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.
Sincerely,
Christopher H. Smith
Executive Director
Public Hearing Notification
The Office for the Blind is conducting Public Hearings to provide consumers, and other interested individuals, with the opportunity to comment on the Offices proposed changes to the following:
1. Training Assistance Policy
2. Cataract Surgery Policy
3. Order of Selection
All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearings and to state their views relative to the proposed changes. If any accommodations for disability are required, please call 1-800-321-6668 by May 14, 2012. All Input will be collected by any available method: phone, in writing, email, fax, or in person through May 31, 2012. 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 AllisonF.Jessee@ky.gov, fax at 502-564-2951 or call 1-800-321-6668. Alternative formats of draft policy may be provided upon request.
Draft Policy for Training Assistance
Draft Policy for Cataract Surgery
The Public Hearings will be held at the following locations according to the following schedule:
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
May 21, 2012
Independence Place
1093 South Broadway
Lexington KY, 40504
Phone: 1-800-291-8424
Contact: Charles Shropshire
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST
May 23, 2012
Kentucky Office for the Blind
411 19th Street
Ashland KY, 41101
Phone: 1-800-334-6881
Contact: Teresa Lester
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
May 24, 2012
Charles W. McDowell Center
Second floor auditorium
8412 Westport Rd.
Louisville KY, 40242
Phone: 1-800-346-2115
Contact: Pam Minton
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. CST
May 25, 2012
Kentucky Office for the Blind
121 East Second Street
Owensboro KY, 42303
Phone: 1-800-334-6929
Contact: Bridget Parish