[rehab] [Jobs] legitimate work from home jobs

Tue Sep 30 23:34:28 UTC 2014

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
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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