Virginia Resource List
NFB of Virginia
Tracy Soforenko, President
1511 N. Jackson Street
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Phone: 202-285-4595
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbv.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Zina Lewis, President
Virginia Parents of Blind Children
Phone: 757-535-8232
Email: [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Virginia Library and Resource Center
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
395 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227-3633
Librarian: Barbara N. McCarthy
Library Code: VA1A
Telephone: 804-371-3661, extension 135
Toll free (In state): 800-552-7015
Fax: 804-371-3328
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.vdbvi.org/library_resourcecenter.htm
Rehabilitation Services:
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Melody Roane, Director
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227-3600
Phone: 804-371-3323
All Services:
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Raymond E. Hopkins, Commissioner
397 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227-3600
Phone: 804-371-3145
Toll Free: 800-622-2155 (within Virginia)
Children's Services:
Division of Special Education and Student Services
John Eisenberg, Assistant Superintendent
Post Office Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218
Phone: 804-786-8079
Fax: 804-692-3163
Website: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/
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].