[Rehab] Question about WIOA and Subminimum Wage Sheltered Workshops

[Roanna Bacchus]

Hi Justin thanks for your message. Here in Florida, the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act created a partnership between the Division Of Blind Services and Career Source Central Florida. Career Source of Central Florida provides job assistance to blind Central Floridians.

Last January I contacted an organization called Inspire Central Florida, a company that provides assistance to people with developmental disabilities. The director of this organization informed me that the Division Of Blind Services, the state agency that provides services to blind Central Floridians would not consider this competitive employment. This company pays its employees fifty cents to a dollar per hour to complete job tasks.   

On Jan 20, 2019 2:03 AM, Justin Salisbury via Rehab <rehab at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Aloha everyone, 
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> I was talking with a friend today and came out of that conversation with a question about how WIOA Pre-ETS funding works. Some state VR agencies have been setting up Summer Youth Employment Programs where they contract in subminimum wage sheltered workshops to administer the summer work experiences. To me, this seems to go against the spirit of WIOA, but I don't know if it violates the actual federal VR policy. 
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> Can anyone tell me if it does? 
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> Mahalo, 
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> Justin 
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