West Virginia Resource List
NFB of West Virginia
Sheri Koch, President
833 Chappell Road
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
Phone: 304-993-5103
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbwv.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Carlton Walker, President
Phone: 717-658-9894
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://nopbc.org/
Other State Resources
Library Services:
West Virginia Library Commission-Special Services Libraries
Blind and Physically Handicapped Services
Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0620
Librarian: Donna B Calvert
Library Code: WV1A
Telephone: 304-558-4061
Toll free (In state): 800-642-8674
Fax: 304-558-6016
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://www.librarycommission.wv.gov/services/specialservices/pages/default.aspx
Rehabilitation Services:
West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts
West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services
107 Capitol Street
Post Office Box 50890
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0890
Phone: 304-356-2060
Toll Free: 800-642-8207
Children's Services:
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Special Programs
Susan Beck, Assistant Director, Special Education Results
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Toll-Free: 800-642-8541
Phone: 304-558-2696
Fax: 304-558-3741
Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/
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].