[Nfbv-announce] DBVI ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS

[Fredric Schroeder]

Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
	Richmond, Virginia
	ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS

During fall 2011, the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)
will conduct a minimum of four public meetings providing stakeholders an
opportunity to make comments regarding DBVI services.  DBVI seeks input from
agency stakeholders to develop the State Plan required by the Rehabilitation
Services Administration and to assist with developing vocational
rehabilitation (VR) policy and procedure. Specific types of comments address
State Plan requirements including:
.	Transition services for students with visual disabilities to help
facilitate transition from high school to post-secondary training programs
and/or work;
.	Skills DBVI VR staff should possess to provide quality VR services
to consumers;
.	New initiatives that might improve vocational training or employment
opportunities for blind consumers;
.	Recommendations for improvements to supported employment services;
.	Order of Selection when sufficient funds are not available to serve
all eligible consumers of VR services;
.	Defining "persons with the most significant disabilities" when Order
of Selection is implemented; and
.	Improving and/or expanding services specifically to minorities and
underserved or unserved populations of consumers?

Individuals requiring interpreters, assistive listening devices or other
special accommodations should contact Marcus Byrd at 1-800-622-2155
(Voice/TTY) at least two weeks prior to the meeting to request the preferred
accommodation.  

Roanoke Public Meeting
Lions Club
501 Elm Avenue, SW
Roanoke, Virginia 24017-3916
October 19, 2011
(540) 345-8823 
(540) 345-9760 
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Virginia Beach Public Meeting
Wyndham Virginia Beach Ocean Front
5700 Atlantic Avenue
Virginia Beach, Virginia  23451
November 4, 2011
(757) 428-7025 
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Northern Virginia Public Meeting
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Physician's Conference Center
Conference Rooms D-F
3300 Gallows Road
Annandale, Virginia  22042
November 19, 2011
(703) 776-4001
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



Richmond Public Meeting
Virginia Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired
VRCBVI Dorm Lounge
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227
November 22, 2011
(804) 371-3151
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Bristol Public Meeting
DBVI Bristol Regional Office
111 Commonwealth Avenue
Bristol Virginia 24201
November 22, 2011
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(276) 642-7300 
Code: 6051652703



Written and e-mail comments may be submitted prior to December 30, 2011 to:
Susan Davis Payne, VR Director, DBVI, 397 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA,
23227, Susan.Payne at dbvi.virginia.gov  804-371-3140/1-800-622-2155
(Voice/TTY)