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The state Department of Labor & Industry is encouraging public comment on Pennsylvania’s vocational rehabilitation services during a series of meetings scheduled statewide.
Hosted by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation’s Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services and Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, a meeting will be held on March 30 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the conference room of the Wilkes-Barre BBVS District Office, 300 “G” Laird St., Wilkes-Barre. A meeting also was held Thursday.
The public meetings give Pennsylvanians an opportunity to present their ideas and recommendations on how the state can better serve the needs of people with disabilities. The input helps OVR develop and implement its Combined Agency State Plan, which is required by federal law to be reviewed and revised annually.
All public-forum sites are accessible, and interpreters for people who are deaf and hard of hearing will be present. Individuals unable to attend one of the public meetings may submit written comments to their local vocational rehabilitation or blindness and visual services district office. Written comments must be received by April 19.
The Combined Agency State Plan and other information regarding services for people with disabilities may be found online at www.dli.state.pa.us/OVR. For more information, call 826-2361 or 1-888-651-6117 (TTY).