<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Reverend Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, Ohio Communities Of Faith division, president, Miami Valley Chapter, Dayton, Ohio president. 1-937-657-5134,<div><br></div><div>Dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com☺️👏🙏🤲</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities <ood.ohio@public.govdelivery.com><br><b>Date:</b> February 10, 2023 at 10:02:46 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> drcarolyn-peters@att.net<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Nick DeFranco on His Journey to Greater Stability</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> ood.ohio@public.govdelivery.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0 20px;">Nick DeFranco on His Journey to Greater Stability</h1>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0;"><span class="TextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">S</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">erious </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">injuries from college athletics set Nick DeFranco back</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> in his day-to-day life</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">When a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">friend</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> told him about </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">Opportunities</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">wondered if services could help him </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">achieve </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">his</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> career aspirations</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> despite living with chronic pain. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">Watc</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">h a </span></span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAyMTAuNzEzNDUxOTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS93YXRjaD92PURWeVdkbTZwQkpVIn0.5E3HRugN5Zn-FMy78qntt1tcdEAW-G8Z532_srGCcoI/s/482967676/br/154310391075-l" target="_blank" class="Hyperlink SCXW115304949 BCX0" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #5670D2;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW115304949 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="line-height: 1.4;">video</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> to learn </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">more about Nick’s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">journey</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;"> and the enjoyment he has found from being </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">n Insurance </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">Service R</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">epresentative </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW115304949 BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4;">at Nationwide.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW115304949 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="line-height: 1.4;">Nationwide Insurance has been an Employer Partner with OOD since 2016. Since that time, they have participated in several OOD hiring events to engage with candidates with disabilities, and OOD has facilitated </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="line-height: 1.4;">individualized</span> <span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="line-height: 1.4;">disability awareness trainings for their staff. They are intentional in their approach to ensuring candidates and employees with disabilities have what they need to be successful. In March 2022, Nationwide and OOD hosted a Work from Home Virtual Hiring Event to facilitate job interviews for OOD job seekers and Nationwide’s available positions. It was during this event that Nick was hired into his position with the company. Also, Nationwide is participating in a new service offered by OOD to provide consultations for screen reader accessibility for their applications.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></p>
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<h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0 20px;">OOD Assists Job Seekers </h1>
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<h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0 20px;">Maximizing Resources to Support Ohioans with Disabilities</h1>
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<h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0 20px;">Celebrating Black History Month: Claudia Gordon </h1>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;">Originally from Jamaica, Claudia became deaf at the age of eight. Her family left Jamaica for work in New York, and Claudia attended high school in the United States. She went on to study political science at Howard University, a historically black research university in Washington, D.C. and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. Then she attended law school at American University, focusing on disability rights law and policy. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="line-height: 1.4;">After law school, Claudia was a staff attorney for the National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center and a consulting attorney with the National Council on Disability. She also worked as a Senior Policy Advisor for the Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, enforcing executive orders for individuals with disabilities in emergency preparedness situations. In 2004, she served as vice president for the National Black Deaf Advocates. In 2013, she served as a public engagement advisor at the White House, working with the disability community.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></p>
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<h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0 20px;">All About Accessibility: Support for Ohioans with Low Vision </h1>
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<p><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">F<font size="1">or purposes of the Supported Employment (SE) Program, the DOE SE grant funded 90% of the costs for the Supported Employment for Youth with a Disability Program up to the grant amount and 100% of the costs of regular Supported Employment program costs up to the grant amount. In FFY 2022, OOD received $603,568 for SE Youth with a Disability, and State appropriated funds paid the remaining 10%, or $60,357 of the total costs. In FFY 2022, OOD received $603,568 in regular SE grant funds.</font></span></p>
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