• Live Audio Streaming: MCB Commission Board Meeting in Kalamazoo March 23, 2012
The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) will hold its commission board meeting 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 2012, in Kalamazoo at the MCB Training Center. Hear the live audio at the link here.

• Overview: Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB)--More than 30 years of "Changing Lives, Changing Attitudes"
The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) was established on October 1, 1978. For more than 30 years, MCB has been "Changing Lives, Changing Attitudes" by providing services to people in Michigan who are blind or visually impaired. The mission of the Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is to provide opportunity to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve employability and/or function independently in society. The MCB vision is that someday it will be said that Michigan is a great place for blind people to live, learn, work, raise a family, and enjoy life because: 1. An excellent array of rehabilitation and education services are fully accessible to blind people, 2. Blind people in Michigan believe in themselves and their capacity to achieve excellence, 3. The state's general population believes in the abilities of blind people and understands what blindness is and what it is not, and 4. Michigan employers understand, believe in, and hire people who are blind. Read more information about MCB on this website or call 1-800-292-4200 (voice) or 1-888-864-1212 (TTY), both toll-free in Michigan.

• MCB Office Locations & Staff Directory:
The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) Central Administrative Office and the MCB Braille and Talking Book Library are both in Lansing. The residential MCB Training Center is in Kalamazoo. MCB Regional Offices are located in Detroit, Escanaba, Flint, Gaylord, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Saginaw. Office contact information and a complete staff directory (alphabetical by name and alphabetical by name at each location) are included here. (Updated 2-7-12.)

• MCB Employer Radio Spot
Jim Stelter, CEO of Vanerum-Stelter in Grand Rapids, talks about his positive experience hiring a qualified employee who is blind. He tells employers, "If you haven't considered candidates who are blind or visually impaired, think what you may be missing."

• Approved MCB State Plan for FY 2012 
State Plan for the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program and State Plan Supplement for the State Supported Employment Services Program

• MCB Documents and Reports
Updated 2-6-12 with December budget projections. Documents here include the VR Status Report, MCB Action Plan, RSA reports, MCB budget information, the MCB Draft State Plan, and more. Many of these documents previously have been available elsewhere on the MCB website, and they can still be found at their original locations as well as on this page.

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