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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">HI Virginia Federationists,</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">As mentioned at our May 7 Board meeting during the
Virginia Seminar at the Jernigan Institute, Virginia Department for the Blind
and Vision Impaired (DBVI) issued an Request for proposal (RFP) for
Pre-Employment Transition Services. After many detailed discussions with our
members and potential partners, we have decided to defer for this year. Instead,
during this year, we will develop some partnerships and pilot some
expanded programming for transition age students. Michael and I are very
appreciative of the great ideas and suggestions from Potomac and Fairfax members
who wanted to contribute in this area. While we will not be submitting a
proposal to DBVI, we believe we can pilot some programming in the next 12 months
that will position us for delivering services supported by DBVI funding in
coming years.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" color=#1f497d>The call scheduled for
Wednesday, June 1, is cancelled.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
me.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tracy Soforenko</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">First Vice president, NFB of Virginia</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
style='href: "mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"'><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
color=#0000ff>Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</FONT></FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">202 285-4595</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"><BR>========================================================================<BR>John
Bailey<BR>President, Fairfax Chapter<BR>National Federation of the Blind of
Virginia<BR>703.994.2040<BR>john_bailey17@hotmail.com<BR><BR>Chapter meeting
location and
dates<BR>http://www.nfbv.org/chapters-divisions/fairfax/<BR><BR>Receive email
updates on chapter
activities:<BR>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbv-fairfax_nfbnet.org<BR><BR>Conference
call info:<BR>Phone: (641) 715-3286<BR>PIN: 2 2 3 9 7
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