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Family urges county action after state-funded vocational hire stalled
Summary
A Charlotte resident and his father told commissioners county staffing and policy delays have blocked use of state vocational-rehabilitation funding to place the resident in library work, citing ADA obligations and requesting the board review submitted dossier materials.
During the public-appearance period the board heard two public comments focused on access and inclusion. Jeanette Kennard, executive director of Bright Hopes, urged supports to help parents access students' online report cards and school information — a call for better outreach and digital-assistance supports.
Later Joseph Birch ("the 2nd") and his father described a stalled placement under North Carolina vocational rehabilitation: Birch said state funds are available to subsidize his employment at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, but county hiring practices and interagency paperwork have blocked the placement. Birch said the family submitted an "equity action plan placement pilot request" to county HR and library leaders on June 17 and then received slow responses; the father read excerpts of an HR email and invoked ADA Title II obligations. Chair Jarrell responded that staff would review the dossier the family submitted.
