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 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.
| • Our View: Landscape firm, commission have vision to help gardener grow; Petoskey News-Review editorial, 5-9-12
(editorial by the Petoskey News-Review encouraging employers to work with the Michigan Commission for the Blind to find new employees)
| • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Michigan Commission for the Blind
Do you have a question about services provided by the Michigan Commission for the Blind? If the answer to your question isn't included here, please call 800-292-4200 toll-free from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please note: The answers provided are not meant to be a substitute for legal advice.
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• MCB Office Locations & Staff Directory:
The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) Central Administrative Office (800-292-4200) and the MCB Braille and Talking Book Library (800-992-9012) are both in Lansing. The residential MCB Training Center (269-337-3848)
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 4-16-12.)
|  MCB Success Stories
These are just a few stories of people in Michigan who are blind or visually impaired who achieved their goals for independence and/or employment with some help from the Michigan Commission for the Blind. For more information, call 1-800-292-4200.
|  Michigan Commission for the Blind video
(Michigan Commission for the Blind video.) This online video presents an overview of the state- and federally funded programs and services of the Michigan Commission for the Blind, which is a part of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
|  Welcome to the Michigan Commission for the Blind
Read this brochure online in English, Spanish, or Arabic, and see a list of other MCB publications. Call 1-800-292-4200 toll-free in Michigan or 517-241-8631 for print, Braille, or audio copies of MCB publications, or for more information about the Michigan Commission for the Blind and the training and other services MCB provides statewide.
|  MCB Braille and Talking Book Library--Eligibility & Application
Find details at this link, or call toll-free 1-800-992-9012.
| • MCB Documents and Reports
Updated 5-23-12 with the April 2012 Budget Projections, the corrected FY 2012 October-February VR Statistics Report, the FY 2012 October-March VR Statistics Report, and the FY 2012 October-April VR Statistics Report. 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.
| • MCB Website Search Tips
How to find information on the MCB website using a Google search at www.google.com
|  2011 Annual Report, Michigan Commission for the Blind
The MCB 2011 Annual Report is online here in PDF, Microsoft Word, text, and HTML formats. Additional formats are available upon request to people with disabilities.
| • Contact the Michigan Commission for the Blind
...about receiving services for yourself or another Michigan resident who is legally blind.
| • Report broken links or other problems regarding the Michigan Commission for the Blind website |
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