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Public Comment on Special Education Draft Regulations Schedule
Virginia launches website describing community living choice project for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Virginia is one of 31 states participating in a five-year, $1.75 billion Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration project designed to create a system of long-term services and supports that assist individuals to transition from certain long-term care institutions into the community. This project supports Virginia’sOlmstead initiative and complements the efforts of the recently awarded Systems Transformation Grant that aims to improve the infrastructure for community-based long-term supports. Virginia’s MFP project, administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services, will make over $28 million in federal Medicaid funds available to support Virginia’s seniors and individuals with disabilities.
For more details and the most current information on the MFP project, pleasevisit http://www.olmsteadva.com/mfp.
Governor's Directive Supports Board's State Employment Initiative
EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE #8 was signed on October 23, 2007, by Governor Timothy M. Kaine to encourage the hiring of more people with disabilities in state government. The Directive was announced at the Department of Rehabilitative Services Champion Awards luncheon to honor employers who were doing an exemplary job of hiring people with disabilities.
The Directive calls upon all executive branch agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions to examine existing practices relating to employment of people with disabilities, which includes a review of agency recruitment efforts, interviewing criteria, testing procedures and resources to assist in accommodating workers with disabilities. In order to do this effectively, agency hiring managers are encouraged to participate in training offered by the Department of Human Resource Management. This training will be coordinated with Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center project, "Promoting Partnerships and Employment for Virginians with Disabilities," the Board's state government employment initiative.
The Board thanks Ed Turner, the Governor's Senior Advisor for Disability Issues, for his support on this project and the Executive Directive.
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