STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL
New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired

The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and its State Rehabilitation Council are conducting two Public Meetings to gather input from consumers, former consumers, professionals, community based organizations, and other interested parties prior to the submittal of the State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation to the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). Your concerns and comments are extremely important to us and will assist in better serving persons who are blind and visually impaired who seek to enter, retain, or advance in employment in an integrated labor market.

The meetings will be held:

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Location: Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
2nd floor - Conference Room
153 Halsey Street
Newark, New Jersey 07101

Time: 2 pm to 6 pm

and

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008

Location: New Jersey Library for the Blind & Handicapped
Conference Room
2300 Stuyvesant Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08625

Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Oral Comments

If you wish to make an oral presentation, please contact::

Greg Patty, Chief of Field Operations
N.J Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101
Tel: (973) 648- 4796
Email: greg.patty@dhs.state.nj.us

Written Comments

If you are unable to attend, but wish to submit written comments, they must be received by May 5, 2008 to the following address:

Vito DeSantis, Executive Director
N.J. Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
PO Box 47017
Newark, New Jersey 7101
Fax: (973) 648-7364
Email: vito.desantis@dhs.state.nj.us