[rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs

Wed Oct 1 01:11:06 UTC 2014

hi Mike,

Please tell me the focus of your 501 and are you close to Missouri.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Galloway via rehab" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Danielle Antoine'" <singingmywayin at gmail.com>; "'Rehabilitation 
Counselor Mailing List'" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs

> Believe me, I know how frusterating that is to work for years going to
> school getting that education, hoping that the extra time you spend in
> school, will make up for that disability, and will show employers  that 
> you
> are willing to go that extra mile to get ahead. I am constantly attending
> training seminares, webanares, and any other activity all in an effort to
> learn more about people and their disabilities.
>
> The cost to start up a non-profit agency is not that much. The only real
> cost is getting an attorney to fill out the papers and legal documents
> necessary to submit to the state and the IRS, who will provide you with 
> the
> 501 non profit status. What I might suggest is you ask an attorney whom 
> you
> are familiar with to also represent your board's legal counsel as a
> volunteer. Every board should have an attorney as a member as there will
> always be questions that require legal knowledge. It will be necessary to
> create a volunteer board of directors, a President, V-President, 
> Secretary,
> Treasurer, and  by-laws.These are not that difficult as long as you have a
> group of people who believe in what your mission is and the best way to
> approach it. Make sure you create a board of directors who are willing to
> work with you and not have you doing everything. For example, members who
> have knowledge of writing grants, members who are experienced in fund
> raising, and who have experience in asking for donations for your program.
>
> If you do business with state agencies, they want your agency to be CARF
> accredited.However, you can serve the states on probation until you can
> apply for CARF certification.
> Being CARF accredited certified indicates your agency is meeting all the
> challenges that might occur when providing assistance to persons with
> disabilities, and this accreditation can help with getting many federal,
> state and private grants.
> I have considered expanding our agency to other states and probably will 
> but
> I want to employ someone in the different states to serve as that states
> representative, and yes, my agency does hire persons with disabilities who
> meet the education and experience requirements, and age is no factor.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rehab [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle 
> Antoine
> via rehab
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:24 PM
> To: Darla; Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>
> Thanks Judy. Ya know what? I have wondered how this is possible. I
> mean it's like teaching. Why go through the trouble of getting a
> Master's degree to do something just any old Joe or ajaneQ can come
> off the street and do and exact authority over another who is more
> properly qualified?
> Very frustrating, depressing, and discouraging.
>
> Danielle
>
> On 9/30/14, Darla via rehab <rehab at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> What were the start-up costs, and were you able to get grants; I have
>> thought of this--I can always get my CRC certification back--but, I, too,
>> have experienced working with people a lot less qualified but with a lot
> of
>> power or under some agency that dictated how blind and other disabled
>> people
>> were to be helped rather than allowing agency personnel to formulate
>> individualized approaches.
>> Darla
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rehab [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Galloway
>> via
>> rehab
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:18 AM
>> To: 'Christopher Tabb'; 'Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>
>> Good morning all,
>> For over twenty years, I served as a vender for our states rehabilitation
>> agency.  As a CRC, along with several other professionals, I developed an
>> agency that provided pretty much the same services as comparable 
>> agencies,
>> (i.e.) Easter Seals.
>> We provided JRT, job coaching, mentoring, Supported Employment, Job
>> Counseling, Placement, transportation, bus training, and so much more, 
>> and
>> for over ten years we were CARF accrediated. Our agency served a general
>> caseload, and we also worked with many persons who are visually impaired.
>> Being totally blind in one eye and legally blind in the other,I was
>> unsuccessful in getting employed by our states rehabilitation agency, 
>> even
>> though I am more than qualified. In fact, many of the VR representatives
>> have far less qualifications than I do.
>>
>> To off set this, I developed an agency that could provide consumers 
>> having
>> disabilities, services they needed. My agency is non-profit and is a 501
>> c3agency.Sometimes as a person having disabilities, it will become
>> necessary
>> to create a company or agency that does what you might want in a job.In
>> doing so, you can build relationships with otherswho are seeking answers
> to
>> some of the same questions you might have.
>>
>> mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rehab [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Tabb
>> via rehab
>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:09 AM
>> To: Dick Davis; Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>
>> Thank you for sharing this Dick!
>> : )
>>
>> --
>> Chris Tabb
>>
>> christabb at me.com <mailto:christabb at me.com>
>> Mobile:  512.660.2750
>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Dick Davis via rehab <rehab at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The most definitive guide to Social Security work incentives is the
>> Redbook,
>>> which many people don't know about.  Here is the link:
>>> http://www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook/
>>> Dick Davis
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Albert Rizzi
>>> via Jobs
>>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 7:21 AM
>>> To: Judy Jones; Jobs for the Blind; Mel Finefrock
>>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>
>>> Judy,
>>>
>>> how true. there is also the Ticket To Work program that is designed
>>> for people on social security that want to go back to work taking into
>>> consideration the attention to the entire process so as to not
>>> complicate the benefits and income that people depend on.
>>>
>>> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>> Founder and CEO
>>> My Blind Spot, Inc.
>>> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>> New York, New York  10004
>>> www.myblindspot.org
>>> C: 917-553-0347
>>> P: 212-363-0330
>>>
>>>
>>> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one
>>> who is doing it."
>>>
>>> Like Us on Facebook   LinkedIn   Twitter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My Blind Spot is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
>>> via
>> Jobs
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:48 PM
>>> To: Mel Finefrock; Jobs for the Blind
>>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>
>>> If you haven't done so, anyone wishing to work but concerned about how
>>> to handle their SSDI or SSI should contact Disability Rights, and ask
>>> for
>> help
>>> in dealing with Social Security and going back to work, or still keep
>>> the SSI.  There are ways to do it, or at least to prolong until you
>>> can get on your feet.
>>>
>>> We had a speaker from our state's Disability Rights office who went
>>> into great detail, and was very informative.  Gave information none of
>>> us knew about.
>>>
>>> Judy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mel Finefrock via Jobs
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 9:14 PM
>>> To: Karen Rose ; Jobs for the Blind ; Danielle Antoine
>>> Cc: Jobs for the Blind
>>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>
>>> I'm actually an editor working with independently published fiction
>> writers
>>> (and have also been known to edit academic articles once in a blue 
>>> moon).
>>> The problem with growing a business is when you happen to be
>>> transitioning off of SSI (or, I imagine, if you're supporting a
>>> family). What I'm hoping to do is fine a job which will sustain me
>>> financially such that I can
>> build
>>> this on the side, if I wish, and then I won't be worried about dealing
>> with
>>> Social Security all the time. Unfortunately, the finding a job part is
>>> rather lagging! Is anyone else here self-employed, a contract worker,
>>> or a business owner? I'd love to hear about your process.
>>>
>>> Mel
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Karen Rose via Jobs
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:10 PM
>>> To: Danielle Antoine
>>> Cc: Jobs for the Blind
>>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>
>>> Or - employee ourselves. Entrepreneurship is amazing and does not
>>> require being hired by anyone. Karen
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Danielle Antoine
>>>> <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think we should all "get busy" like the rest of the 70% unemployed
>>>> blind and the countless nondisabled who are just sitting at home and
>>>> tooling around collecting subsidies. they seem to be doing much
>>>> better than those of us looking and so-called trying to better
>>>> ourselves.
>>>>
>>>> Danielle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/21/14, Karen Rose via Jobs <jobs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Mary - it's Karen - are you still in the Berkeley area? Hope
>>>>> you're doing well - Karen
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Marianne Haas via Jobs
>>>>>> <jobs at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> My name is Marianne Haas.  I had the same problem with that agency.
>>>>>> They cannot even accommodate larger print.  They told my DR
>>>>>> Counselor that they could not accommodate JaWS ant that once in a
>>>>>> while they have positions.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> called one of the disability rights organization and was told I did
>>>>>> not have a case against them. Most other agencies that claim they
>>>>>> have work at home are not legitimate.  By the way, what are you
>>>>>> looking for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marianne
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mel
>>>>>> Finefrock via Jobs
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 5:56 PM
>>>>>> To: Jessica Watson; jobs at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, Jessica,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't heard of the second agency, but NTI, I can tell you a
>>>>>> little about. I contacted them this summer because they seemed
>>>>>> promising, but I was told during my interview that they didn't know
>>>>>> if they had positions which could accommodate screenreader users. I
>>>>>> felt honestly miffed by this--why, then, were they advertising
>>>>>> themselves as a placement agency for people with disabilities?--so
>>>>>> when the interviewer asked whether I'd like to schedule training
>>>>>> classes immediately, I asked him to let me think about it, because
>>>>>> in my state (and I'm sure in others as well) we only have a certain
>>>>>> amount of rehab dollars per case, so I wanted to make sure that
>>>>>> spending on this endeavor would not be in vain. I decided to call
>>>>>> and speak with a second source. She said what the interviewer had
>>>>>> meant was that it is very difficult to place someone. Not
>>>>>> impossible, just that it takes a while, but she could see the
>>>>>> reason for my concern. I personally decided not to go through with
>>>>>> it, at least for now, on the condition that I could receive more
>>>>>> help from my counselor in job-searching, since my searches have
>>>>>> yielded companies who aren't exactly open-minded to hiring people
>>>>>> with visual impairments. Anyway, this is just my experience with
>>>>>> NTI, so I wouldn't take it as end all. Keep asking around, see what
>>>>>> you find. I'd be interested to speak with any blind individual who
>>>>>> has been successfully placed through that agency.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best of luck,
>>>>>> Mel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Jessica Watson via Jobs
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 3:40 PM
>>>>>> To: jobs at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am sure this has been discussed before, but I am wondering if
>>>>>> anyone has had success with finding a legitimate work from home
>>>>>> opportunity.
>>>>>> While  doing research I found out about National Telecommuting
>>>>>> Institute NTI and Live Ops.  However, I do not know if either of
>>>>>> these sites will have accessible training materials.  Does anyone
>>>>>> on the list work from home who could give me some guidance?  Thank
>>>>>> you for any help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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