MISSION
The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) provides the highest quality rehabilitation and social services to blind individuals, leading to independence and full community participation. MCB accomplishes this critical mission by working in partnership with legally blind consumers, families, community agencies, health care providers, and employers.
MCB is committed to the following principles:
Providing responsive, high quality, individualized services.
Promoting full access to community resources.
Offering individuals choices among services tailored to meet their unique needs.
Eliminating barriers to employment and community integration.
Exploring and applying new technologies to enhance opportunities.
Valuing the partnership of the agency Rehabilitation Council as well as input from a wide public audience and recognizing that community advocacy and advisory groups are an essential component of system planning.
Maintaining a confidential register of legally blind individuals to ensure that these individuals receive services and benefits for which they are eligible and to collect important information on the causes of blindness.
Providing education and training to community organizations, employers, health care providers, and schools to promote awareness of blindness and the abilities of persons who are blind.
Assuring that the cultural and ethnic diversity of consumers and staff are respected in the design and delivery of services.
Ensuring that through recruitment, retention, advancement, and monitoring, the workforce of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind reflects the diversity of the population it serves.
Providing staff development and training to enhance the ability of MCB colleagues to carry out the agency
Web Site:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2agencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=Massachusetts+Commission+for+the+Blind&sid=Eeohhs2
Governing Laws:
Statutes
Regulations
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111 CMR
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Massachusetts Commission for the Bline
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