Des Moines Office
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
800-362-2587 (Toll free)
515-281-1333
515-281-1355 (TTY)
515-281-1263 (Fax)
www.blind.state.ia.us
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Waterloo District Office
Iowa Department for the Blind - Waterloo
3420 University Avenue, Suite A
Waterloo, IA 50701
888-378-4397 (Toll free)
319-226-3352
319-226-3354 (Fax)
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Cedar Rapids District Office
Iowa Department for the Blind - Cedar Rapids
411 3rd Street SE
Suite 745
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-1811
888-346-9557 (Toll free)
319-365-9111
319-298-9369 (Fax)
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Programs and services include:

• Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Independent Living Rehabilitation Services
• Adult Orientation and Adjustment Center
• Business Enterprises Program
• Aids and Devices Store
• Public Education and In-Service Training.

510 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
800-532-1486 (Voice/TTY)
515-281-4211 (Voice/TTY)
515-281-4703 (Fax)
www.ivrs.iowa.gov[link opens in new window]

2200 University Avenue West, Suite 200
Saint Paul, MN 55114
800-871-8780 (Toll free)
651-203-2200
651-203-2203 (Fax)
www.thelowvisioncenter.com
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com

The Low Vision Store carries a full line of daily living products and reading machines for people who are blind or have low vision. They cover the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and will do free in-house demonstrations for all reading machines.

Ophthalmology: Vision Rehabilitation Service
Grandview Medical Center
300 North Grandview Avenue, Suite F
Dubuque, IA 52001
563-589-0592
Web site
E-mail: clinical-outreach@uiowa.edu  

The new vision rehabilitation clinic complements services currently provided by University of Iowa's Specialty Eye Care - Retina Service and will provide treatment for patients with low vision, along with offering consultation, educational activities, and other support services for physicians in northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin, and northwest Illinois.