OIB Programs by State
OIB Programs by State
Each state has a unique service delivery model. To identify similar models, use the code listed after the state name. Designated State Agencies (DSAs) that provide services with agency staff are "In-house" (I). States that contract with other providers are listed as "Contracting" (C). DSAs may also provide using a combination of both in-house and contract (IC).
Alabama (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Matthew Haynes
OASIS Program Coordinator
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 19888
236 Goodwin Crest Drive
Homewood, AL 35219-0888
205.290.4451
matthew.haynes@rehab.alabama.gov
Secondary Contact:
Bedarius Bell
Director, Special Programs
Alabama Dept. of Rehabilitation Services
602 S. Lawrence St. Montgomery, AL 36104
334-293-7218 (Office)
334-239-3778 (Video Phone)
Bedarius.bell@rehab.alabama.gov
Alaska (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Sarah Canoy
Program Manager
Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 115516
Juneau, AK 99811-5516
907.465.6932 or 800.478.2815
907.465.6932
sarah.canoy@alaska.gov
Secondary Contact:
Jim Kreatschman
Program Coordinator II
Alaska PreETS Program
P.O. Box 115516
Juneau, AK 99811-5516
800.478.2815
jim.kreatschman@alaska.gov
American Samoa
OIB Program Manager:
Pete Poumele
Blind Services Coordinator
American Samoa Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 4561
Pago Pago, AS 96799
011.684.699.1371
mataiau26@gmail.com
Arizona (IC)
OIB Program Manager:
EvaMarie Sanchez
OIB Program Manager
Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Independent Living Blind
100 N. Stone Ave. Suite 500B
Tucson, AZ 85701
602.266.9286
evamariesanchez@azdes.gov
Secondary Contact:
Dr. Brian Dulude
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Rehabilitation Services Administration
602.542.6289
480.549-8199 (M)
Arkansas (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Tina Shores
Older Blind Program Manager
Arkansas Services for the Blind
Division of Workforce Services
Arkansas Department of Commerce
616 Garrison Ave. Rm. 101
P.O. Box 1987
Fort Smith, AR 72901
479.289.7797 (O)
479.629.18.13 (M)
Agency Receptionist: 1.800.960.9270
tina.shores@arkansas.gov
Secondary Contact:
Dr. Megan Lamb, DBA
Field Administrator
Division of Services for the Blind
Arkansas Division of Workforce Services
1 Commerce Way, Ste. 204
Little Rock, AR, 72202
501.682.5730 (O)
501.551.7236 (M)
Megan.Lamb@arkansas.gov
Secondary Contact 2:
Amy Jackson
amy.jackson@arkansas.gov
California (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Jay Harris
Program Manager
Department of Rehabilitation
721 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.5484
Jay.harris@dor.ca.gov
Secondary Contact:
Peter Dawson
Acting Deputy Director
Department of Rehabilitation
721 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
619.209.1892
peter.dawson@dor.ca.gov
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Arlene Reyes
Executive Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 501521
Saipan, MP 96950
670.322.6537
670.322.6448 (Fax)
arlene@ovrgov.net
Colorado (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Liz Robertson
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
2211 W Evans Ave
Denver CO 80223
719.985.0549
elizabeth.robertson@state.co.us
Connecticut (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Christopher Lassen
Adult Services Supervisor
Older Blind Grant Program VII-2
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB)
Adult Services Division
184 Windsor Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
860.602.4180
860.602.4002 (TTY)
Christopher.Lassen@ct.gov
District of Columbia (IC)
OIB Program Manager:
Damon Johnson
Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, Sensory Unit
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Department on Disability Services
One Independence Square
250 E Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
202.262.5650
damon.johnsonjr@dc.gov
Secondary Contact:
Ricky Wright (DDS)
Ricky.Wright@dc.gov
Florida (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Mireya Hernandez
Division of Blind Services
Program Administrator
Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Building Suite 1114
Tallahassee, FL 32399
813.871.7190
Mireya.Hernandez@dbs.fldoe.org
Secondary Contact:
Bridget Giles
Bureau Chief, Client Services
Department of Education
Division of Blind Services
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Building, Suite 1114
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850.245.0305
Bridget.Giles@dbs.fldoe.org
Georgia (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Shirley Robinson
Coordinator of Blind Services
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services
200 Piedmont Avenue SE, West Tower
Suite 502A
Atlanta, GA 30334
404.783.3545
Shirley.robinson@gvs.ga.gov
Secondary Contact:
Chris Wells
Executive Director
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
200 Piedmont Avenue S.E.
West Tower 14th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30334
404.232.1998
www.gvs.ga.gov
Hawaii (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Gavan Abe
Ho`opono Services for the Blind
Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
1901 Bachelot Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
808.782.7573
gabe@dhs.hawaii.gov
Secondary Contact:
Claudia Madruga
1901 Bachelot Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
CMadruga@dhs.hawaii.gov
Idaho (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Steven Achabal M.Ed, CRC
Program Coordinator
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 83720
341 West Washington Street
Boise, ID 83720
208.334.3220 ext. 113
steve.achabal@icbvi.idaho.gov
Illinois (C)
OIB Program Manager, Primary Contact:
Holly Cunningham, MA
Rehabilitation Services Advisor
IDHS/DRS - Bureau of Customer & Community Blind Services
809 Commercial Ave
Springfield, IL 62703
holly.cunningham@illinois.gov
Cell: 217-843-0659
Indiana (C)
OIB Program Director:
Amy Luellen
Bureau of Rehabilitative Services/FSSA
Family and Social Services Administration
Indiana Government Center South
402 W. Washington St. Rm W453
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317.775.3187
amy.luellen@fssa.in.gov
Secondary Contact:
Locket Phillips
Blind and Visually Impaired Services
Family and Social Services Administrations
Indiana Government Center South
402 W. Washington St. Rm W453
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317.232.1441
locket.phillips@fssa.in.gov
Iowa (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Kim Walford
Program Administrator
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
515.250.1184 (C)
kim.walford@blind.state.ia.us
Kansas (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Jennifer Graber
Kansas Department for Children and Families
DCF Administration Building
555 South Kansas Street
Topeka, KS 66603
785.296.8600
785.296.3271
www.dcf.ks.gov
jennifer.graber@ks.gov
Kentucky (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Gay Pannell
IL/OIB Program Manager
Kentucky Career Center
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Division of Blind Services
Independent Living Services
955 Fairview Ave., Suite 100
Bowling Green, KY 42101
502.764.1106 or 800.443.6055 (O)
270.746.7423 (Fax)
gay.pannell@ky.gov
Louisiana (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Kevin Monk
Program Manager, CD
Louisiana Workforce Commission
1001 N. 23rd Street
P.O. Box 91297
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9297
225.219.2943 or 800.737.2958
kmonk@lwc.la.gov
Secondary Contact:
LaShawn James
Program Coordinator
ljames2@lwc.la.gov
Maine (IC)
OIB Program Manager:
Annette Stevens
Rehabilitation Consultant
Division for the Blind & Visually Impaired
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
207.623.7949
Annette.M.Stevens@maine.gov
Maryland (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Tandra Hunter-Payne
Program Manager
Office for Blindness and Vision Services
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
410.554.9107
tandra.hunter-payne@maryland.gov
Secondary Contact:
Toni March
Director
Office for Blindness and Vision Services
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
410.554.9219
Massachusetts (IC)
OIB Program Manager:
Karen Hatcher
Director
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
600 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617.626.7462
karen.hatcher@mass.gov
Secondary Contact:
John Oliveira
Deputy Commissioner
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
600 Washington Street - 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617.626.7509
john.oliveira@ma.gov
Michigan (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Lisa Kisiel
Program Manager
Bureau of Services of Blind Persons
P.O. Box 30652, 702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI 48909
269.251.6840
kisiell@michigan.gov
Minnesota (IC)
OIB Program Manager:
Edward Lecher
State Services for the Blind
Senior Service Unit
2200 University Avenue West, Suite 240
St Paul, MN 55114-1840
651.539.2324
651.642.0506 (TTY)
edward.lecher@state.mn.us
Mississippi (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Lynda Hall
Program Manager
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind/Independent Living
317 Industrial Park Road
Starkville, MS 39759
662.320.6656 or 800.443.1000 (O)
662.324.1878 (TTY)
lhall@mdrs.ms.gov
Secondary Contact:
Fadeelah Williams
Program Supervisor
700 B North Main Street
Amory, MS 38821
662.256.9943
Missouri (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Keith Roderick
Deputy Commissioner
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
Keith.a.roderick@dss.mo.gov
Montana (I)
More About The Program:
OIB Program Manager:
Darrel Hannum
Bureau Chief BLVS
48 2nd Ave. Ste. 213
Havre, MT 59501
406.265.6933
DHannum@mt.gov
Secondary Contact:
Chanda Hermanson
Administrator
Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)
Montana Disability, Employment and Transitions
Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services
P.O. Box 4210
111 N Last Chance Gulch Ste. 4C
Helena MT 59604
406.444.2590
877.296.1197
Chanda.hermanson@mt.gov
Nebraska (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Erin Brandyberry
North Platte District Supervisor
Older Blind Program Manager
NCBVI
4600 Valley Rd, Ste 100
Lincoln, NE 68510-4844
308.293.7662
Erin.brandyberry@nebraska.gov
Secondary Contact:
Carlos Servan
Executive Director
NCBVI
4600 Valley Rd, Ste 100
Lincoln, NE 68510-4844
402.471.2891
Carlos.servan@nebraska.gov
Nevada (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Ani-Tamina Severtsen
Rehabilitation Instructor II
State of Nevada/DETR-Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
3016 W. Charleston Blvd. Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702.486.0387
t-severtsen@detr.nv.gov
Secondary Contact:
Drazen Elez
State Administrator
702.486.0506
d-elez@detr.nv.gov
New Hampshire (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Amy Clark
Older Individuals who are Blind and Vision Impaired Program
New Hampshire Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Division of Workforce Innovation
New Hampshire Department of Education
21 S. Fruit Street, Suite 20
Concord, NH 03301
603.271.3815
Amy.M.Clark@doe.nh.gov
Services for The Blind and Vision Impaired (SBVI) Program
New Jersey (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Susan Vanino, MSW, LSW, CrL
Support Program Coordinator
New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101
973.648.2821
susan.vanino@dhs.nj.gov
New Mexico (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Juan F. Haro
Independent Living Program Manager
New Mexico Commission for the Blind
400 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900
Roswell, NM 88201
505.383.2267
Juan.Haro@state.nm.us
Secondary Contact:
James Salas
Deputy Director
Independent Living Program
NM Commission for the Blind
2200 Yale Boulevard SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
505.383.2251
James.Salas@state.nm.us
New York (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Tracy Breslin
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
Capital View Office Park
52 Washington Street, South Building, Room 201
Rensselaer, NY 12144
518.474.9647
tracy.breslin@ocfs.ny.gov
North Carolina (I)
OIB Program Manager
Crystal Jackson Cheek M.Ed, C.M.H.C.
IL Program Specialist
Division of Services for the Blind
NC Department of Health and Human Services
309 Ashe Avenue, Fisher Building
2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
919.527.6720
Crystal.Cheek@dhhs.nc.gov
Secondary Contact:
Patricia Sikes
IL Program Specialist
NC Division of Services for the Blind
309 Ashe Avenue, Fisher Building
Raleigh, NC 27606
919.527.6720
patricia.sikes@dhhs.nc.gov
North Dakota (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Aimee Volk
Department of Human Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
1000 East Divide Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58501-1208
701.328.8954 or 800.755.2745
701.328.8968
alvolk@nd.gov
Ohio (IC)
More About The Program:
Primary Contact:
Allison Meloy, MS, CRC
Vocational Rehabilitation Supervisor
Independent Living Older Blind Unit
Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
895 Central Ave, 7th floor
Canton, OH 45202
937.260.8076
allison.meloy@ood.ohio.gov
Secondary Contact:
Bernadetta King, CRC
Program Manager
Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
816 30th St. NW
Canton, OH 44709
330.323.6395
bernadetta.king@ood.ohio.gov
Oklahoma (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Julie Bailey
Program Manager
Tulsa Visual Services Center, VS 91
907 South Detroit Avenue, Suite 500
Tulsa, OK 74120
918.551.4911 (O)
918.606.9353 (C)
918.551.4935 (F)
jbailey@okdrs.gov
Oregon (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Malinda S. Carlson
IL Director
Oregon Commission for the Blind
535 SE 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
971.673.1578
Malinda.s.carlson@ocb.oregon.gov
Pennsylvania (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Jamie Pressmann
VR Specialist
Labor & Industry | Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services | Central Office
8 W Market Street, 2nd floor
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
717.787.8315 (O)
570.709.6135 (C)
jpressmann@pa.gov
Puerto Rico
OIB Program Manager:
Ileana Rivera
Administrator VRA
Administración Rehabilitación Vocacional
Programa MIRADA
PO Box 191118
San Juan, PR 00919-1118
787.729.0160, ext. 7259
Rhode Island (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Laurie Diorio
Program Manager/State Director
Department of Human Services/Office of Rehabilitation Services
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
40 Fountain Street, Third Floor
Providence, RI 02903
401.265.3563
laurie.diorio@dhs.ri.gov
Secondary Contact:
Ronald J. Racine
Associate Director
Department of Human Services
Office of Rehabilitation Services
40 Fountain St.
Providence, RI 02903
401.462.7888
Ronald.Racine@dhs.ri.gov
South Carolina (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Leah "Nikki" Green
Independent Services Program Lead
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
Independent Living and Prevention of Blindness Programs
1430 Confederate Ave
Columbia, SC 29201
803-898-8871
leah.green@sccb.sc.gov
South Dakota (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Sandra Neyhart
Program Manager
Department of Human Services
Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired
Hillsview Properties Plaza
3800 East Highway 34, 500 East Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
605.773.4644 or 800.265.9684
605.773.6412 (TTY)
sandy.neyhart@state.sd.us
Tennessee (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Cindy Miles
Director, IL/OIB
Blind & Visually Impaired Services
2557 Plymouth Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
423.434.6986
cindy.miles@tn.gov
Secondary Contact:
Chastity Campbell
IL Program Coordinator
1618 Railroad Ave.
Shelbyville, TN 37160
931.685.1393
chastity.campbell@tn.gov
Texas (I)
Texas (North)
Matt Berend, MRC, LBSW
Independent Living Services for Older Individuals who are Blind (OIB)
Texas Workforce Commission-Vocational Rehabilitation Division
1117 Trinity St., Room 144T
Austin, TX 78778
737.329.6822
matt.berend@twc.texas.gov
Texas (South)
OIB Program Manager:
Kira Hollywood-Sythoff, M.Ed., LPC
OIB Manager
Texas Workforce Commission
VR Division/Office of Blind Services
101 East 15th Street, MC 1403
Austin Texas 78778
512.936.4276
Kira.hollywood@twc.texas.gov
Other Texas Contacts:
Bonnie Notargiacomo
OIB Program Specialist
956.358.8559
bonnie.notargiacomo@twc.texas.gov
Crystal Stark
OIB Program Specialist
979.680.5293
Crystal.stark@twc.texas.gov
Utah (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Steve Winn
Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
250 North 1950 West, Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-7902
801.323.4345
801.323.4395 (TTY)
stevewinn@utah.gov
Vermont (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Fred Jones
Division Director
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
H.C. 2 South
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-2050
802.241.0326
fred.jones@vermont.gov
Virginia (I)
OIB Program Manager:
David Fuller
Director of Rehabilitation Teaching and Independent Living Services
Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired
397 Azalea Avenue,
Richmond, VA 23227
Office 804-371-3193
Work Cell 804-489-4901
Virgin Islands
OIB Program Manager:
Felecia Blyden
Supervisor
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1303 Hospital Ground
Knud Hansen Complex, Building A
St. Thomas, VI 00802
340.774.0930
felecia.blyden@dhs.vi.gov
Washington (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Kim Canaan
State Director
Department of Services for the Blind
University of Washington—CTDS
Box 357920
Seattle, WA 98195
206.616.6789
206.721.4056 (TDD)
kimcan@uw.edu
Secondary Contact:
Sophie Watson
Program Coordinator
Department of Services for the Blind
University of Washington—CTDS
Box 357920
Seattle, WA 98195
watsos@uw.edu
West Virginia (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Tammy Murdock
Rehabilitation Program Specialist
WV Division of Rehabilitation Services
10 McJunkin Road
Nitro, WV 25143
304.760.7180
tammy.k.murdock@wv.gov
Wisconsin (I)
OIB Program Manager:
Ann Sievert
Office Director
Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1 West Wilson Street, Room 558
Madison, WI 53703
608.266.3147
annl.sievert@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Wyoming (C)
OIB Program Manager:
Stephanie Jensen
Program Manager
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
5221 Yellowstone Road
Cheyenne, WY 82002
307.777.7191
stephanie.jensen@wyo.gov