Awarded Grants
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VIA
Purpose of the Grant
To support VIA’s collaboration with VISIONS and Helen Keller Services for the Blind in preparing to launch an initiative to improve the employment programs and job placement outcomes of five vision rehabilitation agencies in Upstate New York.
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New York StateAlphapointe
Purpose of the Grant
To underwrite certain renovation, equipment, and training costs associated with Alphapointe-NYC’s move to a new building
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New York StateAlphapointe
Purpose of the Grant
To support the renovation of independent living training, meeting, and office spaces on the second floor of Alphapointe’s new building in Queens, the purchase and installation there of adaptive technology, and a small portion of the staffing needed to provide adaptive training services.
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New York StateAssociation for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment
Purpose of the Grant
To support a multi-media advertising and community outreach campaign to enable Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment to recruit and serve more people who are blind needing employment and/or independent living skills training and earn more revenue in doing so
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New York StateBrother James Kearney Scholarship Program
Purpose of the Grant
To provide financial assistance to U.S. residents who are legally blind, financially needed, and studying at any of 12 partnering private colleges and universities located in New York State, Northeastern New Jersey, and Southwestern Connecticut (Phase 3)
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New York State, Other Tri-State Area (CT & NJ)Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Purpose of the Grant
To launch in-house physical therapy and occupational therapy services and strengthen and expand adaptive sports services for Utica/Central New York area residents of all ages who are blind and visually impaired
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New York StateCity Access New York, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
To underwrite pre-vocational education, orientation and mobility training, and at least two paid, semester- or summer-long internships at partner New York City employers for high school and college students who are blind
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New York StateColumbia University
Purpose of the Grant
To support the first conference on tele-ophthalmology in New York City
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New York StateDr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital
Purpose of the Grant
To establish a scalable and replicable training model for mid-level eye care professionals that, by placing more such trained clinicians at Dr. Shroff’s and other North Indian eye hospitals, will help increase the volume, efficiency, accessibility, and sustainability of eye care in the region’s high-need settings
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International: AsiaEnrichment Audio Resource Services, Inc. (E.A.R.S.)
Purpose of the Grant
(1) to provide general, unrestricted support for E.A.R.S’s vision rehabilitation services for seniors who are blind or visually impaired and reside in New York City or Westchester County and (2) to enable E.A.R.S to identify and forge a contingent affiliation or merger agreement with a NYC-based agency that would be able and willing – both programmatically and financially – to sustain E.A.R.S. services after its founding President and Executive Director retire
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New York StateEye Samaritans International
Purpose of the Grant
To support the training and equipping of doctors and nurses in the Ukraine and Armenia to diagnose, prevent, and treat potentially blinding Retinopathy of Prematurity in premature infants
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International: OtherFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general operating support for Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Northeast’s lowest-cost provider of guide dogs for people who are blind
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New York StateHelen Keller International
Purpose of the Grant
To support the second phase of an initiative to scale up diabetic retinopathy diagnostic and treatment services in Bangladesh
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International: AsiaHelen Keller Services
Purpose of the Grant
To support a new summer sleep-away camp devoted to building independent living and pre-vocational skills in Long Island youth, ages 10-15, who are legally blind
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New York StateKupona Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
To support Seva Canada in helping Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT): (1) undertake needs assessment and planning work for its eye division and (2) define an actionable business plan for reaching and serving much larger numbers of lower income people who need eye care
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International: AfricaKupona Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
To support Kupona Foundation’s Tanzanian affiliate CCBRT (Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania) in using Aravind-like hospital-improvement strategies to increase the volume, efficiency, affordability, and sustainability of CCBRT eye care services
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International: AfricaNational Braille Press
Purpose of the Grant
To scale up the distribution of braille literacy bags to New York State families with children aged 0 to 7 who are blind
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New York StateNortheastern Association of the Blind at Albany Inc. (NABA)
Purpose of the Grant
(1) To help enrich and expand NABA’s existing afterschool and summer programs for youth who are blind and (2) to launch a small but growing pilot program to advance the full integration of NABA youth into mainstream afterschool and school programs that generally serve sighted youth
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New York StateRutgers University Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
To support Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) in launching a peer tele-support mental health program for New York City and Northern New Jersey residents who are blind or visually impaired
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New York State, Other Tri-State Area (CT & NJ)Seva Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
To expand the capacity of two mentor eye clinics in Latin America to train current and aspiring Allied Ophthalmic Personnel (“AOP’s”) at the mentor clinics, themselves, and to support the mentors in helping at least 10 mentee eye care groups in Latin America build their own capacity to train AOP’s
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International: Latin AmericaThe Research Foundation for SUNY
Purpose of the Grant
To recruit and train a combined total of 725 NYS-based K-12 students who are blind and visually impaired, physical education teachers and coaches, and parents in safely and effectively including these students in adaptive sports and physical education in camp and school programs
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New York StateVIA
Purpose of the Grant
To underwrite initial planning work, including coordinating meetings among VIA, VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Helen Keller Services for the Blind, for a new Lavelle Fund / Blind Employers Network of New York (“BENNY”) Initiative to advance placement in competitive jobs that pay more than New York State minimum wage
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New York StateVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Purpose of the Grant
To build the proficiency of VISIONS’ rehabilitation professionals and select non-VISIONS teachers and rehabilitation specialists in serving children who have Cortical Visual Impairment (“CVI”) and their families – and then to support the delivery of such services
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New York StateBenetech Initiative
Purpose of the Grant
To increase dramatically the availability and use of accessible books and print materials for people with visual disabilities in New York City, including especially such underserved populations as college students, veterans, and other working-age adults
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New York State