NOTICES
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; Public Meetings
[28 Pa.B. 1049] The Department of Labor and Industry, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, (OVR) under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1992, announces a series of public meetings to be conducted throughout the Commonwealth. The purpose of the meetings is to provide individuals, advocates and other interested parties and/or organizations the opportunity to present their views and recommendations regarding vocational rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities. In Pennsylvania, those services are provided by OVR through a network of 15 District Offices and the Hiram G. Andrews Center.
OVR is required, under law, to develop and implement a State Plan and a Strategic Plan, both of which must be reviewed and, as necessary, revised annually. These Plans, currently in effect for the period 1998 through 2000, are compliance documents filed with the Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, United States Department of Education. Together they are the blueprints for provision of vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Customer input received through this series of public meetings will be used to measure the effectiveness of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation's State and Strategic Plans and will form the basis upon which those Plans may be revised. Copies of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation's State and/or Strategic Plans are available upon request.
Testimony relevant to any aspect of vocational rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities is invited. Input focusing on customer awareness/understanding of OVR services, customer satisfaction with OVR services, and recommendations for improvements to OVR services will be particularly helpful.
All meeting sites are accessible and interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing will be present at each public meeting. For additional information, reasonable accommodation requests, or alternative format requests please call the OVR District Office conducting the public meeting you wish to attend.
If an individual or organization is unable to attend the public meetings, but wishes to give testimony, written comments may be mailed to the appropriate District Office serving the area in which the individual/organization resides. Written comments should be submitted to that District Office by Friday, April 24, 1998.
A listing of OVR District Offices and the Hiram G. Andrews Center, their addresses and toll-free telephone numbers follows. The OVR public meetings are planned for the first 2 weeks of April, 1998. Persons/organizations wishing to obtain information regarding the specific time and location of the meeting(s) in their area, copies of the OVR State and Strategic Plans, or other information regarding OVR services should contact the OVR District Office in their area.
Allentown OVR District Office (Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe
and Northampton Counties)
160 Hamilton Street, Suite 100
Allentown, PA 18101
1 (800) 922-9536 (Voice)
1 (610) 821-6144 (TTY)Altoona OVR District Office (Bedford, Blair, Centre,
Fulton and Huntingdon Counties)
1101 Green Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
1 (800) 442-6343 (Voice)
1 (814) 946-7240 (Voice and TTY)DuBois OVR District Office (Cameron, Clearfield,
Elk, Jefferson and McKean Counties)
199 Beaver Drive
DuBois, PA 15801
1 (800) 922-4017 (Voice)
1 (814) 371-7505 (TTY)Erie OVR District Office (Clarion, Crawford, Erie,
Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties)
1600-C Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA 16505
1 (800) 541-0721 (Voice)
1 (814) 871-4535 (TTY)Harrisburg OVR District Office (Cumberland, Dauphin,
Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin and Perry Counties)
2971-B N. Seventh Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
1 (800) 442-6352 (Voice)
1 (717) 787-4013 (TTY)Johnstown OVR District Office (Cambria, Indiana,
Somerset and Westmoreland Counties)
Hiram G. Andrews Center
727 Goucher Street
Johnstown, PA 15905
1 (800) 762-4223 (Voice)
1 (814) 255-5510 (TTY)New Castle OVR District Office (Armstrong, Beaver,
Butler and Lawrence Counties)
100 Margaret Street
New Castle, PA 16101
1 (800) 442-6379 (Voice)
1 (724) 656-3252 (TTY)Philadelphia OVR District Office
(Philadelphia County)
444 N. Third Street--Fifth Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19123
1 (800) 442-6381 (Voice)
1 (215) 560-6144 (TTY)Pittsburgh OVR District Office
(Allegheny County)
217 State Office Building
300 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
1 (800) 442-6371 (Voice)
1 (412) 392-5936 (TTY)Reading OVR District Office
(Berks and Schuylkill Counties)
1090 Commons Blvd.
Reading, PA 19605-3332
1 (800) 442-0949 (Voice)
1 (610) 378-4433 (TTY)Rosemont OVR District Office (Bucks, Chester,
Delaware and Montgomery Counties)
1062 Lancaster Avenue
Rosemont, PA 19010
1 (800) 221-1042 (Voice)
1 (610) 525-5835 (TTY)Washington OVR District Office (Fayette, Greene
and Washington Counties)
201 W. Wheeling Street
Washington, PA 15301
1 (800) 442-6367 (Voice)
1 (724) 223-4430 (TTY)Wilkes-Barre OVR District Office (Bradford,
Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Sullivan,
Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
665 Carey Avenue
P. O. Box 1105
Wilkes Barre, PA 18773
1 (800) 634-2060 (Voice)
1 (717) 826-2023 (TTY)Williamsport OVR District Office (Clinton, Lycoming,
Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Tioga
and Union Counties)
The Grit Building--Suite 102
208 W. Third Street
Williamsport, PA 17701-6410
1 (800) 442-6359 (Voice)
1 (717) 327-3620 (TTY)York OVR District Office (Adams, Franklin,
Lancaster and York Counties)
2550 Kingston Road
York, PA 17402-3792
1 (800) 762-6306 (Voice)
1 (717) 771-4433 (TTY)The Hiram G. Andrews Center
727 Goucher Street
Johnstown, PA 15905
1 (800) 762-4211 (Voice)
1 (814) 255-8200 (Voice and TTY)JOHN J. BUTLER,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-311. Filed for public inspection February 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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