Local Organizations Serving The Blind
Alliance of Professionals with Disabilities
Anthony R. Candela
https://www.facebook.com/Alliance-of-Professionals-with-Disabilities-123531666254/?ref=page_internal
(415) 392-4845
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Gil Johnson, Director
San Francisco Regional Office
44 Montgomery Street
Suite 1305
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 392-4845
Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County
Steven Macias, Executive Director
225 Laurel Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
(831) 649-3505
(800) 404-3505 (in Monterey County)
Fax: (831) 649-4057
Blindness Support Services, Inc.
Peter Benavidez, Executive Director
3696 Beatty Drive, Suite A
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 341-9244
Fax: (951) 341-6335
pbenavidez@blindnesssupport.com
Braille Institute of America, Inc.
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 663-1111
(800) 272-4553
https://www.brailleinstitute.org/
California Council of the Blind (CCB)
Judy Wilkinson, President
2143 Hurley Way, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95825
916-441-2100
800-221-6359
Executive Offices
California Council of Citizens with Low Vision (CCCLV)
Bernice Kandarian, President,
800-733-2258
http://www.ccbnet.org/groups/ccclv/ccclv.htm
California Department of Rehabilitation: Blind Field Services
P.O. Box 944222
Sacramento, CA 94244-2220
(916) 558-5480 (Voice)
https://dor.ca.gov/Home/BlindFieldServices
Tammy Scott (Main Office in Sacramento)
Blind Services: blindinfo@dor.ca.gov
To post jobs: Workforce.Development@dor.ca.gov
California School for the Blind
500 Walnut Avenue
Fremont, CA 94536
510-794-3800
Center for Living Independence for Multi-Handicapped Blind (CLIMB)
2300 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
626-289-5321
www.climb-inc.com/#!about-us/cjg9
Center for the Partially Sighted
LaDonna Ringering, Ph.D., President and CEO
18425 Burbank Blvd Ste 706
Tarzana, CA 90025
(818) 705-5954
Community Access Center
Paul Van Doren, Executive Director
6848 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 150
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 274-0358
Community Center for the Blind
2453 Grand Canal Blvd., Suite 5
Stockton, CA 95207-8259
(209) 466-3836
http://www.communitycenterfortheblind.org/
info@CommunityCenterForTheBlind.org
Dayle McIntosh Center for the Disabled
Brittany Zazueta, Program Manager
13272 Garden Grove Boulevard
Garden Grove, CA 92843
714-621-3300
Earle Baum Center of the Blind
Bob Sonnenberg, CEO
4539 Occidental Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 523-3222
Foundation for the Junior Blind of America
5300 Angeles Vista Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 295-4555
https://www.wayfinderfamily.org/
Independent Living Services of Northern California
Evan LeVang, Executive Director
1161 East Avenue
Chico, CA 95926
(530) 893-8527
https://actionctr.org/services/vision_resources/
Lions Blind Center of Diablo Valley
Peggy Nichols, Executive Director
175 Alvarado Avenue
Pittsburg, CA 94565
(925) 323-2311
Lions Center for the Blind
3834 Opal Street
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 450-1580
https://www.lionsvisionresource.org/
Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired
Julie Parrish, Associate Director
2430 Road 20 #B112
San Pablo, CA 94806-3704
(510) 234-4984
https://www.wayfinderfamily.org/program/the-hatlen-center
National Association for the Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
(415) 221-8753
Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired
214 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 431-1481
San Diego Center for the Blind
Kimbrally Gibbens, CEO
5922 El Cajon Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92115
(619) 583-1542
San Francisco Vocational Services
Roy Recio, VI Placement Specialist, San Francisco environs
rrecio@sfvocationalservices.org
Bernie Lichtenstein, VI, East Bay
blichtenstein@sfvocationalservices.org
814 Mission St., Suite 600,
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 512-9500
San Mateo Council of the Blind (SMCCB)
Diane Griffith, President
(650) 593-9191
Silicon Valley Council of the Blind (SVCB)
Society for the Blind
Shari Roeseler, Executive Director
1238 S Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 452-8271
Richard Rueda, CareersPLUS
916-889-7513
CareersPLUS@societyfortheblind.org
Valley Center for the Blind
Shellena Heber, Executive Director
3417 W. Shaw Ave.
Fresno, CA 93711
(559) 222-4447
Jamie Gibson-Barrows, Employment Specialist
https://www.valleycenterfortheblind.org/index.html
info@valleycenterfortheblind.org
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
2500 El Camino Real
Suite 107
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-858-0202
Vista Center San Jose (Santa Clara Valley Blind Center)
101 North Bascom Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
408-295-4016
https://www.vistacenter.org/Vista%20Center%20San%20Jose.html
Vista Center Santa Cruz (Doran Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired)
3315B Mission Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
831-458-9766
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