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<h1 style="margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 32px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><b style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; color: black;">Hello PABM members,</span></b></h1><h1 style="margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 32px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><b style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; color: black;"> reminder we have our monthly meeting tomorrow Wednesday may 11th 6 PM <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4503152944" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4503152944</a> <div id="temp-enhancr-placeholder" class="enhancr-placeholder-medium" data-size="medium"></div><br></span></b></h1><h1 style="margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 32px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><b style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; color: black;">This will be a shorter meeting due to the 7 PM call for OVR please see the information below if you would like to join the zoom meeting for OVR Public Listening Session</span></b></h1><div><b>Talk to you soon .Take care stay safe</b></div><div><b>Pamela Baquero</b></div><div><b>PABM president</b></div><div><b>215-200-3696</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation will be hosting two public Listening Sessions to seek input from stakeholders as it prepares to apply to the Rehabilitation Services Administration for a competitive discretionary grant. The public is invited to attend and share comments. CART and ASL services will be available.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 2pt 0in 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 26px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><b style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; color: black;">Listening Sessions</span></b></h2><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0in; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><li class="yiv0327075135MsoListParagraph" style="word-wrap: break-word !important; margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: inherit; word-wrap: break-word !important;">Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 7 – 8 p.m. EST</span></span></li></ol><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZIudOqqpzwtE9ApyjqJrKDmSs1ghLXS9Bh5&data=05%7C01%7Cshelbismit%40pa.gov%7Cd872753e93fd442fae3808da287e7608%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C0%7C0%7C637866820862935913%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lRpELGHO2h09hzrV6SfVtvf63NglNCX5m0sEl5ZhCjU%3D&reserved=0" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">May 11th Listening Session Zoom Registration</span></a><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"></span></p><ol start="2" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0in; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><li class="yiv0327075135MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="word-wrap: break-word !important; margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: inherit; word-wrap: break-word !important;">Thursday, May 12, 2022, from 1 – 2 p.m. EST</span></span></li></ol><p class="yiv0327075135MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudOmopzIrGNBGRKKdsocBOaReBM5EjB0Y" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">May 12th Listening Session Zoom Registration</span></a><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"></span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 2pt 0in 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 26px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><b style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; color: black;">Grant Information</span></b></h2><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">FY22 Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) was issued to support innovative activities aimed at increasing Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE), as defined in <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" name="_Hlk101528655" style="color: rgb(var(--rgb-fuji-dory)); word-wrap: break-word !important;">section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act)</a> (</span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.govregs.com/uscode/title29_chapter16_level0_section705" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Gov Regs Definitions</span></a><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">), for youth and other individuals with disabilities. </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The priority of the grant is: Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) Innovative Model Demonstration Project. The project seeks model demonstration projects designed to develop, implement, refine, evaluate and disseminate, for easy adoption, new or substantially improved model strategies or programs to transition individuals in subminimum wage employment into CIE in any one of the following 6 topic areas:</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(1) Essential Workers;</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(2) Green Job Workers;</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(3) Home and Community-Based Service Workers;</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(4) Arts;</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(5) Transportation Industry and Related Industry Workers; or</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(6) Field-Initiated: Field initiated projects will identify and implement innovative strategies that assist SWTCIE program participants to secure CIE. A field-initiated project may (1) address innovative topic areas not otherwise included in this notice or (2) combine two or more topic areas described in this notice into one application.</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The purpose of this competition is to increase competitive-integrated employment opportunities for students, youth and adults with disabilities contemplating, actively seeking or engaged in subminimum wage employment. To achieve this purpose, projects funded under this priority will create innovative models, for dissemination and replication, to: </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(1) identify strategies for addressing challenges associated with access to CIE (e.g., transportation, support services); </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(2) provide integrated services that support CIE; </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(3) support integration into the community through CIE; </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(4) identify and coordinate wraparound services for any individual served by the project who obtains CIE; </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(5) develop evidence-based practices and share those practices with other entities holding 14(c) certificates, State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies, local rehabilitation providers, State and local workforce agencies and regional and local employers; and </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">(6) provide entities holding section 14(c) certificates with readily accessible transformative business models for adoption.</span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/Solicitations.aspx?SID=6100055903%20-%20DLI%202022%20-%20RFI%20-%2001" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Access the OVR Competitive Discretionary Grant Request for Information (RFI)</span></a><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">. </span></p><p class="yiv0327075135MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 22px; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The public is invited to also share written comments if unable to attend a listening session. Written comments should be submitted to </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:RA-li-OIT-BAS-Procur@pa.gov" target="_blank" href="mailto:RA-li-OIT-BAS-Procur@pa.gov" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; -webkit-touch-callout: none; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 245);">RA-li-OIT-BAS-Procur@pa.gov</span></a><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> with the subject line 12 OVR SWTCIE Discretionary Grant <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: inherit; word-wrap: break-word !important;">before 5/10/2022 at 4 p.m.</span></span></p><div><span style="word-wrap: break-word !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: inherit; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><br></span></span></div><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br>
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