
provide additional information for TSS working in Education to be best prepared
for working in the pilot. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The Braille Note Touch
is the newest note taking device from Humanware. It uses an android based touch
screen to power the device along with keysoft software designed to work on the
tablet. It has both a touch screen (which also allows users to use “touch
braille”) and braille key input in addition to the braille display that comes in
either 18 cell or 32 cell versions. The device is designed to combine
traditional note taker tasks with the use of a tablet to access modern day apps.
Currently the device is being piloted with students varying in age and grade,
across the state so that we can evaluate the new device and best identify how it
can be offered as a tool in the future. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>If you have any
specific questions about this type of device, please reach out to your regional
TSS in Education or VR. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Vocational Rehabilitation and
Transitional Services – Amanda Gerson, Coordinator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Business Relations Unit
Update: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>I’d like to formally
welcome Janet (Jay) Mills as Supervisor of our Business Relations Unit (BRU).
Jay joined the BRU in the beginning of September, and comes to us from CBVI’s
Business Enterprise New Jersey (BENJ) program, where she’s served as a Field
Representative for more than 15 years. Prior to her tenure with BENJ, Jay had
extensive experience in management and retail, contributing to a valuable
understanding of the private business sector. Please join me in welcoming Jay to
the team. As the Business Relations Unit enters the fall season and National
Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, CBVI’s BRU will be
participating in a number of Disability Mentoring Days and Disability Awareness
events to educate the business community about blindness and the valuable
contributions our consumers can make to their companies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>New Reporting
Requirements for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA):
</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>As we
have shared previously, WIOA brought to the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
program a number of changes, including those to our performance measures and
reporting requirements. In addition to a focus on employment outcomes for CBVI
consumers, WIOA also recognizes the valuable work that counselors do and
accomplishments that consumers achieve prior to the final stage of acquiring
employment. New performance measures from WIOA include credential attainment,
measurable skill gains for all consumers, and a focus on pre-employment
transition services to our students with disabilities. With these new
performance measures also come new reporting requirements for our counselors
which went into effect on July 1, 2017, with the start of the new reporting
period for Program Year 2017. With the first quarter ending on September
30<SUP>th</SUP>, this month I have spent time providing additional guidance
documents, conducted supplemental trainings for each service center, and held
“Data Days,” where counselors have been able to focus on completing the
necessary documentation with support. With the assistance of the MIS help desk,
and the hard work of our VR counselors, we are on our way to successfully
completing the new reporting requirements for the first
quarter.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Educational
Services – Eva Scott, Director of Blindness Education<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"
align=center><B><I><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #333333'>“Education
is the most powerful weapon with which you can use to change the
world</SPAN></I></B><B><I><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #333333'>.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><I><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #333333'>
Nelson Mandela</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The 2017-2018 academic
year has begun, and our teachers and supervisors are meeting the challenges
associated with this new beginning. This is the time of the year when we
reaffirm our commitment to the education of our students and to do everything
within our power to make sure that as they progress towards adulthood, they will
be empowered to change the world. The partnership between CBVI and the
schools provides the means for our students to gain a high quality education
that is the key for them to become change agents in society.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Progress Reporting:
</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>As
part of our Clean Data Initiative in Blindness Education, CBVI teachers are
making some modifications to their protocol reporting student progress during
the school year, and at the end of the school year. Teachers are taking
care to make sure that their student reports focus on data-based student
performance in reference to the objectives the students are working on during
the school year. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The Annual Teachers’
Symposium: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The final arrangements
are underway for our Annual Teachers’ Symposium that will be held on October 18
and 19, 2017. CBVI TVIs, TSSs, and Orientation and Mobility (O&M)
instructors are preparing presentations that will provide participating
classroom teachers with a greater understanding of students’ accommodative needs
for accessing the general curriculum. Registrations have been coming in
quickly, and most of the individual workshops will be filled to capacity.
This year, the Symposium will be held at the Department of Children and Families
Professional Center in New Brunswick. This new location provides the
opportunity to accommodate a greater number of classroom teachers which
translates to CBVI’s ability to benefit more students through facilitating
awareness of the educational needs of blind and vision impaired
students.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>From the George F.
Meyer Instructional Resource Center- “Accessible Technology for Personal Safety
and Emergency Preparedness”, submitted by Christine Hinton, Deputy Director of
Blindness Education: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>I recently read an
article in “AccessWorld" Magazine (Volume 18, Number 2) which I found
interesting because it provided essential information considering the recent
storms and other disasters around the world. The article focused on
emergency preparedness for people who are blind and vision impaired.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Many students with
vision impairments are users of smart devices like phones and tablets. These
devices provide assistance in a variety of ways from accessing information and
documents to color identification. There are also many apps that are
accessible to vision impaired students in the case of an emergency or for their
personal safety. Students with vision loss may face challenges in
emergencies in guarding their own safety if they are in an unfamiliar
area. These apps may be helpful in enabling students to contact family or
emergency services when confronted with emergency situations.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Some devices like smart
phones have quick access buttons to contact emergency services but these are a
few of the apps that were recommended in the article:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Circle of
6</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> (iOS
or Android): A circle of up to 6 people from your contacts to be notified in
case of an emergency. This app also includes contact information for
national help hotlines.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Safe
Trek</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>
(iOS and Android): For real-time safety, hold your finger on the Safe Trek
button when walking in an emergency situation and the app alerts authorities to
your location.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>FEMA
APP</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>
(iOS and Android): The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) can
provide weather services, FEMA contacts, and disaster preparedness information
and directions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.25in"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Independent
Living & Clinical Services – Elizabeth DeShields,
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The Library Equal
Access Program (LEAP) continues to grow. Through the collaborative efforts of
the Talking Book and Braille Center (TBBC), Advancing Opportunities (AO), county
public libraries, and CBVI, we have expanded learning opportunities and
increased methods of communication and obtaining information through the use of
assistive technology for individuals that are age 55 years and older with
a vision impairment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>This year, Morris
County Library has been added to LEAP. In October, Atlantic City Library
is branching out to another location on Richmond Avenue, where iPad classes will
be offered. Newark’s main library is next on the roster for the full array
of LEAP equipment and lessons, and there is a strong possibility of an
additional location becoming available in Monmouth County in the spring of 2018.
Equipment in each of the libraries, with the exception of the Richmond Avenue
location, includes: laptops, complete with speech and magnification software;
iPads; and a closed circuit television system (CCTV). Basic and intermediate
classes are being taught by AO on computer and iPad use.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The equipment in each
of these libraries is also available for public use when lessons are not in
session and can be used by CBVI staff and consumers. Please make
arrangements with the specific library to schedule beforehand. Participating
libraries and contact information is located on the CBVI Intranet under the LEAP
directory.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Joseph Kohn
Training Center – Del Basha, Manager<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>A number
of different classes are taught at The Joseph Kohn Training Center. The ultimate
aim of these classes is to promote and increase independence for blind and
visually impaired individuals. A particular instructional topic,
keyboarding, is very valuable to all students. Keyboarding is a main
instructional discipline that prepares students to use technology and computer
systems effectively. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Keyboarding Class,
submitted by Teri Tarantino and Christine Hines, Keyboarding Instructors:
</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Using
the keyboard is the first step towards using technology. In addition to general
typing, keyboard shortcuts are used in place of visual menus and icons. An
individual’s confidence and efficiency on the keyboard are determining factors
in their success and enjoyment in using the computer. Touch typing is nothing
new; secretaries and typists were encouraged to use all of their fingers and to
not look at their hands while they typed. It is more efficient to keep looking
up and to use the fingers that are closest to the key being typed. This is the
premise behind the typing software program called “Talking Typer” which was
developed by the American Printing House (APH). There are lessons for every key
on the keyboard with detailed instructions of which finger to use. Each lesson
includes practice with characters, words, and sentences. All of the instructions
are based on keeping the hands on the home row. This logical, systematic
approach to touch typing produces great results. Whether the student is a brand
new typist just learning the keys, or an experienced “hunt and peck” typist who
is refining his/her keyboarding skills, everyone can benefit from learning to
touch type. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Rockwell",serif; COLOR: black'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Business
Enterprises of New Jersey – Deacon Truesdale, Manager
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>On September 13, 2017,
Vistar-Mid Atlantic and Vistar-New York had their annual trade show in Atlantic
City. This event showcases the latest products for vending, coffee, and
micro-markets. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Vistar is a wholesale
distributor of products such as candy, healthy options, coffee, tea, a variety
of non-food items, and equipment to Randolph-Sheppard vending operators
nationwide, including BENJ managers here in NJ. This recent trade show was
an excellent opportunity for the operators to interact with one another,
investigate new products, and ask questions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Staff Development
– Kenya Whitehurst-Percell<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Updates:
</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The
eLearning contract with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has
ended. Codes for CBVI staff to access the system have been
deactivated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The next New Hire
Onboarding sessions have been scheduled for October 17<SUP>th</SUP> at 153
Halsey Street, Newark in the 6<SUP>th</SUP> floor conference room and October
18<SUP>th</SUP> at Joseph Kohn Training Center (JKTC), 130 Livingston Avenue in
New Brunswick. Each training will be a full day session (9:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.) and are mandatory for all new hires. New employees who for any reason were
unable to attend the last onboarding should please contact me to discuss your
attendance. CBVI’s onboarding is in addition to the one-day orientation provided
by DHS in Trenton.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Child
Protection and Permanency aka CP&P (formerly the Division of Youth and
Family Services aka DYFS), is New Jersey's child protection and child welfare
agency within the Department of Children and Families. A representative from
this agency will provide an in-service training for CBVI staff. This training
will be mandatory for staff of each of the direct-service disciplines, their
supervisors, and managers. It is designed to provide participants with
information that will assist them in determining when to call the hotline
number, what happens after the call is made, and the services available to
support the child and the family.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>The
training will be presented in half-day sessions (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and
will be provided in four locations:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Wednesday,
October 25, 153 Halsey Street, Newark, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> floor conference
room<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Wednesday,
November 1, 2201 Rt. 38, Cherry Hill, 6<SUP>th</SUP> floor conference room
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Wednesday,
November 8, 130 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, conference rooms A and
B<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Wednesday,
November 15, 100 Daniels Way, Freehold, 1<SUP>st</SUP> floor conference room
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Reminders:
</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Please
read the Guidelines for Attending Events Before submitting training requests.
All training requests and Request For Approval For Attendance documentation
require that each form be completed in its entirety and include the
required signatures as well as a copy of the sponsor’s details regarding the
event. Incomplete documents will delay the review and approval process because
they will be returned. Upon receiving your approved documents, please maintain
the copies and use them as a reference. The guidelines and forms can be found on
the CBVI intranet:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>(</SPAN><A
href="http://cbvi-web/intranet/CBVINET/Forms/formindex.html"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>http://cbvi-web/intranet/CBVINET/Forms/formindex.html</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Please do not hesitate
to contact me if you have any training or staff development questions:
</SPAN><A href="mailto:kenya-whitehurst-percell@dhs.state.nj.us"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>kenya-whitehurst-percell@dhs.state.nj.us</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>, or call
973-648-2820.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.25in"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Regional
Updates</SPAN></U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 12.0pt"><U><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Southern Region – Jack Thompson,
Manager</SPAN></U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Grounds for Sculpture
Visit, Submitted by Karen Markey:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> On September 12, 2017,
CBVI hosted an event at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton for a group of
senior consumers who were accompanied by several staff, who represented the
agency’s service disciplines. The Grounds for Sculpture garden provided a
docent who provided verbal descriptions and a tactual tour of the sculptures on
the grounds. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>During the tour,
interactions amongst the group empowered individuals to assist their peers
within the group. For example, a vision impaired consumer independently began
describing the surface of the ground to a totally blind consumer as they walked
up to touch a sculpture together. Another consumer took the initiative to
guide another across rocky terrain. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The camaraderie of the
group members during the tour, which lasted slightly over an hour continued
through friendly, yet invigorated conversations as the consumers were
transported back to their counties. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Northern Region – John Reiff,
Manager<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>A short article in the
September 2017 edition of <I>Scientific American</I> titled “Navigating by
Touch”, tells readers about the current testing of tactile maps at traffic light
intersections in NYC. The maps are reportedly of particular value at complex
intersections and reflect such things as islands, bike lanes, the number of
vehicle lanes, and the direction of moving traffic. The article states that if
the testing is successful, “These maps could be installed at all of New York’s
13,000 traffic lights”, facilitating safer independent travel in unfamiliar
areas of the city for blind consumers. Advances in technology such as this
continues the journey towards truly leveling the playing field for people who
are blind and vision impaired.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The Northern Service
Region welcomes Home Instructor Patricia Hipkins-Carr. Patricia, who has been
working at JKTC for several years, is scheduled to report to her reassignment on
October 2<SUP>nd</SUP>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%'><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">New or
Noteworthy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The 7th Annual New
Jersey Disability Pride Parade & Celebration will take place on <B>Saturday,
October 7th (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)</B> in Trenton, NJ. Hundreds of
people and organizations representing a wide variety of disabilities will march
and roll from the Trenton War Memorial at 1 Memorial Drive to the celebration
site at Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The purpose of the New
Jersey Disability Pride Parade & Celebration is to bring people,
organizations, and businesses together to celebrate pride within the disability
community and to promote the belief that disability is a natural and beautiful
part of human diversity while generating national awareness for the disability
community.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>There will be live
entertainment, exhibitors, giveaways, face painting, food trucks, prizes, and
more. For more information visit: </SPAN><A
href="http://www.NJDisabilityPride.com"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>www.NJDisabilityPride.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> or call the Alliance
Center for Independence (ACI): 732-738-4388. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">·<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The NJ State Library
Talking Book and Braille Center’s (TBBC) Fall Festival will be held on
<B>Saturday, October 14<SUP>th</SUP> (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)</B> at Grounds
for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ 08619.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Here is
the link to the TBBC newsletter: </SPAN><A
href="http://www.njstatelib.org/talking-book-braille-center/insights-newsletter-new-jersey-state-library-talking-book-braille-center"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.njstatelib.org/talking-book-braille-center/insights-newsletter-new-jersey-state-library-talking-book-braille-center</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Here is
the link to the TBBC Fall Festival web page: </SPAN><A
href="http://www.njstatelib.org/talking-book-braille-center/festival"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.njstatelib.org/talking-book-braille-center/festival</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: white; PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"
align=center><A
href="http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2016/06/nj_girl_to_compete_in_national_braille_competition.html#comments"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; BACKGROUND: #0582ff; COLOR: windowtext; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt'>comments</SPAN></B></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt'>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.25in"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">The Last
Words<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>“Never look down on
anybody unless you are helping them get up.” – Jesse
Jackson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 3pt dotted; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; mso-element: para-border-div">
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I> </P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Please send items or
suggestions for the next issue of the <I>Commission Edition</I> by or before 11
a.m., Monday, October 16, 2017:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><A
href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.state.nj.us"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Pamela.Gaston@dhs.state.nj.us</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> and </SPAN></B><A
href="mailto:Melissa.Brown2@dhs.state.nj.us"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Melissa.Brown2@dhs.state.nj.us</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: en-us"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: en-us"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: en-us">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: en-us"> joe ruffalo [mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Brian Mackey
<bmackey88@gmail.com>; joe ruffalo
<nfbnj1@verizon.net><BR><B>Subject:</B> No rush, convert and paste Fw:
Fwd: September 2017 Commission Edition<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Brian, no rush.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Paste in the
body.Thanks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">We care. We share. We grow. We
make a difference<BR>Joe Ruffalo, President <BR>National Federation of the Blind
of New Jersey <BR>973 743 0075<BR><A
href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">nfbnj1@verizon.net</A><BR>Your old car keys can
be keys to literacy for the blind.<BR>Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by
clicking <BR><A
href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</A> <BR>or
call 855 659 9314<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'> <A
title=dbfrye0468@gmail.com href="mailto:dbfrye0468@gmail.com">Daniel Frye</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 6:36 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'> <A
title=nfbnj1@verizon.net href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">nfbnj1@verizon.net</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black'> Fwd:
September 2017 Commission Edition<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR>Dan Frye
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">(410) 241-7006 (personal
mobile)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Please forgive brevity and any
typographical errors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Sent from my
iPhone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><BR>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt">
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <<A
href="mailto:Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us">Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR><B>Date:</B>
26 September 2017 at 5:51:45 pm GMT-4<BR><B>To:</B> <<A
href="mailto:CBVI.AllUsers@dhs.state.nj.us">CBVI.AllUsers@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR><B>Cc:</B>
<<A
href="mailto:Elizabeth.Connolly@dhs.state.nj.us">Elizabeth.Connolly@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Doris.Windle@dhs.state.nj.us">Doris.Windle@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Nicole.Brossoie@dhs.state.nj.us">Nicole.Brossoie@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Christina.Mongon@dhs.state.nj.us">Christina.Mongon@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Bonny.Fraser@dhs.state.nj.us">Bonny.Fraser@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:David.Alexander@dhs.state.nj.us">David.Alexander@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Joseph.Amoroso@dhs.state.nj.us">Joseph.Amoroso@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Jennifer.Bryan@dhs.state.nj.us">Jennifer.Bryan@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Christopher.Bailey@dhs.state.nj.us">Christopher.Bailey@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR><B>Subject:</B>
<B>September 2017 Commission
Edition</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt">
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Please see attached the
September 2017 issue of the <I>Commission Edition</I>. As is my custom, I want
to acknowledge and thank Pamela Gaston and Melissa Brown for their invaluable
assistance in editing, proofreading, and formatting our monthly publication.
Further, I reiterate my invitation to staff to submit your own creative
contributions for publication consideration; your ideas and observations will
enrich our newsletter.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">I have used my column this month
to offer reflections on the importance of blindness-specific vocational
rehabilitation in the lives of our eligible consumers. While contemplating
this subject, I identified the distinguishing characteristics that, in my
observation, render our services unique and particularly effective. We are
fortunate to live in a State that has determined, as a matter of public
policy, to provide, since 1910, specialized vocational rehabilitation,
educational, and other services to blind, vision-impaired, and
deaf-blind residents of New Jersey. Our ability to offer these
blindness-specific services is because we have assembled a qualified staff of
subject-matter experts who take pride in their distinct professional
skillsets, and who aspire to achieve excellence and best practices in each of
our program disciplines. Thank you all for your commitment to helping CBVI
offer a diverse menu of blindness-specific services.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Finally, the balance of the
content in this month’s <I>Commission Edition</I> demonstrates the wide
variety of programs and services that we are offering, while making the
necessary adjustments to functioning in the new Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) reality. I understand that many of the new Federal
mandates have created different and time-consuming demands on some of our
staff (particularly our Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors and first-line
supervisory team), and I want you to know that I appreciate the good humor and
professional spirit that each of you have adopted during this time of
transition, keeping your eye and mind on the fundamental and critical mission
of delivering high-quality training and assisting our consumers to find
meaningful employment in integrated, competitive
settings.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">With September, I welcome you
again to my favorite season of the year, autumn. We’ve all seen children
returning to school; soon we’ll all have access to pumpkin and other fall
harvests; and as autumn turns into winter, the holidays will be upon us,
providing another opportunity for us to be grateful for another year of
personal and professional productivity and blessings.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Keep in touch, be well, and do
good work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">With Kind
Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><!--[endif]--></SPAN><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d'>Daniel
B. Frye, J.D.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d'>Executive
Director</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Baskerville Old Face"; COLOR: #1f497d'>State
of New Jersey</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #76923c'>D</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; COLOR: #76923c'>epartment</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #76923c'>
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; COLOR: #76923c'>of
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style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #76923c'>H</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; COLOR: #76923c'>uman
Services</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #76923c'>C</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; COLOR: #76923c'>OMMISSION
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #76923c'>FOR
THE BLIND </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; COLOR: #76923c'>AND
<SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">VISUALLY IMPAIRED
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; COLOR: #1f497d'>153
Halsey Street, 6<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, P.O. Box 47017</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; COLOR: #1f497d'>
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Frye<BR>(410) 241-7006 (personal mobile)<BR><BR>Please forgive brevity and any
typographical errors.<BR>Sent from my iPhone<BR><BR>Begin forwarded
message:<BR><BR>> From: <<A
href="mailto:Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us">Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR>>
Date: 26 September 2017 at 5:51:45 pm GMT-4<BR>> To: <<A
href="mailto:CBVI.AllUsers@dhs.state.nj.us">CBVI.AllUsers@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR>>
Cc: <<A
href="mailto:Elizabeth.Connolly@dhs.state.nj.us">Elizabeth.Connolly@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Doris.Windle@dhs.state.nj.us">Doris.Windle@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Nicole.Brossoie@dhs.state.nj.us">Nicole.Brossoie@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
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href="mailto:Christina.Mongon@dhs.state.nj.us">Christina.Mongon@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Bonny.Fraser@dhs.state.nj.us">Bonny.Fraser@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:David.Alexander@dhs.state.nj.us">David.Alexander@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Joseph.Amoroso@dhs.state.nj.us">Joseph.Amoroso@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Jennifer.Bryan@dhs.state.nj.us">Jennifer.Bryan@dhs.state.nj.us</A>>,
<<A
href="mailto:Christopher.Bailey@dhs.state.nj.us">Christopher.Bailey@dhs.state.nj.us</A>><BR>>
Subject: September 2017 Commission Edition<BR>> <BR>>
Colleagues:<BR>> <BR>> Please see attached the September 2017 issue
of the Commission Edition. As is my custom, I want to acknowledge and thank
Pamela Gaston and Melissa Brown for their invaluable assistance in editing,
proofreading, and formatting our monthly publication. Further, I reiterate my
invitation to staff to submit your own creative contributions for publication
consideration; your ideas and observations will enrich our
newsletter.<BR>> <BR>> I have used my column this month to offer
reflections on the importance of blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation in
the lives of our eligible consumers. While contemplating this subject, I
identified the distinguishing characteristics that, in my observation, render
our services unique and particularly effective. We are fortunate to live in a
State that has determined, as a matter of public policy, to provide, since 1910,
specialized vocational rehabilitation, educational, and other services to
blind, vision-impaired, and deaf-blind residents of New Jersey. Our ability to
offer these blindness-specific services is because we have assembled a qualified
staff of subject-matter experts who take pride in their distinct professional
skillsets, and who aspire to achieve excellence and best practices in each of
our program disciplines. Thank you all for your commitment to helping CBVI offer
a diverse menu of blindness-specific services.<BR>> <BR>> Finally,
the balance of the content in this month’s Commission Edition demonstrates the
wide variety of programs and services that we are offering, while making the
necessary adjustments to functioning in the new Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) reality. I understand that many of the new Federal
mandates have created different and time-consuming demands on some of our staff
(particularly our Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors and first-line
supervisory team), and I want you to know that I appreciate the good humor and
professional spirit that each of you have adopted during this time of
transition, keeping your eye and mind on the fundamental and critical mission of
delivering high-quality training and assisting our consumers to find meaningful
employment in integrated, competitive settings.<BR>> <BR>> With
September, I welcome you again to my favorite season of the year, autumn. We’ve
all seen children returning to school; soon we’ll all have access to pumpkin and
other fall harvests; and as autumn turns into winter, the holidays will be upon
us, providing another opportunity for us to be grateful for another year of
personal and professional productivity and blessings.<BR>> <BR>>
Keep in touch, be well, and do good work.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
With Kind Regards,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.<BR>> Executive Director<BR>> State of New
Jersey<BR>> Department of Human Services<BR>> COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND
VISUALLY IMPAIRED<BR>> 153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor, P.O. Box
47017<BR>>
Newark, NJ
07101<BR>>
Office: (973) 648-2324 ● Mobile: 973-951-1156 ● Fax: (973)
648-7364<BR>>
Email: <A
href="mailto:Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us">Daniel.Frye@dhs.state.nj.us</A><BR>>
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