NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Public Comment on the Proposed Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments; Times Announced for Public Comment

[39 Pa.B. 1268]
[Saturday, March 7, 2009]

   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 on its proposed Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments. The FFY 2010 begins on October 1, 2009, and ends on September 30, 2010.

   The purpose of this period of comment is to provide individuals, advocates and other interested parties and/or organizations opportunities 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 District Offices and the Hiram G. Andrews Center (HGAC).

   OVR is required, under law, to develop and implement a Combined Agency State Plan, which must be reviewed and, as necessary, revised annually when there are changes to its VR program. These revisions take the form of updates to existing attachments. The Plan currently in effect is for FFY 2009 and is a compliance document now on file with the Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration and United States Department of Education. It is the blueprint for the provision of VR services to persons with disabilities living in this Commonwealth.

   This period of public comment allows interested parties an opportunity to provide input regarding the Commonwealth's public VR program. Comment is being solicited regarding the following State Plan Attachments: 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 the Vocational Rehabilitation State Plan, the agency's Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services 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, which are unique to their funding.

   The listing is the pertinent information for the upcoming public meetings. 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 call the OVR District Office conducting the public meeting a person wishes to attend. If an individual or organization's representative is unable to attend a public meeting, but wishes to provide testimony, written comments may be mailed to the appropriate District Office serving the area in which the individual/organization member resides. Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., Monday, April 30, 2009.

   Persons or organizations wishing to obtain a copy of the proposed FFY 2010 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments or other information should call the contact person listed for the appropriate District Office serving their county's geographical area.

   A copy of the approved FFY 2009 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments, as well as the proposed FFY 2010 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments, will be available on the OVR web site, www.dli.state.pa.us by using ''Disability Services'' as the Keyword.

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation District Office

State Plan Meeting Information

Allentown BVRS District Office
(Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton Counties)
45 North Fourth Street, Allentown, PA 18102
(800) 922-9536 (Voice), (888) 377-9207 (TTY)
Date: April 1, 2009, 4 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Rick Walters

Altoona BBVS District Office
(Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour,    Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union Counties)
1130 12th Avenue, Fourth Floor Conference Room, Altoona, PA 16601
(866) 695-7673 (Voice), (866) 320-7956 (TTY)
Date: March 26, 2009, 3 p.m.--5:30 p.m.
Contact Person: Ann Strollo

Altoona BVRS District Office
(Bedford, Blair, Centre, Fulton and Huntingdon Counties)
1130 12th Avenue, Fourth Floor Conference Room, Altoona, PA 16601
(800) 442-6343 (Voice), (866) 320-7955 (TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Pamela Montgomery

Dubois BVRS District Office
(Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson and McKean Counties)
199 Beaver Drive, DuBois, PA 15801
(800) 922-4017 (Voice/TTY)
Date: March 26, 2009, 11 a.m.--12 p.m. and 5 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Catherine Farr or Ralph Serafini

Erie BBVS District Office
(Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and    Warren Counties)
Date: April 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m.--12 p.m.
Perkins Family Restaurant
18276 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, PA 16335
 
and
 
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Conference Room
3100 Lovell Place, Erie, PA 16503
(866) 521-5073 (Voice), (888) 884-5513 (TTY)
Date: April 7, 2009, 5 p.m.--6:30 p.m.
Contact Person: Dawn Sokol

Erie BVRS District Office
(Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties)
Erie District Office Conference Room, 3200 Lovell Place, Erie, PA 16503
(800) 541-0721 (Voice), (888) 217-1710 (TTY)
Date: April 7, 2009, 1 p.m.--2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.--6:30 p.m.
Contact Person: Jack Hewitt

Harrisburg BBVS District Office
(Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York Counties)
(866) 375-8264 (Voice), (888) 575-9420 (TTY)
Forum Place, 8th Floor Conference Room, 555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Date: April 7, 2009, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Karen Knaub
 
and
 
Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired in the Commons Room
244 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603
Date: April 8, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Kay Macsi (717) 291-5951

Harrisburg BVRS District Office
(Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin and Perry Counties)
Forum Place, 8th Floor Conference Room, 555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
(800) 442-6352 (Voice), (877) 497-6545 (TTY)
Date: April 8, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Chuck Cavalovitch

Johnstown BVRS District Office
(Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties)
HGAC Seminar Theater
727 Goucher Street, Section 10, Johnstown, PA 15905
(800) 762-4223 (Voice), (866) 862-6891 (TTY)
Date: April 1, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: John Brown

New Castle BVRS District Office
(Armstrong, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Counties)
Conference Room
100 Margaret Street, New Castle, PA 16101
(800) 442-6379 (Voice), (888) 870-4476 (TTY)
Date: April 2, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Gary Gay

Norristown BVRS District Office
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties)
1875 New Hope Street, Norristown, PA 19401
(800) 221-1042 (Voice), (888) 616-0470 (TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 3:30 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Michael Wakefield

Philadelphia BBVS District Office
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)
Meeting held at Philadelphia BBVS District Office Conference Room
5th Floor Conference Room, 444 North Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(866) 631-3892 (Voice), (888) 870-4473 (TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 5 p.m.--7 p.m.
 
and
 
Associated Services for the Blind
919 Walnut Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(866) 631-3892 (Voice), (888) 870-4473 (TTY)
Date: April 7, 2009, 2:30 p.m.--4:30 p.m.
Contact Person: Roland Gensel

Philadelphia BVRS District Office
(Philadelphia County)
5th Floor Conference Room, 444 North Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(800) 442-6381 (Voice), (800) 772-9031 (TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 2 p.m.--4 p.m. and 5 p.m.--7 p.m.
Contact Person: Rose Higby

Pittsburgh BBVS District Office
(Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Pittsburgh District Office Conference Room, 531 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(866) 412-4072 (Voice), (877) 255-5082 (TTY)
Date: April 1, 2009, 4 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Deb Armbruster

Pittsburgh BVRS District Office
(Allegheny County)
Pittsburgh District Office Conference Room, 531 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(800) 442-6371 (Voice), (888) 870-4474 (TTY)
Date: March 26, 2009, 5:30 p.m.--7 p.m.
Contact Person: Gary Donatelli

Reading BVRS District Office
(Berks and Schuylkill Counties)
1090 Commons Boulevard, Reading, PA 19605
(800) 442-0949 (Voice), (877) 475-7326 (TTY)
Date: March 26, 2008, 2 p.m.--3 p.m. and 5 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Janell Shaffer-Yoder

Washington BVRS District Office
(Fayette, Greene and Washington Counties)
Fayette Community Action Building
Conference Room B
137 North Beeson Boulevard, Uniontown, PA
Date: March 30, 2009, 11:30 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
(800) 442-6367 (Voice/TTY)
Contact Person: Mary Lou Danko
 
and
 
Washington District Office Conference Room
201 West Wheeling Street, Washington, PA 15301
(800) 442-6367 (Voice/TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 4:30 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Mary Lou Danko

Wilkes-Barre BBVS District Office
(Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna,    Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
Allentown BVRS District Office Conference Room
45 North 4th Street, Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 821-6441, (888) 377-9207 (TTY)
Date: March 26, 2009, 4 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Carol Siscovich (570) 826-2361, Ext. 219
 
and 
Wilkes-Barre District Office BBVS
Wilkes-Barre District Office Conference Room, 300G Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
(866) 227-4163 (Voice) or (570) 826-2361, (888) 651-6117 (TTY)
Date: April 9, 2008, 4 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Stan Swaintek

Wilkes-Barre BVRS District Office
(Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
Wilkes-Barre OVR, 300G Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
(800) 634-2060 (Voice), (888) 651-6117 (TTY)
Date: April 1, 2008, 1 p.m.--2 p.m. and 5 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Peggy Doyle

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
(800) 442-6359 (Voice), (800) 706-0884 (TTY)
Date: March 31, 2009, 3 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: Susan Swartz

York BVRS District Office
(Adams, Franklin, Lancaster and York Counties)
2550 Kingston Road, Suite 101, York, PA 17402
(800) 762-6306 (Voice), (866) 466-1404 (TTY)
Date: April 8, 2008, 2 p.m.--6 p.m.
Contact Person: R. Barry Brandt

SANDI VITO,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-433. Filed for public inspection March 6, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]

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