Partner Programs and Agencies

American Printing House for the Blind – Empowering people who are blind or low vision by providing accessible and innovative products, materials, and services for lifelong success.

Disability Action Center – NW (DAC-NW) – Serving North Idaho, focuses on empowering people with disabilities to live independently. It provides services like advocacy, peer mentoring, skills training, and community education, alongside resources for accessible housing and employment.

Disability Rights Idaho – Disability Rights Idaho (DRI) is Idaho’s designated Protection and Advocacy System for people with disabilities. The mission of DRI is to educate, advocate, investigate, and litigate to protect and advance the rights of Idahoans with disabilities.

Find Help Idaho – Resources – Connects Idahoans seeking help with resources in their local community. Search for things like housing, transit, care, food, etc.

Idaho Assistive Technology Project – The Idaho Assistive Technology Project provides support for individuals with disabilities and older persons in their personal selection of assistive technology as they live, work, and play in their communities.

Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICL) – Assisting libraries to build the capacity to best serve their communities. ICL offers the Talking Book Service (TBS): a free, convenient audiobook library service for Idahoans who are unable to read standard print due to low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability.
The service is completely free for users, who receive titles by downloading them and/or having the materials (on cartridges) mailed directly to and from their residence at no cost.

Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind (IESDB) – The IESDB has been serving the State of Idaho since 1906, and is established under Section 33-3401 of Idaho Code with the purpose of providing supplemental educational services, early invention/education, consultation, and transition support to families and local school districts throughout the state of Idaho. “The goal of IESDB is to assist school districts and state agencies in providing accessibility, quality and equity to students in the state with sensory impairments through a continuum of service and placement options.”

LIFE, A Center for Independent Living (LIFE) – LIFE, A Center for Independent Living, serves Eastern Idaho by supporting individuals with disabilities in achieving and maintaining independence. It offers services such as advocacy, skills training, peer support, and assistance with accessing community resources.

Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC) – LINC is a nonprofit Center for Independent Living dedicated to promoting independent living for individuals with disabilities. It offers resources such as advocacy, skills training, peer support, and assistance with navigating benefits or housing options in southwestern Idaho.

National Braille Press – National Braille Press empowers the blind and visually impaired with programs, materials, and technology supporting braille literacy and learning through touch.

National Federation of the Blind of Idaho – The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), headquartered in Baltimore, is the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans. Founded in 1940, the NFB consists of affiliates, chapters, and divisions in the fifty states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. The NFB defends the rights of blind people of all ages and provides information and support to families with blind children, older Americans who are losing vision, and more. The NFB believes in the hopes and dreams of blind people and work together to transform them into reality. For more information on the NFB of Idaho and regional chapters go to: nfbidaho.org.

NFB-NEWSLINE – A free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deafblind, or otherwise print-disabled that offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped – National Library Service (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that prevents them from using regular print materials. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in braille or audio formats, that are instantly downloadable to a personal device or delivered by mail free of charge.

Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (PFS) – Partners for Sight is dedicated to improving the lives of blind and visually impaired people. We believe these individuals should have the tools and resources necessary to lead independent, productive lives. Through our support of non-profit organizations that share this philosophy, we’re making the world easier to navigate for thousands of people, every day.

State Independent Living Council (SILC) – Partners for Sight is dedicated to improving the lives of blind and visually impaired people. We believe these individuals should have the tools and resources necessary to lead independent, productive lives. Through our support of non-profit organizations that share this philosophy, we’re making the world easier to navigate for thousands of people, every day.