Sep 30, 2026

What happens when a successful employer partnership becomes the start of something much bigger?

In this episode of Manager Minute, Carol Pankow talks with Paul DiBello, Director of Business Services at Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation, about Missouri’s Nexus network. What began with one collaborative group has grown...

Sep 1, 2026

VR doesn’t just have a vacancy problem. It has a pipeline problem.

What if the answer to VR’s workforce shortage isn’t simply filling the next vacancy?

Across the country, VR agencies are competing for talent, losing experienced staff, and trying to prepare a new generation of professionals—many of whom may not...

Aug 3, 2026

What if better data did not have to mean more paperwork?

In this episode of Manager Minute, Sarah Leonard from the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and Pamela Clayton-Johnson from Maryland DORS join Carol Pankow to talk about their National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute research on the RSA-911. Their...

Jul 1, 2026

What if VR looked beyond traditional employment pathways? In this episode of Manager Minute, Carol Pankow sits down with Kristy Schenderlein, Vice President of Operations at the Blind Institute of Technology (BIT), to discuss how an RSA Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) demonstration grant is redefining career...

Jun 1, 2026

This episode features a conversation with Dacia VanAlstine, Project Director of the Evolve Employment Model demonstration project at Minnesota Blind.

What began as a brainstorming conversation at a national conference evolved into an innovative Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) project focused on improving...