**VETERANS ADMINISTRATION**

**2008 TECHNICAL CAREER FIELD INTERNSHIP SITES**

**Blind Rehabilitation Services**

Below you will find the locations and contact information for each of
the 2008 TCF Internship sites. Sites will change depending on who are
selected to be Preceptors. You will note that different positions are
being targeted at different sites. As you consider whether or not to
apply for an internship position, please consider the following:

\(a\) you can apply for as many as you like, but each site and possibly
each position at a site requires a

separate application directed to that institution;

\(b\) some of the positions in the VA have no direct parallel in the
private sector;

\(c\) different positions may have different prerequisites which are
determined by each facility;

\(d\) you can apply for any of these internships, but the VA will not
offer assistance with relocation costs to

the internship site; and

\(e\) the best source to answer your questions is the contact person
identified below.

*Acronyms used are:*

-   **LS** (Living Skills, roughly equivalent to Vision Rehabilitation
    Therapist (VRT) in the private sector),

-   **MS** (Manual Skills, unique to the VA, related to VRT),

-   **O&M** (Orientation & Mobility),

-   **VS** (Visual Skills, equivalent to Low Vision Therapist in the
    private sector),

-   **CATS** (Computer Access Technology Services),

-   **VIST** (Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, a case
    management position), and

-   **BROS** (Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist, a
    multi-disciplinary specialty combining O&M, LV, VS, MS and CATS -
    offering community-based services).

**Location**: Alabama

**Available Internship Positions**: 4

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: CATS and LS

**Address**: VA Medical Center

700 S 19th Street

Birmingham, AL 35233

Fax: (205) 558-7060

**Location**: California

**Available Internship Positions**: 1

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: BROS

**Address**: 3801 Miranda Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94034

**Location**: California

**Available Internship Positions**: 1

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: VIST

**Address:** 4150 Clement St.

San Francisco, CA 94121

**Location**: Connecticut

**Available Internship Positions**: 2

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: MS and VS

**Address:** VA Connecticut

950 Campbell Ave

West Haven, CT 06516

**Location**: Georgia

**Available Internship Positions**: 2

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: VIST and BROS

**Address**: One Freedom Way

Augusta, GA 30904

**Location**: Illinois

**Available Internship Positions**: 8

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: Comb. of O&M, LS, MS, VS, and/or CATS;
VIST; BROS

**Address**: 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road

Hines, IL 60141

Fax: (708) 202-7949

**Location**: New York

**Available Internship Positions**: 1

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: VIST

**Address**: 3495 Bailey Ave

Buffalo, NY 14215

**Location**: Washington

**Available Internship Positions**: 1

**Target Job Title/Credentials**: Comb. of O&M, LS, MS, VS, and/or CATS

**Address**: American Lake Blind Rehabilitation Center (A-112-BRC)

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

American Lake Division

9600 Veterans Drive

Tacoma, WA 98493