Welcome to the Kentucky Office for the Blind’s website. Our mission at the Office for the Blind is to "provide opportunities for employment and independence to individuals with visual disabilities". We serve Kentuckians who are visually impaired or blind and assist individuals to obtain and maintain employment, economic self-sufficiency and independence with complete integration into society. Our goal is to provide a myriad of resources and quality services which are geared to enhance the lives for Kentuckians with disabilities.
This website represents the Kentucky Office for the Blind, who we are, and what we do. We hope that you enjoy this resource of information and we look forward to serving you.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Office for the Blind is conducting Public Hearings to provide consumers, and other interested individuals, with the opportunity to share comments regarding the annual revisions to the State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation Services. To read the Press Release click here. To read more about Order of Selection, click here.
The Public Hearings will be held at the following locations according to the following schedule:
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
February 12, 2013
Independence Place
1093 South Broadway
Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: 1-800 291-8424
Contact: Charles Shropshire
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
February 14, 2013
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
Phone: 1-800 346-2115
Contact: Pam Minton
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
February 25, 2013
Kentucky Office for the Blind
8020 Veterans Memorial Drive
Florence, KY 41042
Phone: 1-800-334-6895
Contact: Cindi Bowles
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
February 26, 2013
Perry County JobSight
412 Roy Campbell Drive
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: 1-800-334-6940
Contact: Carol Conley
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST
February 28, 2013
Paducah Career Center
416 South 6th Street
Paducah, KY 42003
Phone: 800-334-6945
Contact: Damaris Sexton
If any accommodations for disability are required, please call 1-800-321-6668 by February 4, 2013. Input will be collected by any available method: phone, in writing, email, fax, or in person through February 28, 2013. You can send your comments in writing to Kentucky Office for the Blind, 275 East Main Street, Mail Stop 2-EJ, Frankfort, Kentucky 40621, via email to Allison.Flanagan@ky.gov or fax at 502-564-2951 or call 1-800-321-6668.