Accessibility Statement
The Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service is committed to making our web site accessible to all our site visitors. Our website has been redesigned to make sure that it meets or exceeds the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
The MCVS strives to make sure that our web pages meet Section 508 accessibility standards as well as the W3C's Web Content accessibility Guidelines priority 1 requirements.
Adobe Acrobat PDF Files
Most of the documents and pages available on the MCVS website are in HTML or ASCII formats. These formats are generally accessible to people who use screen readers. We also have a number of documents available for download in PDF Format.
PDF format is used to preserve the content and layout of our hard copy publications. Publications in PDF can only be viewed and printed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download and get help using the Acrobat Reader at the Adobe Systems, Inc. site. The downloadable Acrobat Reader software is available at no charge from Adobe.
People using screen-reading devices generally are unable to read documents directly in PDF format unless they have an accessibility plug-in installed on their system along with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This plug-in is available at no charge from Adobe. Adobe also has online tools that will convert PDF files to HTML on request. To get the plug-in and latest news about Adobe's accessibility tools and services, visit the Adobe Downloads site.
PowerPoint and Word Files
You can view our online publications that are in PPT format if you have any version of PowerPoint installed on your computer. For those who don't have the software, the Microsoft Corporation offers a free PowerPoint file viewer. You can download and get help using the PowerPoint viewer at the Microsoft Viewers site.
You can view publications in DOC format if you have Word installed on your computer. Word documents can also be viewed with many other word processing software programs. Additionally, Microsoft offers a free Word file viewer that you can download.
Microsoft offers free viewers for all of their Office applications. Please visit the Microsoft Viewers page and download the viewer that you require.
How to Request Alternate Formats
If you have a disability and the format of any material interferes with your ability to access information contained on our Web site, please contact us on (601) 432-6779 or Toll Free: 1-888-353-1793, or TTY: (601) 432-6970 for assiatance. A MCVS staff person will respond to you and provide the requested material in an alternate format.
To help us help you, please tell us:
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the nature of the accessibility problem,
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your preferred format (e.g., electronic format (Word, ASCII, etc.), standard print, large print, etc.),
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the Web address of the requested material, and
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your full contact information so we can reach you if questions arise while fulfilling your request.