<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">For your information, please read if this is of interest to you<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Reverent Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, 937-657-5134,<div>Dr.Carolyn.peters@gmail.com </div><div></div><div></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> January 25, 2024 at 9:37:21 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Dr.Carolyn.peters@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>The Accessible Ohio Playbook - Session 2: Planning and Awareness</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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<p style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 15px;" align="center"><strong>10 a.m. - 11 a.m.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 15px;" align="justify">OOD is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please <a href="mailto:OOD.hiringability@ood.ohio.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:ood.hiringability@ood.ohio.gov" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #1D5782;">contact us</a> by February 14, 2024.</p>
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<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color: windowtext;">Programs provided by Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) are funded, in whole or in part, with federal grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program, including Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), OOD received 78.7% of its funding through the DOE VR grant. In Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023, OOD received $105,851,906 in federal funds. Funds appropriated by the State covered 21.3 % of the total costs, or $28,648,610. Of these federal funds, $15,877,786 is set aside for Pre-ETS.</span></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color: windowtext;">For 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 2023, OOD received $301,051 for SE Youth with a Disability, and State appropriated funds paid the remaining 10%, or $33,450 of the total costs. In FFY 2023, OOD received $301,051 in regular SE grant funds.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color: windowtext;">For the purposes of the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB) Program, the federal grant received from DOE in FFY 2023 paid 90% of the total costs incurred under the program. In FFY 2023, OOD received $1,159,083 in federal grant funds. Funds appropriated by the State paid the 10% required match, or $128,787 of the total costs incurred under the OIB program. For purposes of the Independent Living (IL) Program, the federal grant received from HHS paid 90% of the total costs incurred in FFY 2023. In FFY 2023, OOD received $645,712 in federal grant funds. Funds appropriated by the State paid the 10% required match, or $71,746 of the total costs incurred under the IL Program.</span></font></p>
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