296352 Title I State Plan Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the Title VI-B State Plan Supplement for Supported Employment Services

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY SERVICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

D.C. Department on Disability Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration to Hold a Public Hearing on the Title I State Plan Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the Title VI-B State Plan Supplement for Supported Employment Services

 

Friday, July 9, 2010, 1-4 pm

Washington DC Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA)

600 5^th Street, N.W.

1^st Floor Lobby Level Meeting Room

Washington, DC  20005

 

Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and its implementing federal regulations, the D.C. Rehabilitation Services Administration will hold a public hearing on July 9, 2010, from 1-4 pm to obtain input on RSA’s Title I State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the Title VI-B State Plan Supplement for Supported Employment Services. (See 34 C.F.R. §361.20)  Prior to the hearing, the public will have 30 calendar days to submit comments on the State Plan.

The purpose of the hearing is to ensure that recommendations are received from consumers, service providers, advocacy organizations and other interested individuals on how the agency can better achieve the following:

 

·         Provide more help to consumers with disabilities in finding employment;

·         Provide more information to consumers;

·         Provide better information on the vocational rehabilitation program and its processes;

·         Identify barriers to employment;

·         Improve and expand vocational rehabilitation services to minorities;

·         Expand vocational rehabilitation services for persons with significant disabilities; and

·         Increase employer utilization of the vocational rehabilitation program.

 

Persons wishing to review the State Plan may access it online by visiting the Agency’s website at www.dds.dc.gov or in person at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. A hard copy and CD of the State Plan will be located at the Reference Desk of Adaptive Services, Washingtonian Division at the MLK Memorial Library.

 

Individuals who wish to testify should contact Ms. Suzanne Clay, no later than 4:45pm on July 7, 2010, and should provide the following:  name(s); address (es); telephone number(s); organizational affiliation(s); accommodation need(s); if any, and two (2) copies of the proposed testimony.  Ms. Clay can be reached via email at [e-mail] or via telephone [phone] (TDD); or 202-540-8468 (VP).  All testimony will be limited to ten (10) minutes. 

 

Individuals who wish to submit comments can begin doing so starting June 14, 2010.  The 30-day comment period ends July 13, 2010.  Comments can be submitted two ways:  via email to [e-mail] or by mail to:

 

Suzanne Clay

District of Columbia Department on Disability Services

Rehabilitation Services Administration

1125 15^th Street, NW

4^th Floor

Washington, DC 20005

 

Comments sent via email must be received by 5:00 pm; mailed documents must be postmarked by the deadline date.  All questions should be directed to Ms. Clay, 202-442-8466; 202-442-8613 (TDD); 202-540-8468 (VP).  Ms. Clay can be reached Monday through Friday, from 9-3 pm.