MCB VIDEO: Changing Lives, Changing Attitudes (online video or audio only)

The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) was established on October 1, 1978 (by P.A. 260).  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. 

MCB Mission: The mission of the Michigan Commission for the Blind is to provide opportunity to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve employability and/or function independently in society.

MCB Vision: 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.

Overview: The Michigan Commission for the Blind is the state government agency that provides training, services, and other opportunities to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, so that each person can achieve his or her own goals for independence and/or employment. The Michigan Commission for the Blind provides services in all 83 counties of the state.  MCB served approximately 2,750 state residents during fiscal year 2010.  Services may be provided in a person's home, at Mini Adjustment Programs held at various locations around the state, and/or at the residential  MCB Training Center in Kalamazoo.  Specific programs and services include:

Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Business Services (for employers)
Independent Living Program (age 55 and over)
DeafBlind Services
Youth Services
Business Enterprise Program (food service entrepreneurship)  
MCB Braille and Talking Book Library 
MCB Training Center

MCB locations include a central office in Lansing, eight field offices statewide, the MCB Braille and Talking Book Library in Lansing, and the MCB Training Center in Kalamazoo.  MCB has a staff of approximately 110 available to serve the state's estimated 45,000 persons who are blind. 

For more than 50 years, the state of Michigan has been providing educational, training, and rehabilitation opportunities to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to help them achieve their goals. MCB was created under Public Act 260 of 1978, as amended. Federal guidance is provided through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) of the United States Department of Education.  MCB programs are funded under various federal grants with matching state revenues.

Read a copy of the MCB brochure,  Welcome to the Michigan Commission for the Blind .

For more information, call toll-free:  1-800-292-4200 (voice) or 1-888-864-1212 (TTY).

MCB Commission Board Members

MCB State Director:
Mr. Patrick D. Cannon, MCB State Director