STATE VR AGENCIES (Including Territories)
*In cases of states with both general and blind agencies, a text box will appear to the right side of the screen with information on the blind agency per each state/territory
BLIND SERVICES AGENCIES
Alabama
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Commissioner: Jane E Burdeshaw
Phone: (334) 293-7500
Toll-Free: (800) 441-7607
Toll-Free Restrictions: AL residents
Fax: (334) 293-7383
Alaska
Department of Labor & Workforce Development Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Acting Director: Gina Bastian
Phone: (907) 465-2814
Toll-Free: (800) 478-2815
Fax: (907) 465-2856
WEBSITE
Arizona
Vocational Rehabilitation
RSA Program Administrator: Kristen Mackey
Phone: (602) 542-6295
WEBSITE
AMERICAN SAMOA
Vocational Rehabilitation American Samoa Government
Director: Dr. Delaney Afe-Tilo
Phone: (684) 699-1371 or (684) 699-4234
California
California Department of Rehabilitation
Director: Joe Xavier
Phone: (916) 324-1313
TTY: (916) 558-5807
Colorado
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Colorado Division of Labor & Employment
Director: Kristin Corash
Phone: (303) 866-4150,
Toll-Free: (866) 870-4595
Fax: (303) 866-4905, (303) 866-4908
TTY: (303) 866-4150
Connecticut
Department of Social Services
Director: David Doukas
Phone: (860) 424-4844
Toll-Free: (800) 537-2549
Fax: (860) 424-4850
Video Phone: (860) 920-7163
Connecticut blind
Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind
Director: Carol Jenkins
Phone: (860) 602-4000
Toll-Free: (800) 842-4510
Fax: (860) 602-4020
TTY: (860) 602-4221
Delaware
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, DE Department of Labor
Director: Elisha Jenkins
Phone: (302) 761-8275
Fax: (302) 736-9197
Delaware blind
Division for the Visually Impaired Health and Social Services
Acting Director: Deborah Talley
Phone: (302) 255-9800
Fax: (302) 255-4441
Fax (eye reports only): (302) 255-9921
TTY: (302) 255-9854
district of Columbia
District of Columbia Department on Disability Services
Deputy Director: Darryl Evans
Phone: (202) 730-1700
Fax: (202) 730-1843
TTY: (202) 730-1516
florida
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Education
Acting Director: Victoria Gaitanis
Phone: (850) 245-3399
Toll-Free: (800) 451-4327
TTY: (850) 245-3399
Fax: (850) 245-3316
florida blind
Division of Blind Services Department of Education
Director: Robert L. Doyle III
Phone: (850) 245-0300
Toll-Free: (800) 342-1828
Fax: (850) 245-0363
Georgia
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Point of Contact: Chris Wells
Phone: (866) 489-0001
TTY: (404) 232-1998
Fax: (404) 232-1800
Guam
Department of Integrated Services for Individuals with Disabilities (DISID) Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Director: Joseph Cameron
Phone: (671) 475-4200
Hawaii
Department of Human Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Director: Lia Dias
Phone: (808)-586-4993
WEBSITE
Illinois
Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services
Acting Director: Rahnee Patrick
Toll-Free: (800) 843-6154
TTY: (800) 447-6404
Indiana
Division of Disability and Rahabilitative Services Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Director: Theresa Koleszar
Toll-Free: (800) 545-7763
Fax: (317) 232-1240
Iowa
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services Department of Education
Administrator: James Williams
Phone: (515) 281-4211
Fax: (515) 281-7645
TTY: (515) 281-4211
Iowa blind
Iowa Department for the Blind
Director: Emily Wharton
Phone: (515) 281-1333
Toll-Free: (800) 362-2587
Fax: (515) 281-1263
TTY: (515) 281-1355
Kansas
Kansas Rehabilitation Services
Director: Dan Decker
Phone: 785-368 -7471
Toll-Free: 1-866-213-9079
Fax: 785-368-7467
TTY: 785-368-7478
Kentucky
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Education Cabinet
Executive Director: Cora McNabb
Phone: (502) 782-3402
Toll-Free: (800) 372-7172
Louisiana
Rehabilitation Services
Director: Melissa Bayham
Phone: (225) 219-2225
Toll-Free: (800) 737-2958
Fax: (225) 219-2942, (225) 219-4993
Maine
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Acting Director: Samantha Fenderson
Phone: (225) 219-2225
Toll-Free: (800) 737-2958
Fax: (225) 219-2942, (225) 219-4993
Maine Blind
Division for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Director: Elissa Rowe
Phone: 207-623-7949
Maryland
Division of Rehabilitation Services State Department of Education
Director: Jody Boone
Phone: (410) 554-9451
Toll-Free: (888) 554-0334
Fax: (410) 554-9384
TTY: (410) 554-9411
V.P. 443-453-5981
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Commissioner: Toni Wolf
Phone: (617) 204-3600
Toll-Free: (800) 245-6543
Fax: (617) 727-1354
TTY: (800) 245-6543
Massachusetts Blind
Commission for the Blind
Commissioner: John Oliveira
Phone: (617) 727-5550
Toll-Free: (800) 392-6450
Fax: (617) 626-7685
TTY: (800) 392-6556
Michigan
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
Director: Sigrid Adams
Phone: (517) 373-2062
Toll-Free: (800) 292-4200
Fax: (517) 335-5140
TTY: (888) 864-1212
Michigan Blind
Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
Director: William Robinson
Phone: (517) 373-3390
Fax: (517) 335-7277
TTY: (888) 605-6722
Minnesota
Rehabilitation Services Branch Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Economic Division
Director: Dee Torgerson
Phone:(651)-259-7367 or (651) 259-7114
Minnesota Blind
State Services for the Blind
Director: Natasha Jerde
Phone: (651) 642-0500
Toll-Free: (800) 652-9000
Fax: (651) 649-5927
TTY: (651) 642-0506
Mississippi
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Executive Director: Chris Howard
Toll-Free: (800) 443-1000
Missouri
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Clause
Phone: (573) 751-3251
Toll-Free: (877) 222-8963
Fax: (573) 751-1441
TTY: (573) 751-0881
Missouri Blind
State Services for the Blind
Deputy Director: Keith Roderick
Phone: (573) 751-4249
Fax: (573) 751-4984
Toll-Free: 1-800-592-6004
Montana
Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Public Health and Human Services Disability Transitions Programs
Administrator: Chanda Hermanson
Phone: (406) 444-4179
Toll-Free: (877) 296-1197
Fax: (406) 444-3632
TTY: (406) 444-2590
Nebraska
Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Education
Director: Lindy Foley
Phone: (402) 471-3644
Toll-Free: (877) 637-3422
Fax: (402) 471-0788
Nebraska Blind
NE Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Executive Director: Carlos Servan
Phone: (402) 471-2891
Toll-Free: (877) 809-2419
Fax: (402) 471-3009
Nevada
Rehabilitation Division
Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
Administrator: Drazen Elez
Northern Nevada:
Phone: (775) 684-4040
TTY: (775) 684-8400
Southern Nevada:
Phone: (702) 486-5230
TTY: (702) 486-1018
New Hampshire
Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Education
Director, Field Services Administrator: Richard Sala
Phone: (603) 271-3471
Toll-Free: (800) 299-1647
Fax: (603) 271-7095
New Mexico
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Education
Director: Casey Stone-Romero
Phone: (505) 954-8500 or (505) 954-8562
Toll-Free: (800) 224-7005
New Mexico Blind
Commission for the Blind
Executive Director: Greg Trapp
Phone: (505)-827-4479
New York Blind
Commission for the Blind
Associate Commissioner: Julie Hovey
Toll-Free: (866) 871-3000
TTY: (866) 871-6000
New York
New York State Education Department Vocational & Educational Services for People with Disabilities
Director: Linda Schramm
Toll-Free: (800) 222-5627
North Carolina
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Department of Health and Human Services
Division Director: Kathie Trotter
Toll-Free: (800) 689-9090
Fax: (919) 733-7968
TTY: 919-855-3579
VP: (919) 324-1500
North Carolina Blind
Division of Services for the Blind
Acting Director: Cynthia Speight
Phone: (919)-527-6704
North Dakota
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Health and Human Services
Director: Damian Schlinger
Phone: (701) 328-8950
Toll-Free: (800) 755-2745
Fax: (701) 328-1884
Northern Marianas Islands
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Director: James Rayphand
Phone: (670) 322-6537
Fax: (670) 322-6536
TTY: (670) 322-6449
Ohio
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
Executive Director: Kevin Miller
Phone: (866) 895-0058
Oklahoma
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Executive Director: Melinda Fruendt
Phone: (405) 951-3400
Toll-Free: (800) 845-8476
TTY: (405) 951-3400 or (800) 845-8476
Oregon
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Department of Human Services
Acting Administrator: Keith Ozols
Phone: (503) 945-5880
Toll-Free: (877) 277-0513
Fax: (503) 947-5010
Oregon Blind
State Commission for the Blind
Executive Director: Dacia Johnson, MS, CRC
Phone: (971)-673-1588
Pennsylvania
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation PA Department of Labor & Industry
Executive Director: Ryan Hyde
Phone: (717) 787-5244
Toll-Free: (800) 442-6351
TTY: (717) 787-4885 or (866) 830-7327
Puerto Rico
Vocational Rehabilitation Administration
Director: Dr. Maria Gomez Garcia
Phone: (787) 729-0160
Fax: (787) 728-8070
TTY: (787) 268-3735
Rhode Island
Office of Rehabilitation Services Department of Human Services
Associate Director: Joseph Murphy
Phone: (401) 421-7005
TTY: (401) 421-7016
South Dakota
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Director: Eric Weiss
Phone: (605) 773-3195
Fax: (605) 773-5483
South Dakota Blind
Services for the Blind
Director: Gaye Mattke
Phone: (605)-773-4644
Toll-free: (800)-265-9684
Tennessee
Department of Human Services Rehabilitation Services
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Assistant Commissioner: Kevin Wright
Phone: (615) 313-4891
Fax: (615) 741-6508
TTY: (615) 313-5695 or (800) 270-1349
Texas
Texas Workforce Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Division Director: Cheryl Fuller
Phone: (512) 463-2222
TTY: (866) 581-9328
Utah
Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
Director: Sarah Brenna
Phone: (801) 538-7530
Toll-Free: (800) 473-7530
Fax: (801) 538-7522
TTY: (801) 538-7530
Vermont
Vocational Rehabilitation Division Agency of Human Services
Director: Diane Dalmasse
Phone: (866) 879-6757
Toll-Free: (866) 879-6757
TTY: (802) 241-1455
Vermont Blind
Division of Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired Department of Aging
Director: Fred Jones
Phone: (800)-639=5861
Virgin Islands
Division of Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
Acting Administrator: Kimberly-Joy Washington
Phone: (340) 773-2323 Ext. 2134
Fax: (340) 718-3643
TTY: (340) 776-2043
Virginia
Department of Rehabilitative Services
Commissioner: Kathryn Hayfield
Phone: (804) 662-7000
Toll-Free: (800) 552-5019
Fax: (804) 662-9532
TTY: (800) 464-9950
Virginia Blind
Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired
Commissioner: Rick Mitchell
Phone: (804) 371-3151
Toll Free: (800) 622-2155
West Virginia
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Director: Pisnu Bau-Iam
Phone: (304) 356-2060
Toll-Free: (800) 642-8207
Wisconsin
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce Development
Administrator: Meredith Dressel
Phone: (608) 261-0050
Toll-Free: (800) 442-3477
Fax: (608) 266-1133
TTY: (888) 877-5939
Wyoming
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce Services
Administrator: Nicky Harper
Phone: (307) 777-8650
Fax: (307) 777-5857