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Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired briefs committee on services, funding and programs
Summary
The Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired presented an overview of services to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, describing vocational rehabilitation, school‑to‑work transition programs, summer training (VIEW, College Days, work‑readiness), independent living services, a Boise assessment and training center with dorms, the R
Beth Cunningham, administrator of the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Steve Ochabal, independent living program coordinator, provided the Senate Health and Welfare Committee with an overview of the commission’s programs, offices and funding.
Cunningham said the commission’s mission is to empower Idahoans who are blind or visually impaired through vocational rehabilitation, skills training and independent‑living supports. She said the commission served roughly 2,000 people in the last fiscal year and maintains offices in Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls, Lewiston, Pocatello and Twin Falls to serve all 44 counties.
The commission described several programs: vocational rehabilitation services that help clients maintain or obtain competitive employment; school‑to‑work transition services for students ages 14–21; an Assessment and Training Center in Boise that offers 10‑ to…
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