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Serves the Kempsville (23464 & 23462) area ONLY! Sight and Hearing Conservation - Provide eye and hearing exams, eyeglasses and hearing aids for indigent persons. Collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids for recycling. Sight and Hearing Van - Conduct hearing, sight and glaucoma test free. Leader Dog School - Club sponsors eligible blind people to attend the Leader Dog School in Rochester, MI.

Provides financial and/or educational assistance to enable transition into the hearing environment for school age children with hearing impairments.

Health education, supportive services and financial assistance within the financial capabilities/limitations of the club to aid individuals who are blind or deaf.

Offers a civic club that helps low income individuals obtain eye exams, prescription glasses and hearing aids.

A low interest loan program that assists Virginians with disabilities in applying for loans to obtain the assistive technology they need.

Provides hearing testing, hearing aid selection and fitting, and implantable hearing devices for people of all ages.

Provides financial assistance to help persons with vision impairment or blindness receive the assistive technology, treatment, and devices they need. Provides assistance with eye care and eyeglasses to people in need.

The purpose of this program is to provide temporary hearing aids and FM systems for children with hearing loss, who are under the age of 18, while they are awaiting to receive their personal amplification devices. Family must be in process of obtaining, or making arrangements to obtain, a permanent amplification system through insurance or other mean. Six months is the standard length of the loan.

Provides mobility assistance for elderly and disabled. Provides financial assistance to purchase vans, scooters and new and used vehicles that are handicapped accessible. Rental vans available. Offers a wide range of products, including Lifts, Scooters and Portable Ramps and has a fully trained service staff specializing in van conversions.

Provides the HIKE Fund, the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment Fund, that offers hearing devices for children with hearing impairments from newborn through 20 years of age, whose parents are financially unable to meet this special need. Children are eligible to receive a grant providing the need is verified by a prescription from an audiologist or physician. Must be a US Citizen.

Provides mobility products for the elderly and disabled. Products include lift chairs, stair lifts, porch lists, wheelchairs, scooters, ramps and wheelchair accessible vans. All products for rent or lease. Provides financial assistance to purchase vans, scooters and new and used vehicles that are handicapped accessible. Offers a wide range of products including Lifts, Scooters and Portable Ramps and has a fully trained service staff specializing in van conversions.

Offers a civic group to assist the visually handicapped and hearing impaired with assistive devices, such as glasses and hearing aids. Must be able to demonstrate financial need for assistance in obtaining necessary eye examinations and/or glasses.

Offers instruction in independent living skills including personal finance, cooking and housekeeping, instruction in Braille keyboarding, orientation and mobility training, the use of white canes, and transportation systems. Services provided include teaching techniques that enable individuals with visual impairments to maintain and retain independence.

Pay for eye exams and eyeglasses. Pay for hearing aids; depending on cost. Hearing aids are processed according to what the client needs, according to their doctor.

All who are legally blind* or have physical impairments which prevent them from holding a book to read are eligible for the following free services in the following formats: Audio Lending Library Magazines Bible Study Guides Wildlife STORYTELLERS(R) Lending Library Over 1,400 book titles are available on NLS digital cartridge through the Christian Record lending library. Books may be checked out on a 30-day loan period. Gift Bibles and Bible Courses Gift Bibles are available in Braille, large print, solar player, and NLS cartridge. Bible courses are available in braille, large print, and NLS digital cartridge. Full-Vision Books A combination of braille and print enables blind parents to read to their sighted children and sighted parents to help blind children learn to read braille. Anne Lowe Scholarship

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist can provide training to persons who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and their families and training to businesses, nonprofits, and professionals that serve persons who have a hearing loss. Responds to request for information and referrals on niche topics related to hearing loss including, but not limited to, where to find sign language classes, support services, assistive technology, and more. Specialist promote public awareness about services via exhibits at local-regional events. Specialist assist clients with their telecommunication needs including applications, assessments, installation, training and troubleshooting specialized telecommunication equipment.

JCIL provides equipment on a loan basis to individuals with disabilities assists these in obtaining their own equipment, and on a limited basis will assist with purchasing needed technology. JCIL will assist in the development of loan applications, assembling appraisals, medical records, and other documentation required to support the application. Junction Center for Independent Living in conjunction with the Starkey Foundation and Hear Now ( WHEN AVAILABLE) assists persons with disabilities to obtain hearing aids and other devices to alleviate or eliminate barriers caused by limited hearing ability.

Services include: mobility evaluation and recommendations; wheelchair, seating, and positioning evaluations and recommendations; interface pressure mapping and pressure management recommendations

Adults may get free eye exams and glasses by contacting the Culpeper County Social Services Department to get an appointment to complete the application to see if they meet our needs requirement. This application will be sent to us for a decision. If an adult needs a hearing aid the same process is followed.

RAMPS partners with high school student volunteers to provide wheelchair ramps at no cost to low-income, elderly or disabled individuals residing in Henrico, Hanover, Chesterfield Counties, and the City of Richmond.

Provides free white canes to any blind individual. Requests can be made as often as every six months.

VPAS' Emergency Services program provides one-time immediate financial assistance and other resources, including referrals to other public and private agencies to older adults who have an emergency need. Emergency Services may include payment assistance for medication refills, assistive devices, and utility and rent payments. Assistance is provided one-time, per year, per older adult age 60+, who must have an emergency need for help which endangers their health and/or well-being.

The Vocational Rehabilitation program helps people who are blind, vision impaired, or deafblind prepare for, find, keep, or return to work. Each person’s plan is built around their unique strengths, needs, interests, and goals. The program offers a variety of services, such as training to adjust to vision loss, career counseling, education or job training after high school, tools and equipment for work, and help finding and keeping a job. It can also include changes to make school or job sites more accessible. The main goal is to support individuals in becoming active and successful members of the workforce.

Assists the needy with eyeglasses, eye examinations and hearing aids. For eyeglass/hearing aid assistance, please contact President Pattie Gore at (540)439-8308.

Provide no-cost adaptive mobility and communication equipment, educate pediatric clinicians, teachers, and caregivers, and promote responsive and responsible public health policy.