Awarded Grants
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National Federation of the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Boot Camp program which will train two cohorts of advocates to support parents of blind children with the IEP process.
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NationalOrbis International
Purpose of the Grant
To support an evaluation of Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital’s (SCEH) Allied Ophthalmic Professionals (AOP) Program, which trains young women from low-income backgrounds in India to become mid-level clinicians for careers at eye hospitals and clinics in SCEH’s catchment areas.
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International: AsiaPerkins School for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
Support for the “Shark Tank 2023” project which enables ELP participants from the 2023 graduating class to enact projects benefiting blind and visually impaired students in their home countries.
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International: Africa, International: Asia, International: Latin America, International: OtherQueens College Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support social, recreational, and educational activities and provide resources for DeafBlind (DB) youth and their families
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New York StateRamapo for Children
Purpose of the Grant
To support planning work for integrating vision/blindness information into the existing CLASSP Program curriculum.
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New York StateResearch to Prevent Blindness
Purpose of the Grant
To provide support for RPB’s Vision Funding Partnership Convening.
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NationalRutgers Foundation (Eye2Eye, Rutgers Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions)
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for continuing support of the Eye2Eye Peer Support Program for Individuals and Families Coping with Vision Loss
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NationalSalus University
Purpose of the Grant
To test out a recruitment model to expand the pool of applicants interested in the field of visual impairments.
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NationalSeedlings Braille Books for Children
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support the distribution of free braille books to children (ages 0 – 21) and Teachers of the Visually Impaired, with a concentrated outreach effort to those located in the New York region.
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NationalSense Internacional Perú
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for Phase 2 of the “Inclusive Education Project” which will build on the learnings of Phase 1 by working in 3 sub-regions in each of four Macro Regions of Peru to improve the quality of inclusive education for deafblind children in Peru.
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International: Latin AmericaSeva Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to help establish a teaching and learning center for ophthalmology (Academia de Desarollo Integral, or ADI) in Guatemala, in partnership with Visualiza Clínica Oftalmológica.
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International: Latin AmericaThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general operating support of the FMDG Music School.
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NationalVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for continued delivery of: (1) in-home and community-based comprehensive vision rehabilitation and low vision services for consumers of all ages who are blind and visually impaired in Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley and (2) Assistive Technology Center (ATC) and residential services via VISIONS’ Center on Blindness (VCB) and Vocational Rehabilitation Center (VRC) in Rockland County.
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New York StateVisionServe Alliance
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is in support of Phase 2 of the “Big Data Project” which will create the first set of comprehensive data about people ages 18 – 64 with blindness or low vision on a state-level basis
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NationalVisionServe Alliance
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support phase 1 of the “Hub and Spoke” Occupational Therapist model project.
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NationalA Closer Look, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the final outreach efforts for the Going Blind film, and the Going Blind and Going Forward outreach program.
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NationalAmerican Printing House for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To create PDFs for each chapter of the book Physical Education and Sports, which will be transferred to Perkins International so they may disseminate the book in this additional format to their Latin American audience.
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International: Latin AmericaAmerican Printing House for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To 1) better serve the needs of parents of children with vision loss through the ConnectCenter and 2) to ensure ease of navigation and streamlined, organized content within the site. The over-arching priority over the life of this grant is for APH to significantly enhance engagement with, and support for, parents of children who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.
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NationalAssociation for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment
Purpose of the Grant
For equipment repairs.
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New York StateBetances Health Center
Purpose of the Grant
To support the integration of vision care services into Betances’ existing service model.
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New York StateBlind Early Services TN
Purpose of the Grant
To partially cover the costs of holding a VIISA training course and an audit.
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NationalChristian Blind Mission (USA)
Purpose of the Grant
In support of the High-Impact Simulated Ophthalmic Surgical Training in sub-Saharan Africa Project which aims to train eye surgeons and to further develop a well-established simulation surgical training unit into a world-class, sustainable and comprehensive ophthalmic simulation training center. This training center will be located at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in South Africa.
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International: AfricaCity Access New York, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
For renewed support of the Career Discovery Project (CDP) to underwrite pre-vocational education, orientation, and mobility training, and one or more paid semester- or summer-long internships at partner cultural institutions in NYC for each of 12-18 high school and college students who are blind or visually impaired.
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New York State