The
six states with more than one NAC-accredited agency are shown with solid
fill. The thirteen with one each have striped fill. The states with no
NAC-accredited agencies are clear.
Braille Monitor May 2004
Spring 2004 NAC Membership Report
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The
six states with more than one NAC-accredited agency are shown with solid
fill. The thirteen with one each have striped fill. The states with no
NAC-accredited agencies are clear.
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It's been awhile since we reported on NAC's progress in persuading agencies, schools, and workshops to pay for and receive accreditation from the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual Impairment (NAC). Since the so-called summit in December of 2002, when NAC called together as many folks as they could muster to make the case for its importance in the field of work with the blind, NAC's membership has continued to dwindle. Only six states have more than one NAC member agency, for a total of twenty-six, or two-thirds of the total U.S. membership. Thirteen states have one agency each for a grand total of thirty-nine U.S. agencies on the NAC rolls. That is a net loss of three agencies since the summit. Thirty-three states, counting the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, are lucky enough to boast a NAC-free environment. Here are the lists as drawn from NAC's own Web site as of March 18, 2004:
The six states with multiple NAC agencies are Florida, 11; Georgia, 3; Illinois, 2; Michigan, 2; Missouri, 2; and Ohio, 6.
The thirteen states with just one NAC member agency each are Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington.
The states now free of NAC incursions are Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
We conclude this report with a list of the actual agencies that have decided to maintain membership in the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual Impairment:
ARIZONA
The Foundation for Blind
Children
www.the-fbc.org
1235 East Harmont
Drive
Phoenix, Arizona
85020
ARKANSAS
Lions World Services for
the Blind
2811 Fair Park Boulevard
PO Box 4055
Little Rock, Arkansas
72214
FLORIDA
Conklin Center for Multihandicapped
Blind
405 White Street
Daytona Beach, Florida
32114
Florida Institute of Rehabilitation
Education
1286 Cedar Center
Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
32301
The Florida School for
the Deaf and the Blind
www.fsdb.k12.fl.us
207 North San Marco
Avenue
St. Augustine, Florida
32084-2799
The Lighthouse for the
Visually Impaired and Blind
8610 Galen Wilson
Boulevard, Suite B
Port Richey, Florida
34668
Lighthouse of Broward County,
Inc.
650 North Andrews
Avenue
Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33311
Mana-Sota Lighthouse for
the Blind
7318 North Tamiami
Trail
Sarasota, Florida
34243
The Miami Lighthouse for
the Blind
www.miamilighthouse.com
601 SW Eighth Avenue
Miami, Florida 33130
Tampa Lighthouse for the
Blind
www.tampalighthouse.org
1106 West Platt Street
Tampa, Florida 33806
Visually Impaired Persons
of Charlotte County, Inc.
23312 Harper Avenue
Charlotte Harbor,
Florida 33998
Visually Impaired Persons
of Southwest Florida
35 West Marina Avenue
PO Box 3464
North Fort Myers,
Florida 33903
Watson Center
6925 112th Circle,
North, Suite 103
Largo, Florida 34643
GEORGIA
Blind and Low Vision Services
of North Georgia
3830 South Cobb Drive,
Suite 125
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
Center for the Visually
Impaired, Inc.
www.cviatlanta
739 Peachtree Street
NW
Atlanta, Georgia
30308
Georgia Academy for the
Blind
2895 Vineville Avenue
Macon, Georgia 31204
ILLINOIS
The Chicago Lighthouse
for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
www.chicagolighthouse.org
1850 Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois
60608
Deicke Center for Visual
Rehabilitation
www.deicke.org
219 East Cole Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois
61087
INDIANA
Indiana School for the
Blind
7725 North College
Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
46240
KANSAS
Envision
www.envisionus.com
2301 South Water
Wichita, Kansas 67213-4819
MAINE
The Iris Network (formerly
Maine Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired)
189 Park Avenue
Portland, Maine 04102
MARYLAND
The Maryland School for
the Blind
www.mdschblind.org
3501 Taylor Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
21236
MICHIGAN
Association for the Blind
and Visually Impaired
www.abvimichigan.org
215 Sheldon, SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
49503
Upshaw Institute for the
Blind
www.upshawinst.org
16625 Grand River
Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
48227
MISSOURI
Alphapointe Association
for the Blind
7501 Prospect Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
64132
Children's Center for the
Visually Impaired
3101 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
64111
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Association
for the Blind
www.sightcenter.com
25 Walker Street
Concord, New Hampshire
03301
NEW YORK
The New York Institute
for Special Education
www.nyise.org
999 Pelham Parkway
Bronx, New York 10469
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Vision Services/School
for the Blind
www.ndvisionservices.com
500 Stanford Road
Grand Forks, North
Dakota 58203-2799
OHIO
Cincinnati Association
for the Blind
www.cincyblind
2046 Gilbert Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
45202
Clovernook Center for the
Blind and Visually Impaired
www.clovernook.org
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
45231
Rehabilitation Support
Services Inc.
16 Elmdale Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44313
The Sight Center Toledo
Society for the Blind
1819 Canton Street
Toledo, Ohio 43624
South East Ohio Sight Center
358 Lincoln Center,
Unit A
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Vision Center of Central
Ohio, Inc.
1393 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43201
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Vision Services
www.pghvis.org
300 South Craig Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15213
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota School for
the Blind and Visually Impaired
www.sdsbvi.sdbor.edu
423 17th Avenue,
SE
Aberdeen, South Dakota
57401
UTAH
Utah Schools for the Deaf
and the Blind
www.usdb.k12.ut.us
742 Harrison Boulevard
Ogden, Utah 84404-5298
WASHINGTON
The Lighthouse for the
Blind, Inc.
www.lighthousestore.com
2501 South Plum Street
PO Box 14959
Seattle, Washington
98144