Workforce Development Services - Annual Program Summary
Purpose
This program ensures that persons who are blind or visually impaired (including those who have additional physical and/or mental impairments) have the rehabilitation services they need to prepare for, seek, gain, or retain employment.
Customers and Services
Customers are blind or visually impaired Minnesotans who are
seeking employment or who want to maintain employment. The State Services for the Blind (SSB) provides vocational rehabilitation
services through 15 rehabilitation counselors in 11 field offices, 10
of which are in WorkForce Centers. Services may include vocational
assessment and counseling; training in adjustment to blindness, use of
assistive technology, job-seeking skills, and vocational skills; job placement
assistance; and job adaptation assistance. Services are based
on customer choice and are mutually agreed-upon between customer and counselor
and written into a service plan, which must be tied to the customer's
obtainment of a vocational goal.
Measures - Reporting period is federal fiscal year (FFY), October 1 - September 30
FFY 2005 |
FFY 2006 |
FFY 2007 |
|
| Number served | 1,219 |
1,140 |
1,054 |
| Number who achieved employment outcome | 128 |
104 |
81 |
| Average weekly salary of all closed as employed | $415 |
$385 |
$362 |
Funding Source and Allocation
This program receives approximately $7,140,000 in state, federal, and
match funds.
Statutory Authority
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Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 248;
Minnesota Rules, Chapter 3325;
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended;
U.S. Code, Title 29, Chapter 16
Contact Information
Pamela Brown, Director
Phone: 651.642.0793 or toll-free: 800.652.9000; Fax: 651.649.5927;
TTY: 888.665.3276
E-mail: Pamela.Brown@state.mn.us
Website: www.mnssb.org/index.htm
This information current as of January 2008. For more information on DEED programs, see the State of Minnesota budget pages.