Announcement – Page 3 – State Rehabilitation Council Division for the Blind & Visually Impaired of Maine

Annual Training Conference

10/15/2016 by admin

The SRC-DBVI holds an Annual Training Conference every fall, which provides an opportunity to meet with other councils, suchs as SRC-DVR and the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC), to work on matters of shared interest. During this annual session, a regular council business meeting is also held, which includes elections of council officers and discussion of customary council matters. 2017’s conference included a Joint Annual Training Day for SRC-DBVI and SRC-DVR to focus on WIOA. Agenda for this meeting is available at the link below.

Planning for the 2018 annual training conference will begin in May of 2018. Stay tuned.

More information and Agenda may be found at this link…

LD 1606 Talking Points

03/17/2016 by admin

Here are the talking points for support of DBVI request (MS-Word) for $240,000.00 through LD 1606. Please contact your local representatives regarding this very important issue.

The State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) is a diverse group of people concerned with the quality of vocational rehabilitation services provided to blind Maine citizens.

The SRC’s core functions are to review, analyze, and advise on the policies and practices of DBVI and other related entities that are involved with the employment of people who are blind or who have vision impairments.

More information about the SRC-DBVI…