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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Good morning everyone,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting 2022 LIFE Program applications is fast approaching, Sunday, May 8. Please share the flyer and below information with blind or vision impaired high school students who would benefit from participation in the program.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thank you and please feel free to e-mail me at <a href="mailto:melody.roane@dbvi.virginia.gov">melody.roane@dbvi.virginia.gov</a> if you have any questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Have a great day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Melody</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Melody Roane <<a href="mailto:melody.roane@dbvi.virginia.gov">melody.roane@dbvi.virginia.gov</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 14, 2022 3:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org">nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> 2022 LIFE Program - application link and attached flyer</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Happy New Year everyone,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">VRCBVI is pleased once again to offer the Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered (LIFE) Program for high school students who are blind, vision impaired or deafblind. Please see below and attached for the 2022 LIFE Program flyer. You will also find below a link to the LIFE Program application.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">If you have any questions about the 2022 LIFE Program, please do not hesitate to let me know.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Have a great day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="386" height="159" style="width:4.0208in;height:1.6562in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D85895.D7CDA6A0"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are You Ready for the Adventure of Your</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LIFE?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(“Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered”)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What is LIFE? </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5 week residential training program for students between the ages of 14-18 years old who are returning to a high school academic program in the fall of 2022</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provides basic training in the skills of blindness and advocacy skills </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Helps students become responsible for their lives</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provides students with opportunities to explore employment and college goals </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provides an opportunity to gain real world work experience or additional skills of blindness training </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Affords opportunities to participate in physical fitness and confidence building activities</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Offers opportunities to network with successful mentors who are blind or vision-impaired</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Helps students develop positive strategies for dealing with misconceptions about blindness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provides daily opportunities to have LOTS of fun!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Important Dates for LIFE:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Deadline:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> midnight, May 8, 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Program Begins: July 10, 2022 - check-in - 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Program Ends: August 12, 2022 - 12:00 p.m.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduation Ceremony: August 12, 2022 - 10:00 a.m. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Student/parent meetings with staff via Zoom: August 15-18, times will be scheduled</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Classes:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Braille </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Personal and Home Management – cooking, cleaning, and organizing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Independent travel skills using a long white cane </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Keyboarding/Computers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access Technology </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Job Readiness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work Experience</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conversations about Blindness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Confidence Building Activities: </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Improvisation Training</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Formal Dinner/Dance </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rock Climbing </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drivers Education Experience </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Movies </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grilling</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Business and Social Networking Skills</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whitewater Rafting</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Swimming</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And much more! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work Experience:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students work part-time in a community-based setting during the last three weeks of the LIFE program. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In some instances staff will recommend that a student continue to focus on blindness skills (Travel skills, Braille, Access Technology, and Cooking) during the last three weeks of the program. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Requirements for LIFE:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students must:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Actively participate in <b>all</b> five weeks of the program (unless returning to school during the last week of the program)</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be between the ages of 14 and 18 and returning to a high school academic program in the fall of 2022 (must be 14 years old on or before July 10, 2022 and must not turn 19 years old before August 12, 2022)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be blind or vision impaired and interested in acquiring blindness skills</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be able to participate in a group structured program</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be able to take care of personal care needs independently, including managing and self-administering medications</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Have a valid government issued photo ID card </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Have an open or be willing to open a Vocational Rehabilitation case with DBVI </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What is the application process for LIFE? </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Go to </span><a href="https://www.formrouter.net/forms@VRCB/2022LIFEApplication.html"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2022 LIFE application</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> complete, and submit<u> </u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Print and complete the </span><a href="https://www.vadsa.org/apps/DocumentRepositoryViewer/fileviewer/2159"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBVI Health Checklist Form</span></b></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and sign as parent/guardian where it says counselor signature. Then, attach the completed form to the </span><a href="https://www.vadsa.org/apps/DocumentRepositoryViewer/fileviewer/2158"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBVI General Medical Examination Form</span></b></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and take to student’s physician or other medical professional to complete (must be dated not more than one year prior to the LIFE application submission date). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Print the </span><a href="https://www.vadsa.org/apps/DocumentRepositoryViewer/fileviewer/584"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBVI Eye Exam Report</span></b></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and have it completed by a medical professional (must be dated not more than one year prior to the LIFE application submission date)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*If a student attended a summer program at VRCBVI in the past, the health checklist and eye report form submitted for that program are acceptable, provided the parent(s) submit a statement that the student’s health and/or eye report information has not changed and is still accurate.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Include a copy of the <b>student’s current IEP</b> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scan all completed forms and send to Brooke Rogers, </span><a href="mailto:Brooke.Rogers@dbvi.virginia.gov"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brooke.Rogers@dbvi.virginia.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or mail to 401 Azalea Ave., Richmond, VA 23227 – Attention: Brooke Rogers. </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Only complete applications received by midnight May 8, 2022, will be<i> considered. VRCBVI will not accept forms piecemeal; please submit your forms all attached to one email or all in the same envelope.</i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here is a checklist of forms to be submitted once all are complete: </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBVI Health Checklist Form,</span></u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">General Medical Examination Form,</span></u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBVI Eye Exam Report</span></u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">student’s current IEP</span></u></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After the application deadline, all complete applications will be reviewed. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All applicants will be notified by May 25, 2022, of their acceptance status.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students accepted into the LIFE program and their parent(s) will participate in an informational interview by phone with VRCBVI staff, which will be scheduled by Amy Phelps, Assistant Director for Instruction. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Get your application in quickly, as a maximum of <b>22* </b>participants will be accepted into the program. <b>NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER MAY 8, 2022.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For additional information about the LIFE Program, please contact:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amy Phelps, CRC, NOMC </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assistant Director for Instruction</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">401 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23227</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(804) 371-3052</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email:</span> <a href="mailto:amy.phelps@dbvi.virginia.gov"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">amy.phelps@dbvi.virginia.gov</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">*Subject to change due to COVID protocols </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:28.0pt"><a href="https://www.formrouter.net/forms@VRCB/2022LIFEApplication.html" target="_blank">2022 LIFE Program application</a><br clear="all"></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Melody L. Roane, Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Virginia Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">401 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Melody.Roane@dbvi.virginia.gov">Melody.Roane@dbvi.virginia.gov</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phone: (804) 371-3323 | Fax: (804) 371-3092</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Facebook:</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VDBVI" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">facebook.org/VDBVI</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LinkedIn:</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/virginia-department-for-the-blind-and-vision-impaired" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">linkedin.com/VDBVI</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.vdbvi.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">www.vrcbvi.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="409" height="125" style="width:4.2604in;height:1.302in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D80253.7D1E0490"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:gray">NOTICE:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:gray"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:gray">This email (including any attachments) may include confidential information. 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