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MCB Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting - Virtual

Monday, March 28, 2022
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
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Overview   of MCB Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting - Virtual

MEETING DETAILS: 

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind

Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET

This meeting is being recorded. The recording made by MCB is a public record and will be posted in the near future on MCB’s YouTube Channel.

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Meeting ID: 839 0094 1740
Passcode: 032822

Phone: 1-646-558-8656

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If you would like to request an ADA accommodation, please contact MCB ADA Coordinator Kamilia Drogosz at 617-279-3332 or kamilia.drogosz@mass.gov. Every effort will be made to provide a reasonable accommodation.

Visit our website to learn more about the SAB: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/mcb-statutory-advisory-board

Agenda

 

  1. Opening By SAB Chair
    1. Notification and Confirmation: This meeting is being held via Zoom under the Governor’s executive order granting authority for such virtual meetings.
    2. Confirmation that MCB records SAB meetings, allows for local recordings and makes such recordings available to the public.
    3. Welcome to members of the public attending the meeting and instruction about Q&A period.
  2. Vote to accept minutes of the February 11th SAB meeting.
  3. Commissioner Update:
    1. Status of $850,000 included in the FY22 Final Budget in account 4110-1000 to maximize the independent living skills of legally blind residents of the commonwealth through rehabilitation and the provision of accessible devices, assistive software and equipment and supportive technology training and services by qualified private providers in community, residential, virtual and facility-based settings
    2. Status of the 2022 reallotment fund RFR Process and Project concepts
    3. Current FY spending against the GAA
  4. Program Updates:
    1. Dashboard on Registrations, Process, and Outcomes.
    2. Update on staffing changes and levels
  5. Ongoing Discussions:
    1. Status of effort to automate notification of blindness to assessors for tax exemptions
    2. Update on phone system procurement
    3. Update on PPE available to MCB staff
  6. New Business
  7. Questions from the public
  8. Adjournment

 

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