South Carolina Resource List
NFB of South Carolina
Frank Coppel, President
847 Jefferson Street
West Columbia, South Carolina 29169
NFB of SC: (803) 254-3777
Home: (803) 796-8662
Cell: (803) 237-5011
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nfbofsc.org
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman, President
South Carolina Parents Organization of Blind Children
Phone: 803-287-5391
Email: [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
SC State Library
1500 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Librarian: Sandra K. Knowles
Library Code: SC1A
Telephone: 803-734-4611
Toll free (In state): 800-922-7818
Fax: 803-734-4610
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://sctalkingbook.org
Rehabilitation Services:
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-898-8764
Toll Free: 800-922-2222
Children's Services:
State Department of Education
Office of Exceptional Children
John Payne, Interim Director
Rutledge Building, Room 808-1
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-734-8224
Fax: 803-734-5021
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://ed.sc.gov/agency/ccr/special-education-services/
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].