The Carroll Center
770 Centre St
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 969-6200
(800) 852-3131

Eligibility: Services are available to anyone with a visual impairment.

Services: The Carroll Center provides a wide range of educational and rehabilitation services for individuals who are visually impaired. In addition to its Community Services Program the Carroll Center offers an individualized residential rehabilitation program as well as programs for select groups of consumers, parents and professionals.

Family Resource Connection
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
(800) 298-4321
Fax: (603) 271-6826

Eligibility: New Hampshire residency.

Services: The Family Resource Connection is a lending library of books, videos, journal articles and other child-related materials. Materials are mailed free of charge to New Hampshire residents with postage-paid envelopes enclosed for their return.

Inter-Actions
6 Chenell Drive, Suite 205
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.228-2803 

Eligibility: Inter-Actions is a non-profit organization providing summer camping and recreational programming for children and adults who are visually impaired. 

Services: Inter-Actions at Deer Hill Camp provides a traditional summer camp experience for boys and girls ages 9-14 who are visually impaired. A counselor in training program includes high school students who are visually impaired, providing a role model for the younger children.   Through challenging and rewarding experiences the campers will make new friends, learn new skills, gain self-confidence and develop independence. Activities include: swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, arts and crafts, woodworking, music, sports activities, and daily living skills. All activities are incorporated into fun-filled days! 

Library Services for Persons with Disabilities
Dolloff Building, 117 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-3429, (800) 491-4200

Eligibility: Blindness, visual impairment, or physical disability making reading difficult. Any professional in the fields of eye care, education or rehabilitation of people who are blind can certify applicants. Students who are certified by a physician as having a reading disability are also eligible.

Services: Non-text book materials are available on disk or cassette. Machines to play the books are also provided. Services are funded federally without cost to the individual. Available to individuals ages four through adult. Temporary disabilities accepted.

M.I.C.E. Program
(Multi-Sensory Intervention through Consultation and Education)
151 A Manchester St, Suite 51
P. O. Box 2274, Concord, N H 03302 - 2274
(603) 228-1028
Fax: (603) 228-3400
TTY: (603) 228-5755

Eligibility: Age 0-3 - Any child suspected of having a visual or hearing impairment may be referred to the MICE Program. Each child will then be referred to the local Area Agency to do an intake assessment and set up a developmental evaluation. The local early supports and services program will do an assessment to determine eligibility. A child must be found eligible for early supports and services prior to their eligibility for MICE Program services. Children with diagnosed vision and hearing impairments are eligible for early supports and services under an established condition but must have the developmental evaluation to determine eligibility.

Services: Developmental evaluation (in conjunction with early supports and services staff) with the emphasis on the impact of a visual/hearing impairment on learning and development, consultation and technical assistance provided to early supports and service teams, direct services to children and families. The program serves children (age's birth to
three) for whom there is a concern relative to vision and/or hearing. It is administered by the Parent Information Center in cooperation with the Bureau of Developmental Services.

New Hampshire Association for the Blind
McGreal Sight Center
25 Walker Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-4039
(800) 464-3075 (toll free from anywhere in NH)
Fax: (603) 224-4378

Eligibility: Services are available to anyone who is blind or visually impaired.

Services: The New Hampshire Association for the Blind is a private non-profit organization that provides vision rehabilitation services for blind and visually impaired New Hampshire people of all ages. The agency was founded in 1911 by three blind women in Hancock, NH. The services provided include: Individual, family and peer support counseling and referral, group services, rehabilitation teaching, orientation and mobility training, low vision services, volunteer services, technology and braille, technical aids and devices, public education and prevention of blindness.

The Association's services are provided at the McGreal Sight Center in Concord and also in homes and communities throughout the state.

S.E.R.E.S.C.
(Southeastern Regional Education Service Center, Inc.)
29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
(603) 206-6800

Eligibility: Age 3-21.

Services: S.E.R.E.S.C. is a statewide, non-profit agency providing a wide range of educational services. SERESC employs several certified teachers of the blind and visually impaired that are contracted by school districts. Comprehensive services are provided to children from age 3 to 21 years. Services include: functional vision assessments, learning and literacy media assessments, as well as consultation and direct instruction.