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November News

Join Us for a Spotlight Drop-In Café

Pleas join us on Monday November 10th from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. for our Spotlight Drop-In Café. You will hear from SSB-Community Partners - SAAVI and Envision. They will share details about their businesses and services. We will also go over a few billing and equipment purchase reminders.

To join the session, follow this link.

Meeting ID: 160 756 7030 Passcode: 326678

Criminal Background Checks

According to contract language, Community Partner background checks were due to us by August 1. While most of our partners are in compliance, there are still a few outstanding. If you have not submitted your checks for this year, please do so.

2026-Forum & Spotlight Meeting Info

The schedule for 2026 SSB Staff & Community Partner Forums and Spotlight Drop-In Cafés has been set. We have made a few changes to past scheduling. Meeting times will be reduced to 30 minutes for both the Forums and Spotlight meetings. We ask that you register for these meetings in advance. Spotlight meetings will occur on the second Wednesday of each month over the noon hour. The forums will be quarterly on the fourth Monday of each month at 8:30 am. To view the entire 2025/2026 schedule, visit our website.

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.