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Vocational
Rehabilitation
Client Assistance
Program
Services to Blind/Visually Impaired
Disability Adjudication
Office of
Disability Employment Policy
Participant Services Policy and Procedures
Manual
NV State
Rehabilitation Council
Certified Interpreters
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Nevada State Rehabilitation
Council
The mission of the Nevada
State Rehabilitation Council
(NSRC) is to help ensure that vocational rehabilitation programs (Bureau
of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired)
are consumer oriented, consumer driven, and that the programs' services
and resources result in employment outcomes for Nevadans with
disabilities.
The Council may assist you
or others in the community in the following ways:
- Help disabled
individuals obtain services which may help them become employable.
- Put employers in
contact with disabled individuals who may fill their staffing needs.
- Receive and relay
client experiences about the state or the community vocational
rehabilitation programs.
- Receive and relay
ideas about improving vocational rehabilitation services.
Council
meetings are held at least quarterly, teleconferencing between
Carson City and Las Vegas, so that members unable to travel may
attend.
Scheduled meetings of of the Nevada State Rehabilitation Council
are:
January 26, 2007
March 23, 2007
April 20, 2007
September 7, 2007
October 19, 2007
December 7, 2007
Council Composition
The Council has a minimum of 16
members as required by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. The
number in parentheses indicates the minimum representation from various
constituencies. The category and current members follow. Individuals
interested in being considered for membership may call (775) 687-1920 to
ask for information.
Minimum
Representation |
Members |
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(1) |
State Independent Living
Council - Mary Evilsizer |
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(1) |
Parent Training &
Information Center - Gillian Wells |
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(1) |
Client Assistance Program
-
Robin Hall-Walker |
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(1) |
Vocational rehabilitation
counselor (ex officio) - Kathryn (Mandy) LeBlanc |
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(1) |
Representative of a
community rehabilitation program service provider - Bill
Murphy and Veronica Wilson |
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(4) |
Representatives of
business, industry and labor - Gary Cottino and Denyse Lizer,
Chris Syverson, Ed Guthrie |
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(2) |
To be announced |
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(1) |
Former client of
vocational rehabilitation - Denyse Lizer |
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(1) |
American Indian
vocational rehabilitation program - To be announced |
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(1) |
State Department of
Education/individual responsible for service under the IDEA
- Dr. Tom Venardos |
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(1) |
Representative of the
Workforce Investment Board -
Jean Peyton |
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(1) |
Rehabilitation Division
Administrator (ex officio) -
Michael Coleman, Ed. D. |
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(0) |
Legislator - Senator
Barbara Cegavske |
Southern Nevada
Phone:
(702) 486-5230
TTY:
(702) 486-1018
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Northern Nevada
Phone:
(775) 684-4040
TTY:
(775) 684-8400
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