NIGP 95272: Reading Services for the Blind

NIGP 95272 Reading Services For The Blind, an Item code, encompasses school-based visual impairment services, independent living skills training for seniors with significant vision loss, and case management and care coordination for blind or visually impaired populations. State and local governments solicit under this code for specialized instruction and support delivered by qualified trainers and case managers to students in K–12 settings and to adults enrolled in vocational rehabilitation or aging-services programs. Issuing bodies include school districts, state workforce commissions, and state vocational rehabilitation agencies. The work involves one-on-one or small-group instruction in orientation and mobility, assistive technology, communication, home and personal management, meal preparation, and adjustment to vision loss, delivered either at school sites, home-like training facilities, or through community-based care coordination.

Recent opportunities span Mississippi and Texas. Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi posted an RFP (due June 4, 2026) for school-based visual impairment services across the district for the 2026–2027 and 2027–2028 school years, with sealed proposals submitted in person or electronically through the district's bidding portal. The Texas Workforce Commission posted two related open-enrollment solicitations (with an application deadline of March 2, 2026) for the Senior Keys to Independence Program: one for case management and care coordination services for seniors aged 60 and older across all Texas counties, and a second for four-day immersion training in independent living skills for older individuals aged 55 and older with significant vision impairment served by the TWC Vocational Rehabilitation division. TWC's SKIP training contract offers compensation of $2,500 per participant for orientation and immersion training combined and $500 for adaptive aids kits, with awards made on a rolling basis as applications are approved; no volume guarantees are provided. All TWC applicants must acknowledge amendments and submit documentation through the TWC Procurement Portal, and staff require criminal background checks updated every three years.