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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">April 11, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">RE: <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Executive Order – Integrated Employment Services</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Governor Kitzhaber sent the message below this afternoon regarding an Executive Order about integrated employment services and the commitment of the state to support adults
with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. The Oregon Department of Education will be working collaboratively with DHS to support our young adults as they transition to employment and post-secondary opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear OED and DHS staff:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Today, I am releasing an Executive Order that affirms our statewide commitment to offering integrated employment services to people with Intellectual and/or Development Disabilities.</span><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">This is the latest step in our longstanding policy efforts to promote fair and equitable work for all Oregonians. Further, it reinforces the goals behind recommendations in my 2013-2015 budget that include investments in integrated
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<span class="apple-style-span">This Executive Order will provide operational direction for all state agencies. I am also announcing the appointment of the first Statewide Employment Coordinator for people with I/DD. Mike Maley will serve the state in this role,
reporting to DHS Director Erinn Kelley-Siel, and helping to implement the directives outlined in the Executive Order.</span><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Thank you for all your hard work on behalf of all Oregonians.</span><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/gov/docs/executive_orders/eo_13-04.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/gov/docs/executive_orders/eo_13-04.pdf</a> </span><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Sincerely,</span><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">John A. Kitzhaber, M.D.</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">Governor</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">503-947-5738 FAX: 503-378-5156<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The Oregon Department of Education is an equal opportunity agency and employer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Messages to and from this email address may be made available to the public under Oregon law.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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