1009 - Powers and Duties of Department of Social Services Relating to Vocational Rehabilitation of Blind Persons.

NY Educ L § 1009 (2019) (N/A)
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(b) Provided the federal government shall make funds available, the department of social services and its commission for the visually handicapped are empowered to accept gifts for the extension and improvement of non-profit facilities and workshops for the training and rehabilitation of blind persons, and to match the value of such gifts made to such department or commission for such purposes by or on behalf of such non-profit facilities or workshops. The department may utilize such federal funds and gifts for such purposes and may make appropriate agreements therefor with suitable non-profit agencies serving the blind.