Blindness Rehabilitation Programs

I know nothing about these programs. This list is intended as a quick reference guide, not as an endorsement of any program. Please research any training program thoroughly before you attend.

E. H. Gentry Technical Facility P.O. Box 698 Talladega, Alabama 35161 Jim Hare, Dean Horace Carson, Assistant to the Dean

Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, Alabama 35233 (205) 558-4706 George Sands, Director

Alaska Vision Resource Center 3903 Taft Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99517-3069 (907) 248-7770

Arizona Industries f/t Blind 3012 West Lincoln Street Phoenix, Arizona 85009 (800) 658-8689 / (602) 269-5131 Dick Monaco, General Manager

Southwestern Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 3601 South 6th Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85723 (520) 629-4643 Ronald A. Arlt, Director

Lions World Services for the Blind 2811 Fair Park Boulevard Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 (800) 248-0734 / (501) 664-7100 Ramona Sangalli, Chief Executive Officer

Society for the Blind 2750 24th Street Sacramento, CA 95818 (916) 452-8271/ (916) 452-2622 www.societyfortheblind.org

Center for the Partially Sighted 12301 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600 Los Angeles, California 90025 (310) 458-3501 Dr. LaDonna Ringering, Director

Center for Living Independence for Multi-Handicapped Blind (CLIMB) 161 West Sierra Madre Boulevard Sierra Madre, California 91024 (626) 355-1447 William Young, Executive Director

* Junior Blind of America 5300 Angeles Vista Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90043 (323) 295-4555 Robert Ralls, President

Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired 2430 Road 20 #B112 San Pablo, California 94806-3704 (510) 234-4984 Patricia Williams, Executive Director Orientation Center for the Blind 400 Adams Street Albany, California 94706 (510) 559-1208 Mike Cole, Administrator

Western Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 3801 Miranda Avenue Palo Alto, California 94304 (650) 493-5000 Elizabeth Jessen, Director

*Blindness Support Services, Inc. 3696 Beatty Drive, Suite A Riverside, CA 92506 Tel: (951) 341-9244 Fax: (951) 341-6335 Web Site: www.blindnesssupport.com pbenavidez@blindnesssupport.com Peter Benavidez

Colorado Rehabilitation Center Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 2211 West Evans Avenue, Bldg. “A” Denver, Colorado 80223 Ron Landwehr, Manager

Colorado Center for the Blind 2233 West Shepperd Avenue Littleton, Colorado 80120 (800) 401-4632; (303) 778-1130 Julie Deden, Director

Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, Connecticut 06516 (203) 932-5711 Penny Schuckers, Chief

Conklin Centers for the Blind 405 White Street Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 (386) 258-3441 Robert T. Kelly, Executive Director

Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 1111 Willis Avenue Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 (904) 258-4444 Steve Sanford, Director

West Palm Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, Florida 33410-6400 (561) 422-8426 John Getz, Chief John.getz@va.gov

Augusta Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 1 Freedom Way Augusta, Georgia 30904-6285 (706) 733-0188 Paul Whitten, Director

Central Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 5th & Roosevelt Road P. O. Box 5000 Hines, Illinois 60141 (708) 202-8387 Gerald Shutter, Director

Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education 1151 South Wood Street Chicago, Illinois 60612-4329 (312) 633-3520 Stephen Nooner, Superintendent

Iowa Department of the Blind 524 Fourth Street Des Moines, IA 50509 (515) 281-1263/ (515) 281-1355 Allen Harris, Director www.blind.state.ia.us

Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 2516 Southwest Sixth Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66606-1703 Jean Williamson, Administrator

*Charles W. McDowell Center Kentucky Office for the Blind 8412 Westport Road Louisville, Kentucky 40242 502-429-4460 Derrick Cox, Center Manager Derrick.cox@ky.gov

*Affiliated Blind of Louisiana Training Center 409 West St. Mary Boulevard Lafayette, Louisiana 70506 (337) 234-6492 (800) 319-4444 Lynn Blanchard, Executive Director Kevin Monk, Program Director http://www.affiliatedblind.org lynnb@affiliatedblind.org

Louisiana Center for the Blind 101 South Trenton Street Ruston, Louisiana 71270 (800) 234-4166 / (318) 251-2891 Pam Allen, Executive Director allenp@lcb-ruston.com www.lcb-ruston.com

* UNO TRAC (University of New Orleans) Cell 504-451-1510 Fax 504-910-4030 Ken Zangla, Program Director kzangla@uno.edu (Because of the situation in New Orleans, as of January 2006 we have not mailing address) We do computer skills training, vocational evaluations, assistive technology assessments, and we have a residential program during the summer, with limited living skills training—see website www.unotrac.org )

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland 2901 Strickland Street Baltimore, MD 21223 (410) 233-4567/ (410) 233-0544 http://www.gatewaybiz.com/

Maryland Rehabilitation Center 2301 Argonne Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Richard L. Conroy, Program Manager

Carroll Center for the Blind 770 Centre Street Newton, Massachusetts 02158-2597 Rachel Ethier Rosenbaum, President

Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center 1541 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 (616) 337-3848 Melody Lindsey, Director (269) 337-3852

*Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired 4505 W. Superior Street Duluth, Minnesota 55807 Phone: 218-624-4828 TTY: 218-624-8822 Fax: 218-624-4479 gguite@lighthousefortheblind-duluth.org Georgia Guite, Executive Director

BLIND, Inc. 100 East 22nd Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 (800) 597-9558 / (612) 872-0100 Shawn Mayo, Executive Director www.blindinc.org smayo@blindinc.org

Vision Loss Resources 1936 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 (612) 871-2222 Kelley McCrary, Director

*Addie McBryde Rehabilitation Center for the Blind Mailing address: P.O. Box 5314 2550 Peachtree Street Jackson, Mississippi 39296-5314 (601) 364-2677 Karen E. Brown, Center Director Karen.brown@mdrs.state.ms.us

REACH Center for the Blind Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services 611 Pegram Drive P. O. Box 1543 Tupelo, Mississippi 38802-1543 (662) 842-3120 Ext. 1126 Fax: (662) 840-9949 Susan Huggins, REACH Director Susan.huggins@mdrs.state.ms.us

Rehabilitation Institute: Center for Blindness and Low Vision 2801 Wyandotte Street Third Floor Kansas City, Missouri 64108 (816) 753-6533 Tory Brust, Supervisor

Nebraska Commission for the Blind Orientation Center 4600 Valley Road, Suite 100 Lincoln, Nebraska 68510-4844 (402) 471-8100 Pearl Van Zandt (402)-471-8120 Fatos Floyd Fatos Floyd, Director

Joseph Kohn Rehabilitation Center 130 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 (732) 937-6363 Donald Potenski, Manager

New Mexico Commission for the Blind, Orientation Center 408 North White Sands Boulevard Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310 (505) 437-0401 Mr. Adelmo Vigil, Deputy Director

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults 111 Middle Neck Road Sands Point, New York 11050-1299 (516) 944-8900 Joseph McNutty, Executive Director

North Carolina Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 305 Ashe Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 Jan Fesperman, Administrator

North Dakota Vision Services: School for the Blind 500 Stanford Road Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203-2799 (800) 421-1181 / (701) 795-2708 Carmen Suminski, Superintendent

Cleveland Sight Center 1909 East 101st Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 791-8118 Michael E. Grady, Executive Director

Vision Center of Central Ohio Inc. 1393 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43201 (614) 294-5571 Becky Noack, Executive Director

*Oregon Commission for the Blind 535 12th Avenue SE Portland, Oregon 97214 (971) 673-1588 Ms. Pat MacDonell, Director Patricia.macdonell@state.or.us

Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired 100 West 15th Street Chester, Pennsylvania 19013 (610) 874-1476 Robert M. Nelson, Executive Director

* Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh (New Name and address) 1800 West Street Homestead, PA 15120 412-368-4400 Director of Rehabilitation Service, Jack C. Lydic Jlydic@PGHVIS.ORG Steve Barrett, President www.pghvis.org

Puerto Rico Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 10 Casia Street San Juan, Puerto Rico 921-3201 (787) 641-7582 Maria Nevarez, Director

Ellen Beach Mack Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 1430 Confederate Avenue Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Darnell Newton, Director Donna Butler, Assistant Director

South Dakota Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 800 West Avenue North Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104-5796 (605) 367-5260 Martin M. Luebke, Administrator

*Lions Volunteer Blind Industries 758 West Morris Boulevard Morristown, Tennessee 37815 (888) VOL-BLIN / (423) 586-3922 Fred Overbay, Executive Director at Ext. 12 fred@volblind.org

*Opportunity East (Rehbabilitation Division of LVBI) 423-586-3998 www.opportunityeast.org Director, Vic Mende ext. 34 vic@volblind.org

*Vision Impairment Services Gale Demick, Director Tennessee Rehabilitation Center 460 9th Avenue Smyrna, Tennessee 37167 (615) 459-6811 ext. 246 gale.demick@state.tn.us Ms. Gale Demick, VI Unit

Atwell Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center Dept. of Assistive & Rehab Charles Services 4800 North Lamar Austin, Texas 78756

Texas Commission for the Blind Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center for the Blind 4800 North Lamar Austin, Texas 78756 Ed Kunz, Director

Division of Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired 250 North 1950 West, Suite B Salt Lake City, UT 84116 (801) 323-4345/ (801) 323-4396 William Gibson, Director http://www.usor.utah.gov/dsbvi.htm

Waco Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 4800 Memorial Drive Waco, Texas 76711 (254) 752-6581 Stan Poel, Chief

Washington State Orientation & Training Center Department of Services for the Blind 3411 S. Alaska Street Seattle, WA 98118 (206) 721-6466 (206) 721-6403 1-800-552-7103 Keiko Namekata, OTC Director KeiNamekata@DSB.WA.GOV

Virginia Rehabilitation Center f/t Blind and Visually Impaired 401 Azalea Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23227 Dennis Garza, Director

American Lake Blind Rehabilitation Center (VA) 9900 Veterans Drive, SW Tacoma, Washington 98493-5000 (253) 582-8440 Michael Weatherly

West Virginia Rehabilitation Center P. O. Box 1004 Institute, West Virginia 25112-1004 (800) 642-3021 / (304) 766-4600 Janice Holland, Director

Badger Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired 912 North Hawley Road Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53213 (414) 615-0121 Rob Buttiner, Director

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