Please feel free to share your feedback. Let us know if the information you receive is helpful and feel free to share your ideas to improve our services to state agencies. The Department of Administration, the Minnesota State Council on Disability and participating agencies formed work teams to implement the SBA Program. The SBA Program surveyed and compiled data on more than 3,000 state-owned properties and identified 2,399 projects. The SBA Program then allocates the appropriated funds to agencies and administers the use of the funds for approved access projects.
Access projects have three stages.
The agency list is reviewed by the Department of Administration and the Minnesota State Council on Disability with the agency participants, all of whom comprise the SBA team for that agency. The first stage is complete when the agency receives project prioritization and approval from the SBA team. SBA Guidelines for Prioritization Barriers that obstruct access to programs, services or employment opportunities should be given top priority for removal. Barriers needing immediate attention that have been identified in complaints from employees and the public. Signage that is needed for accessible entrances, room numbers, restrooms and public services.