Florida Resource List
NFB of Florida
Denise Valkema, President
11551 S.W. 90th Street
Miami, Florida 33176
Cell: 305-972-8529
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbflorida.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Cherice Fleming Togun, President
Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Email: [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services
421 Platt Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-2803
Librarian: Jim Woolyhand
Library Code: FL1A
Telephone: 386-239-6000
Toll Free (In state): 800-226-6075
Fax: 386-239-6069
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://dbs.myflorida.com/library/index.html
Rehabilitation Services:
Division of Blind Services
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1114
Tallahassee, Florida 3239
Phone: 850-245-0300
Fax: 850-245-0363
Website: http://dbs.myflorida.com
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
4070 Esplanade Way, Floor 2
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Videophone: 850-298-8818
Website: www.rehabworks.org
Lighthouse of the Big Bend
3071 Highland Oaks Terrace
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-942-3658, extension 201
Fax: 850-943-4518
(Only serving North Central Florida)
Children's Services:
Florida Department of Education
Florida Division of Blind Services
Robert Doyle, Director
325 West Gaines Street
Room 1114, Turlington Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Toll Free: 800-342-1828
Phone: 850-245-0300
Fax: 850-245-0363
Website: http://dbs.myflorida.com/
NFB Training Centers
BLIND, Incorporated (Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions, Incorporated)
Dan Wenzel, Executive Director
100 East 22nd Street South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: 612-872-0100
Toll Free: 800-597-9558
Fax: 612-872-9358
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.blindinc.org/
Colorado Center for the Blind
Julie Deden, Director
2233 West Shepperd Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80120
Phone: 303-778-1130
Toll Free: 800-401-4632
Fax: 303-778-1598
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cocenter.org/
Louisiana Center for the Blind
Pam Allen, Director
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston, Louisiana 71270
Phone: 318-251-2891
Toll Free: 800-234-4166
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.louisianacenter.org
For more information about blindness, please contact the Jacobus tenBroek Library of the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute at 410-659-9314 or send an email to [email protected].