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Stephan Stefanoff Zorrow Center for Learning Enrichment College of Education, OU

Business Enterprise Program : A Perfect Setting for Secondary Transition. Stephan Stefanoff Zorrow Center for Learning Enrichment College of Education, OU. Content of P resentation. Legislative base Structure of State Licensing Agency Organizational chart

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Stephan Stefanoff Zorrow Center for Learning Enrichment College of Education, OU

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  1. Business Enterprise Program : A Perfect Setting for Secondary Transition . Stephan Stefanoff Zorrow Center for Learning Enrichment College of Education, OU

  2. Content of Presentation • Legislative base • Structure of State Licensing Agency • Organizational chart • Design of the program • Eligibility for participation • Application packet • Initial Training • Efficiency of the program and outcomes • Directions of development • Discussion

  3. The Dilemma: Should I passively wait for my money or Should I be active and take action to earn my money

  4. Solutions for this Dilemma • Positive attitude from the needed side • Support from the society • Passion • Philosophy on place • Law on place • Support from the institution • Federal level • State level

  5. July 29, 1014 at Kleidion (Belasitsa) , Basil II was able to corner the main Bulgarian army and force a battle while Samuil was away. He won a crushing victory and blinded 14,000 prisoners, leaving one man in every hundred with the sight in one eye to lead his comrades home. The sight was too much even for Samuil, who blamed himself for the defeat and died less than three months later . .

  6. Example for state failure(beggars and their involvement in criminal activities) Bulgaria EU 1,537 in 2005 Bulgaria phenomenon of organized begging to the Mafia the most expensive are mothers with babies and people with disabilities. They cost about 2,000 levs (around 1,023 EUR)montly 1,300 street children and young adults in Bucharest City of Milan –total 1,331 Adult 730 Children-661 Madrid- 1,800 Organized Crime Network (OCN) operating across Italy, France, Spain and the UK -1,087 children each child had a potential earning power of £100,000 per year

  7. BEP-Business Enterprise Program It is nationally wide program that have goals to engage visually impairment people in business activity in order to benefit them with finance indecency and reasonable quality of life . ---------------------------------- Purposes of the program: • To enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind • To stimulate the blind to greater efforts to make themselves self-sufficient

  8. General information of the program • Randolph Sheppard Act of 1936 • Civil Rights Act from 1964 • Section of the Rehabilitation Act • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 I.Regulations that apply to the program • Randolph Sheppard Act • Civil Rights Act from 1964 • Section of the Rehabilitation Act • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 II. Organization of State Licensing Agency (A)Governing board-Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) (B) Business Enterprise Program Administration-Division of Visual Services (C) BEP staff (D)Licensed managers-subject to the policies and procedures (A) Governing board-Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) (B) Business Enterprise Program Administration-Division of Visual Services (C) BEP staff (D) Licensed managers-subject to the policies and procedures

  9. Administrative Structure of State Licensing Agency

  10. Programs within DVS:

  11. Application criteria for BEP program: • (1) Legally “blind person” • (2) documentation for United States citizenship • (3) documentation the client is at least 18 years of age; • (4) rehabilitation training prerequisites established by the BEP in consultation with the ECM to better optimize the successful employment outcome • (1) Legally “blind person” • (2) documentation for United States citizenship • (3) documentation the client is at least 18 years of age; • (4)rehabilitation training prerequisites established by the BEP in consultation with the ECM to better optimize the successful employment outcome

  12. Reinstatement of license . • Reinstatement of a BEP license for an individual can be accomplished by formally requesting the SLA reinstate the BEP License within a two year period • They need to be licensed managers by the State of Oklahoma; • Their status needs to be in good standing- following all rules and regulation trough the Department of Rehabilitation Services and the law in Oklahoma; • Their financial balance at the end of the month needs to be positive; • They need to follow the requirements when they report repair issue or maintenance on a machine or equipment. The program has developed a form that needs to be completed and submitted on a timely manner before a technician is assigned to finish the task; • They need to work on the program at least two years; • Their facility evaluation at the end of each year needs to be in a good standing and at least meet standards condition; • Their overall performance needs to be at least meet standards.

  13. Application process for BEP

  14. Application packet . • Application form • Bidder’s Application Form (BAF) • Request for Taxpayer Identification Number • Universal Certification Declaration Affidavit

  15. Initial training • The participants have to take a few classes that include: • General information for the program • Condition and roles for participation • Manager training • Technical training .

  16. Initial inventory and supplies Option #1 Initial merchandise purchasing with his/her own funds Option #2 Merchandise loan with following terms: • SLA with consultation with licensed manager assess the merchandise necessity to initiate sales • All merchandise purchases have to be approve from SLA • 2% of monthly gross have to be returned in to cover merchandise loan • Sign merchandise security agreement between manager and SLA • Second merchandise loan could be available to under specific circumstances

  17. Why a young man with visual impairment should choose BEP program • Provides the means to realize a professional goal • Guaranty finance independence • Opportunity for further professional development • Base for potential college development

  18. Why BEP program should be attractive for prospective participants • No formal training is required • No significant starting capital is necessary • Initial merchandise loan is available • Initial training is provided • Continuing training is provided • The equipment are provided • Permanent counseling services is provided • A maintenance service is provided

  19. Directions of development I. Recruiting new participants • Popularization of the program • Target new group of participants • Role in secondary transition II. Improving the training • Indicial training • Continues education III. Improving technical and counseling services

  20. Reference • Randolph Sheppard Act if 1936 • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 • National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition , National Standards & Quality Indicator http://www.nasetalliance.org/ • BEP-policy ,DRS, Visual Services Division • Report for the Study on Typology and Police Responses to Child Beginning in the EU

  21. Thank you for attention!

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