Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living’s Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI)
DBVI provides vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to eligible residents who are blind and visually impaired. The division is comprised of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, which helps participants find and maintain employment consistent with their goals and provides services which may include vocational training, guidance and counseling, visual restoration, vision rehabilitation services, daily living skills training, vocational assessments, job placement, adaptive technology, education, and other services; the Independent Living Program, which provides services including skills training in activities of daily living, transportation, low vision and adaptive technology and equipment; the Business Enterprise Program, which provides statewide employment opportunities in food service operations; Transition Services, which helps students and young adults move from high school to adult life; and through contractual arrangements with the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Vision Rehabilitation Services, which includes low vision rehabilitation, teaching, and orientation and mobility, and Volunteer Services, which provides transportation, reading and companionship assistance, and translation of materials from print to Braille, tape, or large print.