Public Hearing in Johnson City

The Rehabilitation Act, as amended, requires public hearings to be conducted on the proposed Title VII State Plan for Independent living Amendment (SPIL). The 2012 public hearings by the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) and Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) will be held as follows:

Tuesday, October 16
Johnson City
Johnson City Public Library
101 West Millard Street
3:00 p.m. EDT

Your attendance would be greatly appreciated at this public hearing. Here, you will have an opportunity to provide
valuable feedback and suggestions on the Independent Living Program Amendment. The SPlL amendment will also
be available on the following websites October 1, 2012.:
www.tnsilc.org and http://www.tn.gov/humanserv/rehab/cc3.html

Written comments can be submitted to Mark Montgomery, Statewide Independent Living Council at www.tnsilc.org or
the following address: 2601 Elm Hill Pike, Suite 0, Nashville, TN 37214.

The deadline for receiving comments on the SPlL amendment is Tuesday, October 23,2012.

Your input to the SPIL amendment is very important to us. A draft copy of the SPlL amendment will be available by
October 1, in all SlLC, DRS and Center for Independent Living (CIL) offices across the State. Alternative formats are
available upon request from any DRS, SlLC or CIL offices.

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