Keystone Blind Association (KBA), located in Hermitage PA, the original organization established in 1947 to provide services to blind and visually impaired persons in our community. We offer many services in Mercer, Crawford, Lawrence in PA and in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties in Ohio. Our services include Specialized Services (transportation with sighted guide, assistance with grocery shopping, life skills, support groups, etc.), Orientation and Mobility Instruction, Vision Rehabilitation Therapy, Access logy, Prevention of Blindness screenings and programs, Keystone Kids/Young Adults programs, and employment opportunities in document destruction, toilet paper manufacture and employment at PennDOT rest areas. In addition to our Hermitage Headquarters, we operate offices in New Castle and Meadville, PA.

Second, we are Keystone Vocational Services (KVS), developed in 1998 to provide employment opportunities exclusively to people who are visually impaired. These opportunities include manufacturing products and providing services to the Federal government through the Ability One Program, where at least 75% of the direct labor force must be legally blind. Examples are the digging and striking tool manufacturing programs and the hardhat (helmet) manufacturing program. KVS also provides shredding services to the local community and runs a federal mailroom for the Office of Personal Management.

Third, we are Keystone Independence Management (KIM), formed in 2000 to provide management and back-office services to Keystone Blind Association and to Keystone Vocational Services. KIM provides all accounting and payroll services, human resource functions, program development, fundraising, and administration for KBA and KVS. In 2006 KIM began providing management and back-office services to the Beaver County Association for the Blind (BCAB) in Beaver Falls. The Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI) and the Center for the Blind and Disabled (CBD) in Delaware County near Philadelphia began to receive management and back-office services from KIM in 2009. Finally, in 2012, the Montgomery County Association for the Blind (MCAB), also near Philadelphia, began to participate in the KIM program.

Though on opposite ends of the state, KBA and its network of agencies work together to provide a variety of services and products to not only the individuals of Pennsylvania, but also to the federal government.