Mississippi Program Information
What are the eligibility requirements?
The individual must be blind or legally blind with the best correction in both eyes. They must be 55 years of age or older and reside in the state of Mississippi.
What is the process for applying for services?
To apply for services, complete an ILB application for services. You can also contact an ILB instructor to make a referral and complete the application form. Eligibility determination will be completed by the ILB instructor. A plan of service will be developed by the ILB instructor and the individual/consumer. Training and service provision will be provided based on the plan of services.
What documentation is required?
- Application
- Documentation that the individual is age 55 or older
- Written report from a health care professional indicating that the individual is blind or legally blind, with best correction in both eyes. The report should be signed and dated by the health care professional.
Available services:
- Functional low vision assessments
- Independent living skills training
- Peer support groups and other supportive services
- Center based training
- Addie McBryde Center and Mississippi EMERGE Center
- Orientation and mobility training
- Counseling (peer, individual, and group)
- Recommendation and/or provision of appropriate and necessary adaptive aids and low vision supplies
Program Contact Information:
- Program Director: Dorothy Young
- Address: 1281 HWY 51 North
Madison, MS 39110 - Phone: 601-853-5210
Fax: 662-324-1877
- Address: 1281 HWY 51 North
- Statewide ILB Coordinator: Fadeelah Williams
- Address: 700 B North Main Street Amory, MS 38821
- Phone: 662-256-9943
Fax: 662-257-1830
- Administrative Assistant: Orlena Harlan
- Phone: 662-320-6656
- Service Request Form
- Mississippi Independent Living Services
Mississippi Contact Information by County
Contact: Brenda Black, ILB Instructor
Address: 51 CR 166
Oxford, MS 38655
Phone: 662-371-0871
Fax: 662-234-0608
Counties Served: Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, *Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union
Contact: Victoria Hill, ILB Instructor
Address: 317 Industrial Park Road
Starkville, MS 39759
Phone: 662-465-2119
Fax: 662-324-1877
Counties Served: Attala, Choctaw, Jasper, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston
Contact: Victoria Barnes, ILB Instructor
Address: 18 John M. Tatum Industrial Dr
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: 601-544-1676
Fax: 601-582-2544
Counties Served: Covington, Clarke, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Simpson, Wayne
Contact: Christina Baria-Brass, ILB Instructor
Address: Gulfport WIN Center
10162 Southpark Drive
Gulfport, MS 39503
Phone: 228-897-6925
Fax: 228-897-6952
Counties Served: George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone
Contact: Diana Vineyard, ILB Instructor
Address: 2550 Peachtree Street
P. O. Box 5314
Jackson, MS 39296-5314
Phone: 601-987-4879
Fax: 601-364-2677
Administrative Assistant: Deanna Thomas
601-987-4873
Counties Served: Claiborne, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith, Warren, Yazoo
Contact: Kowaii Brown, ILB Instructor
Address: 104 Professional Plaza
Greenwood, MS 38930
Phone: 662-459-9770
Fax: 662-459-9752
Counties Served: Bolivar, Coahoma, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Washington, Yalobusha
Contact: Erika Jones, ILB Instructor
Address: 48 Datco Industrial Drive
Columbus, MS 39704
Phone: 662-328-1021
Fax: 662-328-9130
Counties Served: Alcorn, Calhoun, Clay, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Kemper, Lauderdale, *Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Prentiss, Tishomingo
Contact: Chasity Cornelius, ILB Instructor
Address: 2550 Peachtree Street
P. O. Box 5314
Jackson, MS 39296
Phone: 601-987-5695
Fax: 601-364-2677
Administrative Assistant: Deanna Thomas
Phone: 601-987-4873
Counties Served: Hinds, Adams, Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson