403 Public comment on Federal Fiscal Year 2007 Combined Agency State Plan attachments

DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Public Comment on Federal Fiscal Year 2007 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments

[36 Pa.B. 1190]

   The Department of Labor and Industry, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, announces a period of public comment throughout this Commonwealth. The purpose of this period of comment is to provide individuals, advocates and other interested parties and/or organizations the opportunity to present their views and recommendations regarding Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services for persons with disabilities. In this Commonwealth, these services are provided by OVR through a network of 21 local District Offices and the Hiram G. Andrews Center (HGAC). OVR has 15 district offices organized under its Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (BVRS) and six offices under its Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS).

   OVR is required under law to develop and implement a Combined Agency State Plan (State Plan), which must be reviewed and, as necessary, revised annually when there are changes to its VR program. The State Plan currently in effect for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2006 is a compliance document filed with the Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, United States Department of Education. It is the blueprint for the provision of VR services to persons with disabilities in this Commonwealth.

   This period of public comment allows interested parties an opportunity to provide input regarding the Commonwealth's public VR program. Specifically, comment is being solicited regarding the following State Plan components: input and recommendations of the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Council; comprehensive system of personnel development; annual estimate of individuals to be served and costs of services; OVR's goals and priorities; Order of Selection; distribution of Supported Employment funds; and Innovation and Expansion activities. In addition to these areas, BBVS will accept public comment on the Business Enterprise Program, Specialized Services for Children and Adults and Independent Living Services for Older Persons Who are Blind.

   Following is the pertinent information for the upcoming public meetings. These meetings will be held between March 29, 2006, and April 13, 2006. All meeting sites are accessible and interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind will be present at each public meeting. For additional information, reasonable accommodation requests or alternative format requests, individuals should call the BVRS or BBVS district office conducting the public meeting they wish to attend. If an individual or organization is unable to attend a public meeting, but wishes to give testimony, written comments may be mailed to the appropriate BVRS or BBVS district office serving the area in which the individual/organization resides. Written comments must be submitted by April 28, 2006.

   Persons/organizations wishing to obtain information regarding the specific time and location of a meeting in their area, a copy of the proposed FFY 2007 State Plan Attachments or other information should contact the appropriate district office in their area.

   Copies of the current FFY 2006 and the proposed 2007 State Plan Attachments are available on the OVR website, www.state.pa.us, using Disability Services as the PA Keyword.

OVR District Offices

Allentown BVRS District Office
(Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton Counties)
45 North 4th Street, Allentown, PA 18102
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 4, 2006      Time:  2 p.m.--4:00 p.m.
Contact Person:  Richard Walters

Altoona BBVS District Office
(Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union Counties)
Conference Room
1130 12th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16601
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  10 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:  Anne Strollo

Altoona BVRS District Office
(Bedford, Blair, Centre, Fulton and Huntingdon Counties)
1130 12th Avenue, Suite 500, Altoona, PA 16601
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 7, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--3 p.m.
Contact Person:  Carl Pillar

Dubois BVRS District Office
(Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson and McKean
Counties)
199 Beaver Drive, DuBois, PA 15801
[phone] (Voice/TTY)
Date:  April 3, 2006      Time:  11 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Catherine Farr

Erie BBVS District Office
(Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren Counties)
Perkins Family Restaurant
280 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, PA 16335
[phone] (Restaurant)
Erie BBVS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 3, 2006      Time:  10 a.m.--2 p.m.
Contact Person:  Bruce Best

Erie BVRS District Office
(Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties)
Conference Room
3200 Lovell Place, Erie, PA 16503
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 12, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--4 p.m.
Contact Person:  Keith Donati

Harrisburg BBVS District Office
(Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York Counties)
Forum Place
8th Floor Conference Room
555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 3, 2006      Time:  11 a.m.--2 p.m.
Contact Person:  Mary Moyer

Harrisburg BVRS District Office
(Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin and Perry Counties)
Forum Place
8th Floor Conference Room
555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 3, 2006      Time:  3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person:  Charles Cavalovitch

Johnstown BVRS District Office
(Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland
Counties)
HGAC Seminar Theater
727 Goucher Street, Section 10, Johnstown, PA 15905
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:   April 12, 2006      Time:  3 p.m.--5 p.m.
Contact Person:  John Brown

New Castle BVRS District Office
(Armstrong, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Counties)
Beaver County Careerlink Conference Room
2103 North Ninth Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
[phone] (Careerlink)
New Castle BVRS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 13, 2006      Time:  10 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:  Celeste Dute

New Castle BVRS District Office
(Armstrong, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Counties)
Butler County Careerlink Conference Room
Pullman Commerce Center
112 Hollywood Drive, Suite 101, Butler, PA 16001
[phone] (Careerlink)
New Castle BVRS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:   April 5, 2006      Time:  10 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:   Celeste Dute

Norristown BVRS District Office
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties)
1875 New Hope Street, Norristown, PA 19401
[phone] (Voice)       [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 11, 2006      Time:  3 p.m.-- 6 p.m.
Contact Person:  Russell Czajka

Philadelphia BBVS District Office
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)
Associated Services for the Blind
919 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
[phone] (ASB)
Philadelphia BBVS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 11, 2006      Time:  1:30 p.m.-- 4:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Merlyne Harvey

Philadelphia BVRS District Office
(Philadelphia County)
5th Floor Conference Room
444 North Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 6, 2006      Time:  2 p.m.--4 p.m.
Contact Person:  Rose Higby

Pittsburgh BBVS District Office
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland Counties)
1075 Kossman Building, 400 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  March 29, 2006      Time:  10:30 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:  Deborah Armbruster

Pittsburgh BBVS District Office
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Beaver County Association for the Blind (BCAB)
616 Fourth Street, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
[phone] (BCAB)
Pittsburgh BBVS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 4, 2006      Time:  10:30 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:  Deborah Armbruster

Pittsburgh BBVS District Office
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Washington-Greene Association for the Blind (WGAB)
566 East Maiden Street, Washington, PA 15301
[phone] (WGAB)
Pittsburgh BBVS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  10:30 a.m.--12 p.m.
Contact Person:  Deborah Armbruster

Pittsburgh BBVS District Office
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Westmoreland County Blind Association (WCBA)
911 South Main Street, Greensburg, PA 15601
[phone] (WCBA)
Pittsburgh BBVS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 7, 2006      Time:  10 a.m.--12 noon
Contact Person:  Deborah Armbruster

Pittsburgh BVRS District Office
(Allegheny County)
The Civic Building
1st Floor Conference Room
200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
[phone] (The Civic Building)
Pittsburgh BVRS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice)
[phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 7, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--3 p.m.
Contact Person:  Stanley Swaintek

Reading BVRS District Office
(Berks and Schuylkill Counties)
1090 Commons Boulevard, Reading, PA 19605
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 4, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--3 p.m.
Contact Person:  Janell Shaffer-Yoder

Washington BVRS District Office
(Fayette, Greene and Washington Counties)
201 West Wheeling Street, Washington, PA 15301
[phone] (Voice/TTY)
Date:  April 4, 2006      Time:  11:30 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Robert Laick

Washington BVRS District Office
(Fayette, Greene and Washington Counties)
Fayette County Community Action Building
137 North Beeson Boulevard, Uniontown, PA 15401
[phone], Ext. 224 (Fayette County Community Action Building)
Washington BVRS D.O.:  [phone] (Voice/TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  11:30 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Robert Laick

Wilkes-Barre BBVS District Office
(Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
300 G Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  3:30 p.m.--4:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Joseph Gocek

Wilkes-Barre BVRS District Office
(Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
300 G Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--3 p.m.
Contact Person:  Vance Coover

Williamsport BVRS District Office
(Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Tioga and Union Counties)
Conference Room
The Grit Building, Suite 102, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 13, 2006      Time:  1 p.m.--3 p.m.
Contact Person:  Nicholas Pecone

York BVRS District Office
(Adams, Franklin, Lancaster and York Counties)
2550 Kingston Road, Suite 101, York, PA 17402
[phone] (Voice)      [phone] (TTY)
Date:  April 5, 2006      Time:  2 p.m.--5 p.m.
Contact Person:  R. Barry Brandt

STEPHEN M. SCHMERIN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-403. Filed for public inspection March 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]