VRP3 works in partnership with the Rehabilitation Services Commission and the Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) to help qualifying individuals with disabilities get and keep a job. Locally, Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired are partnering together to provide vocational guidance and consultation to transition aged students, aged 14 – 22, who are blind or visually impaired in the following counties: Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren.
What do we do?
We provide vocational guidance, consultation, and coordinate services to fit an individual’s unique abilities, strengths, limitations and circumstances in order to successfully transition out of high school and into the next phase of life that will eventually result in employment.
Who do we serve?
Eligible students with a visual impairment between the ages of 14 - 22. Eligible students in
Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties who are blind or visually impaired.
How is eligibility determined?
You must have a physical or mental disability which constitutes or results in a substantial barrier to employment.
You must be able to benefit from services in terms of an employment outcome.
You must require Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services to prepare for, retain or regain
employment.
How can you apply for services?
Anyone can make a referral. You can refer yourself, you may be referred by school personnel or by another agency with whom you are working. A referral can be made in writing, over the telephone, in person, or by filling out the referral for services form and
faxing it into to the secure number 513-728-6229.
Documents needed at the time of application:
Our VRP3/Transition Services consist of a VRP3 supervisor, coordinator and administrative assistant. Our coordinator has an employment specialist background and has the benefit of more than fifteen years of executive level management and human resources to offer transitioning youth and their families to help individuals achieve and maintain career development.
Kara Foster, M.S., VRP3 Supervisor
Debra Simmons, PHR, VRP3 Coordinator
Dee Sunderman, Administrative Assistant
If you know of a person between the ages of 14 - 22 that has a visual impairment, including those with additional disabilities that would benefit from VRP3/Transition Services, please contact:
Debra Simmons, VRP3 coordinator at Clovernook Center at 513.728.6246 or dsimmons@clovernook.org
Adrianne Ongolea, VRP3 contact at Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
at 513.487-4533 or aongolea@cincyblind.org.
The Ohio Transition Collaborative partnering agencies:
Clovernook Center for Blind and Visually Impaired's website has been designed to be as accessible as possible to all website visitors. As such this website has been created to be accessible to those with varying degrees of visual impairment and has been found to be compliant using the former Watchfire WebXact and Bobby systems. This site strives to be accessible to all, if you have found content that you are having difficulty accessing, please contact us at accessibility@clovernook.org and we will address the issue.