3903 Taft Drive
Anchorage, AK 99517-3069
800-770-7517 (Toll free)
907-248-7770
907-248-7517 (Fax)
www.alaskabvi.org
E-mail: info@alaskabvi

The Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers day and residential instruction in activities of daily living, orientation and mobility, braille, assistive technology, manual skills, job development and placement, on-the-job technology assessments, and coaching for job retention.

801 West 10th Street, Suite A
Juneau, AK 99801-1894
800-478-2815 (Toll free)
907-465-2814
907-465-2856 (Fax)
www.labor.state.ak.us/dvr/home.htm

• Guidance and counseling
• Information and referral
• Physical Restoration Assistance (Eye Surgery, Prosthetics, Eyeglasses)
• Personal Adjustment Training in Alternative Techniques of Blindness (Braille, Mobility Using Long White Cane, Home Management Skills). Available Through Residential Programs and/or Itinerant Service Providers
• Academic, Vocational and On-the-Job Training 
• Work Adjustment Training/Job Coaching
• Selective Placement 
• Assistive Technology (Low Vision Aids, CCTVs, Text Scanners and Speech Output for Computer, Screen Enlargement Software, Digital Voice Notetakers, Braille Printers)
• Transportation Assistance
• Training and Assistance in the Business Enterprise Program

Low Vision Services
1000 East Dimond Blvd., Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99515
907-349-6932
907-349-6347 (Fax)
http://dimondvisionclinic.com
E-mail: dimondvision@gci.net

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
National Office Headquarters:
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050-1218
Switchboard hours: 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
516-944-8900 (Voice)
516-944-8908 (VP)
516-944-8637 (TTY)
516-944-7302 (Fax)
E-mail: hkncinfo@hknc.org

Regional Representative contact information: www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm

The Center provides services to youth and adults who are deaf-blind according to the definition of deaf-blindness in the Helen Keller Act. The national center in New York and regional offices that serve each state provide advocacy, support groups, information, and services to people who have both a vision and a hearing loss.

The mission of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) is to enable each person who is deaf-blind to live and work in his or her community of choice. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1967, the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults is a national rehabilitation program serving youth and adults who are deaf-blind.

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The mission of the Veterans' Healthcare System (VHA) is to serve the needs of America's veterans by providing primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. Approximately a quarter of the nation's population -- approximately 70 million people -- are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.

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Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Veterans:
The mission of the VA Blind Rehabilitation Service is to coordinate a healthcare service delivery system that provides a continuum of care for blinded veterans extending from their home environment to the local VA facility and to the appropriate rehabilitation setting.

Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST):
The Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST) Coordinator serves as the initial contact person for getting help with vision loss. VIST Coordinators are located at local VA Medical Centers across the country. They work to ensure that veterans with visual impairments receive appropriate benefits and services.

The VIST Coordinator is a case manager who has major responsibility for the coordination of all services for legally blind veterans and their families. Duties include providing and/or arranging for the provision of appropriate treatment plans and programs in order to enhance a blinded veteran's functioning level.

Other duties include identifying new cases of blindness, providing professional counseling, resolving problems, arranging annual healthcare reviews, and conducting education programs relating to blindness.

Services for blind and visually impaired veterans include:

• Orientation and Mobility
• Independent Living Skills
• Manual Skills
• Visual Skills and Low Vision Services
• Computer Access Training
• Physical Conditioning
• Recreation
• Adjustment to Blindness
• Family Program