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September Updates

State Services for the Blind Partner Post

New Look for our Community Partner Webpages

The SSB Community Partners Contract Team and Outreach Team have been working together for several months to revamp our Community Partner webpages. A big thanks to Deanne, our webmaster, who has worked tirelessly with us on these changes. We would love to hear your feedback or suggestions on our redesigned webpages. Please complete this short survey.

Action Needed - Community Partner Infomation Needed

SSB - Is working hard to provide correct information on our website about our community partners. Please complete your infomation by answering these questions on this short form.

Community Partner Spotlight

Deaf Friendly Biz has been with SSB for the last seven years. Jamie Duncan the owner specializing in serving individuals who are Deafblind, those needing job placement or coaching, work experiences and more. To read the entire spotlight article follow this link.

Community Parner & SSB Staff Forum

Based on your valuable feedback we’ve adjusted the length and scheduling of our Partner Forums in ways that we hope will better match your needs. We’ve trimmed the meeting time to a more manageable one hour, and, also following your suggestions, moved the start time.

Our next community partner & SSB staff forum will be held on Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Topics will include how WF1 is working out for those in the pilot group and advantages of using this tool for billing & invoices.

Here is the link to the meeting.

Click here for the draft agenda.

End of Federal Fiscal Year Reminder

This is a reminder to our community partners that September 30^th marks the end of the Federal Fiscal Year. We really need you to submit any outstanding reports and invoices at this time so we can process those from the correct fiscal year. Read the entire reminder.

MnDOT Workshop Oct. 22nd

MnDOT’s Office of Transit and Active Transportation is working on a project in which they are developing best practices for bicycle facility design – especially when it comes to trails and bike paths that are not in the street. Receive compensation and free lunch for your participation. For more information contact: Cody Christianson

Cody.christianson@bolton-menk.com

(701) 566-5339 ext. 3496

State Services for the Blind provides tools and training for employment, living independently, and accessing print. We assist Minnesotans who are blind, DeafBlind, experiencing vision loss, or have difficulty accessing the printed word.

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The Minnesota State Services for the Blind Vocational Rehabilitation program receives 78.69 percent of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For federal fiscal year 2024, the total amount of grant funds awarded were $10,410,449. The remaining 21.3 percent of the costs ($2,817,568) were funded by Minnesota state appropriations.