[nfbmi-talk] list of current nac accredited agencies fyi

Sun Nov 23 18:39:54 UTC 2014

Hi, Fred, and all,

Fred, do you remember NAC's final coming to convention to address 
us? I can't remember what year it was, but it was a sorry 
spectacle and clearly showed that they had learned nothing.  Do 
you think it's possible that our MSB's NAC accanditation had 
something to do with the school's ultimate demise? I was at that 
1966 convention at the other major discussion (besides the 
tenBroek document) was Ken Jernigan discussed his conflicted 
response to his invitation to join the NAC board as it evolved 
from COMSTAC to NAC.  By the time of his 1971 speech, the 
conflict between NAC and NFB was clear and irreconsilable.  NAC 
claimed to have nothing against the members of NFB in general, 
just our leaders.  I doubt very much that anyone running an 
orientation center according to NFB philosophy would want to 
associate in any way at all with NAC.

Regards,

Evelyn

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Hi Joe,

Thanks for this list.  I feel sorry for blind people in 
Pennsylvania and
Florida.  Check out some of these names.  Names like Sight Center 
or Vision
Rehabilitation or Center for Sight Enhancement.  It is clear why 
we object
to NAC.  They don't have much respect for blind people, since 
they want to
rehabilitate our non-existent vision.

I am pleased that we only have 1 in Michigan, though, I would 
rather we had
none, like a vast majority of states.  There must be  a state law 
in
Pennsylvania and Florida  or something which compels so many 
places to be
NAC accredited.

I applaud Lydia's optimism.  I think we have a snowball's chance 
in August
of being accepted, but it would be interesting to know what would 
happen.

This is a great thread.  Thank you Lydia.  Also thank you to 
Terri for
posting some background information about our thinking about NAC.  
As a
person who has NAC Tracked in Illinois, Georgia, Washington, DC 
and some
places I forget, I am not sure I could bring myself to consider 
giving them
any credibility by applying.  I must admit I feel conflicted 
about this
attitude from my Christian point of view, since I need to be 
forgiving and
know that God loves everyone.  Just shows that I am still a 
sinner, I guess.

Warmest Regards,

Fred

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Accredited Agencies

Alphapointe Association for the Blind

7501 Prospect Avenue

Kansas City, MO  64132-2103

www.alphapointe.org

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

456 Cherry Street SE

Grand Rapids, MI  49503

www.abvimichigan.org

Beaver County Association for the Blind

616 Fourth Street

Beaver Falls, PA  15010

www.bcblind.org

Vision Resource Center of Berks County

2020 Hampden Boulevard

Reading, PA  19604

www.berksblind.org

Blair/Clearfield Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

300 Fifth Avenue

Altoona, PA  16602

www.bcabvi.org

Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1800 West Street

Homestead, PA  15120

www.bvrspittsburgh.org

The Blind Association of Butler & Armstrong Counties

322 N.  Cedar Street

Butler, PA  16001

www.butlercountyfortheblind.org

Bucks County Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired

400 Freedom Drive

Newtown, PA  18940

www.bucksblind.org

Cambria County Association for the Blind & Handicapped

211 Central Avenue

Johnstown, PA  15902

www.ccabh.com

Center for the Visually Impaired, Inc.

1187 Dunn Avenue

Daytona Beach, FL  32114-2403

www.cvicentralflorida.org

The Center for the Visually Impaired

739 West Peachtree Street NW

Atlanta, GA  30308-1137

www.cviga.org

Center for Vision Loss of Lehigh, Northhampton and Monroe 
Counties

845 West Wyoming Street

Allentown, PA  18103

www.centerforvisionloss.org

Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired (CBVI)

100 West 15th Street

Chester, PA  19013

www.cbvi.net

Central Susquehanna Sight Services, Inc.

348 Market Street

Sunbury, PA  17801

www.cssight.org

Centre for Sight Enhancement/Low Vision Services

School of Optometry & Vision Science

University of Waterloo

200 University Ave.  W.

Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1

https://uwaterloo.ca/sight-enhancement/

The Chicago Lighthouse

1850 West Roosevelt Road

Chicago, IL  60608-1298

www.chicagolighthouse.org

Children's Center for the Visually Impaired

3101 Main Street

Kansas City, MO  64111-1921

www.ccvi.org

Cincinatti Association for the Blind

2045 Gilbert Avenue

Cincinatti, OH  45202-1490

www.cincyblind.org

Community Services for Sight

109 West Broad Street

2nd Floor

Hazleton, PA  18201

www.communityservicesforsight.org

Ensight Skills Center

3307 South College Avenue, Suite 108

Fort Collins, Colorado  80525

www.ensightskills.org

Fayette County Association for the Blind

48 Bierer Lane

Uniontown, PA  15401-5516

Florida Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

7634 South West 60th Avenue

Ocala, FL  34476

www.flblind.org

Florida Lions Conklin Centers for the Blind

405 White Street

Daytona Beach, FL  32114

www.conklincenter.org

Florida School for the Deaf and Blind

207 N.  San Marco Avenue

St.  Augustine, FL  32084-2799

www.fsdb.k12.fl.us

Florida Outreach Center for the Blind

2315 South Congress Avenue

Palm Springs, FL  33406

www.flblindcenter.org

Greater Wilkes-Barre Association for the Blind

1825 Wyoming Avenue

Exeter, PA  18643

www.wilkesbarreblind.com

Independence for the Blind of West Florida, Inc.

3107 North Davis Highway

Pensacola, FL  32503

www.ibwest.org

Independence with Low Vision, ElderCare of Alachua County

5701 N.W.  34th Street

Gainesville, FL  32653

www.eldercare.ufandshands.org

Independent Living for Adult Blind

101 West State Street, Room A-2140

Jacksonville, FL  32202

The Iris Network

189 Park Avenue

Portland, Maine  04102

www.theiris.org

Keystone Blind Association (KBA)

1230 Stambaugh Avenue

Sharon, PA  16146

www.keystoneblind.org

Lackawanna Pennsylvania Association for the Blind

228 Adams Avenue

Scranton, PA  18503

www.lackawannablind.org

Lighthouse Central Florida, Inc.

215 East New Hampshire Street

Orlando, FL  32804

www.lighthousecentralflorida.org

Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches

1710 Tiffany Drive East

West Palm Beach, FL  33407

www.lighthousepalmbeaches.org

Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind

8610 Galen Wilson Boulevard

Port Richey, FL  34668

www.lvib.org

Lighthouse of Broward County

650 North Andrews Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, FL  33311

www.lhob.org

Lighthouse of Collier, Inc.

2685 Horseshoe Drive S

Naples, FL  34104

www.lighthouseofcollier.org

Lighthouse of Pinellas, Inc.

6925 112th Circle North, Suite 103

Largo, FL  33773

www.lhpfl.org

Lighthouse of the Big Bend Guiding People Through Vision Loss

3071 highland Oaks Terrace

Tallahassee, FL  32301

www.lighthousebigbend.org

Looking aHead

21700 Cedar Road

Beachwood, OH  44122-1156

www.menorahpark.org

Lighthouse of Manasota

7318 North Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL  34243

www.lighthouseofmanasota.org

The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind

601 SW 8th Avenue

Maimi, FL  33130

www.miamilighthouse.org

Montana School for the Deaf and Blind

3911 Central Avenue

Great Falls, MT  59405

www.msdb.mt.gov

Montgomery County Association for the Blind, Inc.

212 N.  Main Street

North Wales, PA  19454-3117

www.mcab.org

New Hampshire Association for the Blind

McGreal Sight Center

25 Walker Street

Concord, N.H.  03301

www.sightcenter.org

New Vision for Independence

9501 US Hwy 441

Leesburg, FL  34788

www.newvisionfl.org

NuVisions Center

658 Valley St.

Lewistown, PA  17044

www.nu-visions.net

North Dakota Vision Services, School for the Blind

500 Stanford Road

Grand Forks, ND  58203-2799

www.ndvisionservices.com

Pennsylvania Association for the Blind

555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite A300

Mechanicsburg, PA  17055-5202

www.pablind.org

Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.

P.O.  Box 1492

Akron, OH  44309

www.rrs-inc.org

Sight Center of Northwest PA

2545 West 26th Street

Erie, PA  16506

www.sightcenterwpa.org

The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio

1002 Garden Lake Parkway

Toledo, OH  43614

www.sightcentertoledo.org

South Central Blind Association

202 South Julianna Street

Bedford, PA 15522

Southeast Ohio Sight Center, Inc.

358 Lincoln Avenue

Lancaster, OH  43130

www.orgsites.com/oh/seohiosightcenter

Spectrios Institute for Low Vision at Deicke House

219 E.  Cole Avenue

Wheaton, IL  60187

www.spectrios.org

Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind

1106 West Platt Street

Tampa, FL  33606

www.tampalighthouse.org

Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

742 Harrison Boulevard

Ogden, UT  84404

www.usdb.org

Venango County Association for the Blind

3035 Rt.  257

P.O.  Box 515

Seneca, PA  16346

www.venangoblind.org

Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania

1130 South 19th Street

Harrisburg, PA  17104-2912

www.vrocp.org

Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia

3830 South Cobb Drive, Suite 125

Smyrna, GA  30080

www.blvsgeorgia.org

Visually Impaired Persons of Southwest Florida

35 West Mariana Avenue

North Fort Myers, FL  33903

www.lighthouseswfl.org

Washington-Greene county Blind Association

566 East Maiden Street

Washington, PA  15301

www.wgcba.org

World Services for the Blind

2811 Fair Park Blvd.

Little Rock, AR 72204

www.wsblind.org

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National Accreditation Council
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