2014 November 8 12, 2014 Hyatt Regency Miami, FL
2013 Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation 2014 SATURDAY, November 8, 2014 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. NATIONAL COALITION OF STATE REHABILITATION COUNCILS (NCSRC) MERRICK 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. NEW STATE DIRECTOR TRAINING GUATIER John Connelly, Presiding SUNDAY, November 9, 2014 9 a.m. 4:30 p.m. NEW STATE DIRECTOR TRAINING GUATIER John Connelly, Presiding 9:30 a.m. 4 p.m. NATIONAL COALITION OF STATE REHABILITATION COUNCILS (NCSRC) MERRICK 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Materials/Name Tags Available (No On-Site Registration) LOWER PROMENADE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HIBISCUS A 1
MONDAY, November 10, 2014 7:15 a.m. 8:15 a.m. Materials/Name Tags Available (No On-Site Registration) LOWER PROMENADE 8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m. FIRST GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Steve Wooderson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CSAVR Welcome: Betsy Hopkins, President, CSAVR, State Director, Maine General Aleisa McKinlay, State Director, Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Robert Doyle, State Director, Florida Division of Blind Services Steve Wooderson, CEO, Introduction of New State Directors and Dr. Fred Schroeder, Executive Director, National Rehabilitation Association, (NRA) Washington Update and Call to Action on Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Steve Wooderson, CEO, CSAVR WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Presiding: Steve Wooderson, CEO, CSAVR Introduction of Connie Garner: Rita Martin, Deputy Director, CSAVR Presenting: Connie Garner, Policy Director & Practice Leader Government Strategies Practice Group, Foley & Hoag Questions and Answers Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Chandler, Arizona2
2014 2013 MONDAY, November 10, 2014 cont d 9:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m. COFFEE RECEPTION TO HONOR NEW STATE DIRECTORS PRE-FUNCTION 10:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. SECOND GENERAL SESSION THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OVERVIEW OF TITLE IV: AMENDMENTS TO THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 Presiding: Steve Wooderson, CEO, CSAVR Presenting: Michael Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Melody Musgrove, Director, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Johan Uvin, Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (0CTAE) Gerri Fiala, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Janet LaBreck, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. SECOND GENERAL SESSION cont d TITLE IV - SECTION 109 TRAINING AND SERVICES FOR EMPLOYERS / OOS EXEMPTION FOR SPECIFIC VR CONSUMERS Presiding: Robert Doyle, State Director, Florida Blind, Chair, Employment Committee Presenting: Kathy West-Evans, Director of Business Relations, CSAVR-NET 3
12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own or at al Meeting 12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. REGIONAL MEETINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 No Meeting At Hotel BRICKELL NORTH At Hotel BRICKELL CENTER Meeting Outside Hotel, location TBD At Hotel BRICKELL SOUTH At Hotel BRICKELL PRE-FUNCTION Meeting Outside Hotel, location TBD At Hotel MERRICK 1 At Hotel MERRICK 2 Meeting Outside Hotel, location TBD 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Presiding: Alice Hunnicutt, State Director, New Jersey General, Chair 2. Employment Presiding: Robert Doyle, State Director, Florida Blind, Chair 3. Human Resources Development JAPENGO ORCHID CD HIBISCUS A Presiding: David Beach, State Director, Kentucky General, Chair 4. Management Services Presiding: Lisa Hatz, State Director, New Hampshire Combined, Co-Chair Russ Thelin, State Director, Utah Combined, Co-Chair HIBISCUS B 5. 6. Rehabilitation Research PEARSON 1 Presiding: Amy Porter, State Director, Connecticut General, Chair Presiding: Mark Schultz, State Director, Nebraska General, Chair Social Security Relationships ORCHID AB Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Chandler, Arizona42
2014 2013 MONDAY, November 10, 2014 cont d 7. Transition Presiding: Andrea Guest, State Director, Delaware General, Chair 8. Veterans JASMINE PEARSON 2 Presiding: David Mitchell, State Director, Iowa General, Chair CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2:40 p.m. 4:10 p.m. TUTTLE 1A. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT TITLE 1 Presiding: Butch McMillan, State Director, Mississippi Combined Presenting: Andrea Guest, State Director Delaware General Alice Hunnicutt, State Director, New Jersey General Areas covered State and Local Workforce Boards, Unified State Plan, Combined State Plan, Infrastructure Funding, Establishment of One Stop Delivery System and Identifier, Section 121 and MOU Process. Questions and Answers 2:40 p.m. 4:10 p.m. MONROE & FLAGLER 1B. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT TITLE I PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY Presiding: Sue Page, State Director, Maryland Combined Presenting: Lisa Hatz, State Director, New Hampshire Combined Russ Cusack, State Director, North Dakota Combined Areas covered Common Performance Measures Title 1 and Title 1V, Section 416, Evaluation Standards & Performance Indicators and Reporting Requirements. 5
2:40 p.m. 4:10 p.m. FOSTER ROUNDTABLE #1 SECTION 511 Facilitator: Tim Gaines, Missouri General 2:40 p.m. 4:10 p.m. RIVERFRONT SOUTH ROUNDTABLE #2 QUALIFIED STAFF AND WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS Facilitator: Kathy West-Evans, CSAVR 4:20 p.m. 5:40 p.m. REPEAT SESSION 1A REPEAT SESSION 1B TUTTLE MONROE & FLAGLER REPEAT ROUNDTABLE #1 REPEAT ROUNDTABLE #2 5:40 p.m. 6:40 p.m. FOSTER RIVERFRONT SOUTH BRICKELL SOUTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING To Clear Committee Action Items for the Full Council Presiding: Betsy Hopkins, President, CSAVR, State Director, Maine General 6:45 p.m. 8:15 p.m. RECEPTION AT THE MIAMI HYATT RIVERFRONT SOUTH Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Chandler, Arizona62
2014 2013 TUESDAY, November 11, 2014 8 a.m. 9:20 a.m. THIRD GENERAL SESSION WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT TITLE IV SECTION 422 PRE EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES Presiding: Andrea Guest, State Director, Delaware General CSAVR/NASDSE COLLABORATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TRANSITION REQUIREMENTS IN THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT Presenting: Bill East, Executive Director National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Steve Wooderson, CEO, CSAVR Areas covered Title 1V, Section 422, Pre-Employment Transition Services, Section 113, Provision of Pre-Employment Transition Services and Services to Groups. 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. FOURTH GENERAL SESSION EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND PREDICTORS IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE STILL NEED TO KNOW Presiding: Mark Schultz, State Director, Nebraska General Presenting: John Lui, PhD, Executive Director, Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI), University of Wisconsin-Stout; Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training; Center on Evidence-Based Practice in VR (RRTC-EPB-VR) 7 Fong Chan, PhD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Evidence-Based Practice in VR
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Coffee Break PRE-FUNCTION 11 a.m. 12 p.m. FIFTH GENERAL SESSION THE JOB DRIVEN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER Presiding: John Connelly, Director of Grants and Research, CSAVR Presenting: Julisa Cully, Knowledge Translation Program Director Institute For Community Inclusion Cecilia Gandolfo, Program Director, Institute For Community Inclusion Susan Foley, Senior Research Fellow and Research Director Institute For Community Inclusion Mary Wright, Program Director, Jobs For the Future 12 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. TUTTLE 2A. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT TITLE IV STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS Presiding: Aleisa McKinlay, State Director, Florida General Presenting: Amy Porter, State Director, Connecticut General David Beach, State Director, Kentucky General 1:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. MONROE & FLAGLER 2B. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT TITLE IV SECTION 458 LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SUBMINIMUM WAGE Presiding: Andres Aguirre, State Director, Washington General Presenting: Kim Peck, State Director, Minnesota General 1:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. FOSTER ROUNDTABLE #3 PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY Facilitator: Judy Vohland, Nebraska General Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Chandler, Arizona82
2014 2013 TUESDAY, November 11, 2014 cont d 1:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. PEARSON ROUNDTABLE #4 PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES Facilitator: Kim Osmani, Oklahoma Combined 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m. REPEAT SESSION 2A REPEAT SESSION 2B REPEAT ROUNDTABLE #3 TUTTLE MONROE & FLAGLER FOSTER REPEAT ROUNDTABLE #4 PEARSON 5 p.m. ADJOURN FOR THE DAY WEDNESDAY, November 12, 2014 7 a.m. 8 a.m. Continental Breakfast PRE-FUNCTION 8 a.m. 9:20 a.m. CSAVR BUSINESS MEETING Presiding: Betsy Hopkins, President, CSAVR, State Director, Maine General Treasurer s Report: Russ Cusack, Secretary-Treasurer, CSAVR, State Director, North Dakota Combined Report from the NCSAB: Robert Doyle, President, NCSAB Reports of Committee Chairs: 1. Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2. Employment 9 Reporting: Alice Hunnicutt, New Jersey General, Chair Reporting: Robert Doyle, Florida Blind, Chair
3. Human Resource Development Reporting: 4. Management Services Reporting: David Beach, Kentucky General, Chair Lisa Hatz, New Hampshire Combined, Co-Chair Russ Thelin, Utah Combined, Co-Chair 5. Rehabilitation Research Reporting: Mark Schultz, Nebraska General, Chair 6. Social Security Relationships Reporting: Amy Porter, Connecticut General, Chair 7. Transition Reporting: Andrea Guest, Delaware General, Chair 8. Veterans Reporting: David Mitchell, Iowa General, Chair 9:20 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Break PRE-FUNCTION CONCURRENT SESSIONS JASMINE 3A. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT, TITLE IV SUBTITLE G, SECTION 461 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES Presiding: Joe Xavier, State Director, California Combined Presenting: Kim Peck, State Director, Minnesota General 3B. TITLE IV SUBTITLE H INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING BRICKELL Presiding: Russ Thelin, State Director, Utah Combined Presenting: Betsy Hopkins, State Director Maine General Mark Schultz, State Director, Nebraska General 10:30 a.m. 12 p.m. SIXTH GENERAL SESSION: COMMISSIONER S REPORT / RSA UPDATE Presiding: Betsy Hopkins, President, CSAVR, State Director, Maine General Presenting: Janet Labreck, Commissioner, RSA Ed Anthony, Deputy Commissioner, RSA Sue Rankin-White, Director, State Monitoring & Program Improvement Division, RSA 12 p.m. CONFERENCE ADJOURNS 2 Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Chandler, Arizona10