Limited education and low skills (3) Consumers with mental health issues (2) Developmentally disabled (2) Living in poverty (2) Needing supported work services (2) Parents who are not involved as advocates (new to country, addicts, low income) (2) Spectrum disorders (2) high school students Blind with Retinitis Pigmentosa Employed people losing their vision, but not yet blind Homeless/shelters Legally blind pre-school age Those not aware of our services The specific challenges for each group, where noted, include: Deaf-blind lack of professionals with signing ability and knowledge of resources and – adaptive equipment Legally blind pre-school age not enough TVIs available to provide needed services – Needing supported work services lack of providers – Elderly lack of funding, hard to motivate in rural areas – Non-English speakers unable to communicate unable to get jobs, not enough – refugee resettlement services, many are untrusting of government agencies Living in poverty so many stressors that it is difficult to engage in a program – Minority and/or immigrant communities cultural barriers, bias, lack of awareness of – services Employed people losing their vision, but not yet blind lack of outreach efforts – Parents who are not involved as advocates -new to country, addicts, low income, unaware of services Rural consumers lack of transportation, lack of services nearby, lack of community – resources, lack of awareness of services Limited education and low skills the evolving job market makes it difficult for them to – gain employment How useful do you find the Consumer Information System (CIS) to you in your work? % responses by those indicating they primarily serve consumers in the following settings: Answer Choices Responses Rural Urban Suburban Very useful 50% 31 71% 48% 45% Somewhat useful 34% 21 29% 33% 36%
Limited education and low skills (3) Consumers with mental health issues (2) Developmentally disabled (2) Living in poverty (2) Needing supported work services (2) Parents who are not involved as advocates (new to country, addicts, low income) (2) Spectrum disorders (2) high school students Blind with Retinitis Pigmentosa Employed people losing their vision, but not yet blind Homeless/shelters Legally blind pre-school age Those not aware of our services The specific challenges for each group, where noted, include: Deaf-blind – lack of professionals with signing ability and knowledge of resources and adaptive equipment Legally blind pre-school age – not enough TVIs available to provide needed services Needing supported work services – lack of providers Elderly – lack of funding, hard to motivate in rural areas Non-English speakers – unable to communicate unable to get jobs, not enough refugee resettlement services, many are untrusting of government agencies Living in poverty – so many stressors that it is difficult to engage in a program Minority and/or immigrant communities – cultural barriers, bias, lack of awareness of services Employed people losing their vision, but not yet blind – lack of outreach efforts Parents who are not involved as advocates -new to country, addicts, low income, unaware of services Rural consumers – lack of transportation, lack of services nearby, lack of community resources, lack of awareness of services Limited education and low skills – the evolving job market makes it difficult for them to gain employment How useful do you find the Consumer Information System (CIS) to you in your work? % responses by those indicating they primarily serve consumers in the following settings: Answer Choices Responses Rural Urban Suburban Very useful 50% 31 71% 48% 45% Somewhat useful 34% 21 29% 33% 36%