Pennsylvania Blindness and Visual Services is seeking your input.
Comments may be made at a series of regional meetings or submitted in
writing by April 3, 1998. Any comments sent to this e-mail address will
be delivered to BVS.
The BVS SRAC may also be contacted by phoning 1 888 745-2357.
Meeting dates are as follows:
PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, February 3, 1998
PHILADELPHIA - Wednesday, February 11, 1998
HARRISBURG - Friday, February 13, 1998
ERIE - Wednesday, February 18, 1998
ALTOONA - Tuesday, February 24, 1998
WILKES-BARRE - Thursday, March 5, 1998
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
OFFICE OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS
BUREAU OF BLINDNESS AND VISUAL SERVICES
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON ITS STATE AND STRATEGIC PLANS FOR
FISCAL YEARS 1999-2000
You are invited to share your comments and suggestions with us as
we prepare the Plans for the following programs:
Vocational Rehabilitation Services (Title I)
Supported Employment Services (Title VI, Part C)
Although we seek your input on any aspect of these Plans, we are
particularly interested in receiving your thoughts on the
following topics:
(1) views on the agency's policies related to
the administration of these Plans; (
2) plans, policies and procedures regarding the transition to Vocational Rehabilitation services of students with disabilities;
(3) procedures and activities regarding the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive system of personnel development;
4) methods to expand and improve services to individuals with the most severe disabilities; (
5) due process procedures;
(6) rehabilitation technology services;
(7) personal assistance services; (
8) polici s and procedures relating to consumer choice; (
9) utilization of community rehabilitation programs;
(10) quality, scope and extent of Supported Employment services; and (
11) outreach procedures and practices for identifying and serving
individuals with the most severe disabilities who are minorities.
A summary of written comments received from the public and the
Bureau's response to them will be incorporated into the completed
Plans sent to the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation
Services Administration.
Please join us at the regional meeting nearest you! If you
require any special accommodations, please contact the Manager of
the appropriate BVS District Office serving the county in which
you live. Persons unable to attend these meetings may submit
written comments to the appropriate Manager no later than
5:00 P.M., April 3, 1998. See the following pages for the times
and locations of these public meetings.
PITTSBURGH
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene,
Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Tuesday, February 3, 1998
4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Blindness and Visual Services
Room G-10 Kossman Building
400 Stanwix Streets
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Telephone No. (412) 565-5240 (Voice)
Telephone No. (412) 565-5509 (TDD)
PHILADELPHIA
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)
Wednesday, February 11, 1998
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Room 101A Philadelphia State Office Building
1400 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130-4064
Telephone No. (215) 560-5700 (Voice)
Telephone No. (215) 560-5725 (TDD)
HARRISBURG
(Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster,
Lebanon, Perry and York Counties)
Friday, February 13, 1998
11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Conference Room
Blindness and Visual Services
2923 North 7th Street, Suite B
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Telephone No. (717) 787-7500 (Voice)
Telephone No. (717) 787-1733 (TDD)
ERIE
(Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie,
Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer,
Potter, Venango and Warren Counties)
Wednesday, February 18, 1998
11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Conference Room
Blindness and Visual Services
448 West 11th Street
Erie, PA 16501
Telephone No. (814) 871-4401 (Voice)
Telephone No. (814) 871-4599 (TDD)
ALTOONA
(Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton,
Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour,
Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union Counties)
Tuesday, February 24, 1998
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Conference Room
Blindness and Visual Services
Executive House #1
615 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
Telephone No. (814) 946-7330 (Voice)
Telephone No. (814) 949-7955 (TDD)
WILKES-BARRE
(Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne,
Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan,
Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
Thursday, March 5, 1998
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Conference Room
Blindness and Visual Services
3rd Floor
111 North Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-3602
Telephone No. (717) 826-2361 (Voice and TDD)
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