New VR Service for Hard of
Hearing Job Seekers
The Minnesota Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Program and the Minnesota Commission Serving
Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (MCDHH) are pleased to announce a
new staff collaboration aimed at improving employment opportunities
for Minnesotans who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened and
Deaf Blind.
Effective February 15, 2006 Rehabilitation Program Specialist Rubin
Latz is on loan one day a week to MCDHH from the VR Program. He will
assist Executive Director Mary Hartnett and Commission members with
a number of employment issues. VR is a Workforce Development Program
for persons with disabilities located in the Rehabilitation Services
branch of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
(DEED).
First priority for this collaboration will be implementation of
recommendations from the 2002 DeafBlind Task Force with the active
participation of consumers and the leadership and staff at State
Services for the Blind.
Rehabilitation Services
Director Kim Peck describes this sharing of staff expertise as “…a
win - win - win.” Ultimately,
the commission, the agency, Minnesota consumers and their employers
will all benefit.
