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[pattisgregory@comcast.net Patti S. Gregory-Chang]

Here is what I am sending to my congressman.

On February 5, 2007, the Bush Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2008. I am writing to express grave concerns with respect to the treatment of vocational rehabilitation state grant funding which is chiefly responsible for providing training and employment opportunities for the blind. 
Though the Rehabilitation Act requires a cost-of-living increase for this program based on the consumer price index, the president’s budget proposes to keep 2008 funding the same as that for 2007. If blind people are to achieve the self-sufficiency we deserve, the services provided by vocational rehabilitation are critical, and with no additional funding, reduced service will result. Blind Americans need more rehabilitation, not less.
Blind Americans rely on services provided through vocational rehabilitation to prepare for and obtain employment. Therefore, it is critical that Congress does not accept the president’s proposal to provide no increase of vocational rehabilitation funds. Please support the guarantee made by the Rehabilitation Act and provide the cost of living increase for this essential program.

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Patti S. Gregory-Chang 
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois 
pattisgregory at comcast.net
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Here is what I am sending to my congressman.
 
On February 5, 2007, the Bush Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2008. I am writing to express grave concerns with respect to the treatment of vocational rehabilitation state grant funding which is chiefly responsible for providing training and employment opportunities for the blind.
Though the Rehabilitation Act requires a cost-of-living increase for this program based on the consumer price index, the president’s budget proposes to keep 2008 funding the same as that for 2007. If blind people are to achieve the self-sufficiency we deserve, the services provided by vocational rehabilitation are critical, and with no additional funding, reduced service will result. Blind Americans need more rehabilitation, not less.
Blind Americans rely on services provided through vocational rehabilitation to prepare for and obtain employment. Therefore, it is critical that Congress does not accept the president’s proposal to provide no increase of vocational rehabilitation funds. Please support the guarantee made by the Rehabilitation Act and provide the cost of living increase for this essential program.
 
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Patti S. Gregory-Chang
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattisgregory at comcast.net