Iowa Resource List
NFB of Iowa
Scott Van Gorp, President
P.O. Box 93071
Des Moines, Iowa 50393
Cell: 515-720-5282
Email: [email protected]
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Carrie Thomson, President
Iowa Parents of Blind Children
Phone: 515-834-9003
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.iowasaturdayschool.com/
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
Librarian: Sarah Willeford
Library Code: IA1A
Telephone: 515-281-1323
Toll free (In state): 800-362-2587
Fax: 515-281-1263
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://blind.iowa.gov
Rehabilitation Services:
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2364
Phone: 515-281-1333
Toll-Free: 800-362-2587
Children's Services:
Iowa State Department of Education
Bureau of Learner Strategies and Supports
Sarah Brown, Chief
400 E 14th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0146
Phone: 515-281-5735
Fax: 515-242-5988
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/special-education
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].