[NFBP-Talk] BBVS Position Paper

[Drenth, Joe]

Hi Jan and all,

On the surface, the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is not pursuing the merger of BBVS into BVRS, but we should not let down our guard against any step they take in that direction. This position paper is strong evidence that any such merger would be detrimental to Pennsylvanians with vision loss, so we need to equip ourselves with the arguments it makes in order to be prepared with at least an elevator speech when we encounter legislators or anyone with influence over this matter.

Thank you,
Joe

Joseph Drenth 
Senior R&D Software Engineer 
JBT Corporation  |  Automated Systems 
400 Highpoint Drive 
Chalfont, PA  18914, USA
E: joe.drenth at jbtc.com  P: 215 822 4457
www.jbtc-agv.com 

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From: NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jan Lattuca via NFBP-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:29 PM
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Cc: Jan Lattuca <jrlattuca at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBP-Talk] BBVS Position Paper

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Hi, Joe.  Looking forward to reading this.  Is there still hope that it will do any good, or have all the mucky-mucks already seen and rejected it?

Jan
On 10/29/19, Drenth, Joe via NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> A few months ago, a group of people representing the blindness-related 
> organizations in Pennsylvania, led by Steve Pennington of the Client 
> Assistance Program, wrote a position paper for keeping the 
> Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS) strong and 
> independent. This paper presented the arguments against merging BBVS 
> into the general disability vocational rehabilitation program.
>
> Please find attached a copy of this position paper. For those of you 
> who will be attending the NFB of Pennsylvania convention in person or 
> via the stream, Steve Pennington will be referring to this position 
> paper in his presentations about how to help BBVS accomplish its 
> purpose of helping blind and visually-impaired individuals attain employment.
>
> We will also place this position paper on our web site for easy access.
>
> Thank you,
> Joe
>
> Joseph Drenth
> First Vice-President, National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania 
> Pennsylvania State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation Senior R&D 
> Software Engineer, JBT Corporation, Automated Systems Division
> Cell: 215-827-7787
> Email: joe.drenth at gmail.com
>
>
>
>

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