Directed toward practitioners and program administrators in the field of vocational rehabilitation, the report deals with current concerns, issues, and practices related to rehabilitation of the blind in public and private agencies. The first chapter provides an overview of the document. Chapter 2 reports on existing and emerging occupational areas open to the blind, while chapter 3 considers public and private agency relationships and responsibilities. Manpower and training needs are discussed in chapter 4, and population identification methods are included in chapter 5 to provide a model for the practitioner and administrator to determine characteristics of the blind population in a service area. Chapter 6 covers the under-served blind population including the multihandicapped and older blind. The final chapter reports on a 1973 conference of administrators serving the blind and focuses on attitudes, unmet needs, and administrative organization. An extensive bibliography and national statistical data are included in the appendix. (MW)