WHEREAS, blind citizens of Maryland have received substantial benefit from a program known as Job Opportunities for the Blind (JOB); and
WHEREAS, JOB is funded by the United States Department of Labor in contract with the National Federation of the Blind; and
WHEREAS, the employment opportunities of blind persons generated by JOB have made several hundred blind persons self-supporting, taxpaying citizens, thus reducing the need for welfare assistance; and
WHEREAS, continued operation of JOB beyond October 31, 1982, depends upon pending Congressional action on employment and training legislation as well as continuing commitment from the United States Department of Labor to support this unique and very successful project: now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of
Maryland in convention assembled in the City of Baltimore on this 28th day of August 1982, that we ask all members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation to join in calling for the continuation of Job Opportunities for the Blind, an essential cost-effective service which pays its own way by the outstanding results that are achieved.