Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)

If you are blind or visually impaired, the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) can help you find work, with free services that include:

• Helping you to define your employment goals
• Finding training and other services to meet your goals
• Counseling and training in skills for daily living without vision

Depending on your needs and eligibility, other services can include low-vision equipment, vocational training, technical school training, a college education, job development and placement, and follow-up.

To learn more the about the services Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) offers, or to apply for them, contact a Bureau of Services for Blind Persons office near you, or call 1-800-292-4200 or 1-888-864-1212 (TTY).

More BSBP Programs and Services

These are some of the other programs and services offered by the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP):

• Five-day Mini Adjustment Programs at locations statewide give an introduction to the skills of blindness and explain the services that BSBP and other organizations offer.
• The BSBP Training Center in Kalamazoo offers training and services to people who are blind and visually impaired. Students live on campus, and the focus is on skills of blindness training and vocational exploration and planning, so students can become independent at home and in the community. Learn more about the training center; you can also download a training center brochure.
  
• BSBP DeafBlind Services support adults and high school students who are legally blind and have moderate to profound hearing loss. Services can include training, job placement, and transition to college services and accommodations.