PA Labor & Industry OVR 2013 Public Comment Sought

The Department of Labor and Industry, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), announces a period of public comment on its proposed Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2013 Combined Agency State Plan Attachments (Attachments). The plan is the blueprint for the provision of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services to persons with disabilities living in this Commonwealth. FFY 2013 begins on October 1, 2012, and ends on September 30, 2013. This notice is provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Local meetings include:

Erie BBVS District Office
(Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango  and Warren Counties)
Date: April 5, 2012, Time: 5 p.m.—6 p.m.
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Conference Room, 3200 Lovell Place, Erie, PA 16503
(866) 521-5073 (Voice), (888) 884-5513 (TTY)
Contact Person: Dawn Sokol (814) 871-4401
and
Perkins Family Restaurant
Date: March 21, 2012, Time: 10:30 a.m.—12 p.m.
18276 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, PA 16335
Contact Person: Dawn Sokol (814) 871-4401
On-site at restaurant—mobile number (814) 573-1432


Erie BVRS District Office
(Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and  Warren Counties)
Date: April 5, 2012, Time: 10 a.m.—12 p.m. and 5 p.m.—6 p.m.
Erie District Office Conference Room, 3200 Lovell Place, Erie, PA 16503
(800) 541-0721 (Voice), (888) 217-1710 (TTY)
Contact Person: Jack Hewitt or Kim Garnon

KOEZ bill receives final approval

[from Senator Robbins' newsletter] A measure intended to promote new economic development and job creation in the Commonwealth received final legislative approval Tuesday and is headed to the Governor for his signature and enactment into law.

Senate Bill 1237 authorizes the designation of 15 new Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones (KOEZ) of up to 350 acres each. The parcels must be deteriorated, underutilized or unoccupied. Parcels may be occupied by a qualified business if the business creates or retains at least 1,000 full-time jobs within three years of designation and makes a capital investment of at least $500 million within three years of designation.
The bill allows the designation to be for 15 years instead of 10 if the business invests at least $1 billion and creates at least 400 new permanent full-time jobs within 7 years of the date of designation.

Chart outlines PY 2012 Workforce Funding

FISCAL YEAR 2012 RESOURCES

Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations for Job Training and Education 

National Skills Coalition | December 2011 | Download