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Title:
Blind Services Planning Council
Website:
Blind Services Planning Council
Contact Name:
Sharon Howerton
Contact E-Mail:
shrnhow@gmail.com
Function:
Reviews actions of the DHS Bureau for the Blind; facilitates communication and cooperation between department and all agencies responsible for services to blind and visually impaired persons; identifies needs and problems of such persons; makes recommendations to Bureau director, Department director and the Governor.
Term:
3 years. Maximum of 2 terms.
Senate Confirmation:
No
Qualifications:
At least 6 members must be blind and a balance maintained between males and females. No department employee shall be a member of the Council.
Composition:
11 members appointed by the Governor: The Council shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its members. Members may be drawn from specific organizations including: -Hadley School for the Blind -Chicago Lighthouse -Department-approved Low Vision Aides Clinics -Vending facilities operators -Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and -Visually Impaired -Blind homemakers -Outstanding competitive employers of blind people -Providers and recipients of income maintenance programs -In-home care programs -Subsidized housing -Nursing homes and homes for the blind
Chair:
Elected by board
Authority:
20 ILCS 2410/7
Member Names
Name (Last, First)
Term Expires
Member Since
Affiliation
Appointed By
Position
Title
County
Birmingham, Edward
1/1/2022
7/1/2016
Governor
Member
Cook
Cather, Dustin
1/1/2025
1/28/2022
Governor
Member
Cook
Darnell, Jacqueline
1/1/2021
11/7/2018
Governor
Member
Madison
Ely, Mindy
1/1/2022
9/21/2020
Governor
Member
Sangamon
Esparza, Horacio
1/1/2023
10/26/2020
Governor
Member
Cook
Gordon, Freddie
1/1/2022
9/25/2020
Governor
Member
Champaign
Hawkins, Daniel
1/1/2023
9/21/2020
Governor
Member
St Clair
Hill, Whitney
1/1/2023
10/14/2020
Governor
Member
Cook
Howerton, Sharon
1/1/2022
3/31/2017
Governor
Chair, Member
Cook
Tevelde, Daniel
1/1/2024
1/22/2021
Governor
Member
Cook
VACANT
1/1/2022
Governor
Member
Blank