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May Newsletter

Partner Post Highlighting Collaboration and Shared Goals

May Newsletter

Free Toolbox!

Beginning in July, SSB Staff and Community Partners will begin building a new toolbox filled with great techniques to build your customers' confidence. We will kick off a new fiscal year in July with training to help us all define self-advocacy and self-awareness. Every month, we will continue building the toolbox with resources, conversations, and shared ideas.

Who is the Person in the Center?

Have you heard of person-centered practices? It is not a trend.

As part of the statues that governs our Community Partners building a positive attitude toward blindness, low vision or being DeafBlind, person-centered practices is a requirement for all our partners. We hope to provide you with resources, discussions, and tools that can help you articulate how your customers can achieve positive personal awareness as you apply person-centered practices in your interactions with customers. These resources will be available to SSB staff as well.

Drop-In Cafe Reminder

Tuesday May 13th at 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. is the date and time of our next Drop-In Cafe for Community Partners and staff. This is an open meeting time to ask questions and hear what the latest news. Please join us on zoom at:

https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1603090849?pwd=3maCaeNIhnv8x4wOnFVNnGEwKWCyJc.1

Meeting ID: 160 309 0849 Passcode: 397063

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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SSB is an equal opportunity employer and program provider.

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.