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July Forum & Other Info

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July Forum Info

This is a friendly reminder about our Community Partner & SSB Staff Forum on Tuesday July 8th, 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdeurrTssGXO9k9nYYOzcI2Joj83q2gs

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Here are links to the Forum Agenda and PowerPoint.

Interactive Map & Elevator Pitch

We now have an interactive map with most of our Community Partners listed. If you are not finding your business on the map, please contact Susan.Kusz@state.mn.us. In addition to your information, we are linking your elevator pitch. We feel it is important for you to complete a short video about your business for customers and staff to know more about you and the services you provide. We strongly encourage you to complete this.

Contact Lisa.Rogers@state.mn.us to get started with your elevator pitch video.

Listening Sessions-SRC-B Needs Assessment Taskforce

The SRC-B Needs Assessment Taskforce is hosting listening sessions in July as part of our 2025 Needs Assessment report. We’ve sent out links for session information and registration to all our WDU and Pre-ETS customers, but I am also sharing with you in the hopes that you could mention it again when meet with your customers. We would like wide participation in order to get the most comprehensive Needs Assessment report. Thank you for helping with this important outreach!

Here’s the links for the session information and registration. Information is also posted on the SSB website homepage and in the SSB News page.

Click this link to learn more about the listening sessions.

Click this link to register for a listening session.

Workforce One - WF1

Many of our partners have taken the WF1 training and completed the agency and staff access forms. The training video and documents needed to complete your access are now posted on our website on the training page.

After watching the video, if you have questions or want to submit the paperwork needed for access, please contact susan.kusz@state.mn.us.

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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.