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The Ithaca Lions Club and Ithaca Free Clinic have a partnership operate an optometry and optician program housed at the Ithaca Free Clinic located at 521 W. Seneca St. in Ithaca. The Ithaca Lions Eye Clinic will offer free eye care services to Ithaca and the greater Ithaca community. The clinic will operate one day each month, providing free eye care services to uninsured and underinsured community members. For uninsured and underinsured community members interested in scheduling a free eye care appointment, call the Ithaca Free Clinic at 607-330-1254 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Eye exams require an appointment, and exams will be scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Being a resident of Tompkins County is not required to use the free eye care services offered by the Ithaca Lions Eye Clinic.
10 computer stations equipped with accessible software programs, hardware devices and internet access for clients can try out accessible technology, practice adaptive computer skills, prepare resumes and conduct job searches. Some software applications can: magnify text on computer scree) read text with voice output allow voice activation control of the computer and dictationEquipment includes: refreshable Braille displays adapted keyboards with Brailled keys or large keys in high contrast colors closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) portable video magnifiers management devices: recording, scanning and note-taking Braille embossers devices that use GPS or satellite guidance to give additional orientation information to blind travelers

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Computer Literacy Training Programs
Internet Access/Security
Computer Access Aids
Visual/Reading Aids
* Provides e-vouchers for new prescription eyeglasses. Does not provide or pay for eye exams.

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Visual/Reading Aids
* Offers emergency financial assistance for utilities, rent, or security deposit payment.* Provides financial assistance for other needs such as prescriptions, glasses, formula, transportation cost, or some OTC products, based on need and funds available.

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Prescription Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Visual/Reading Aids
Assists children and adults with vision or hearing impairments who need eye glasses, eye exams, hearing aids or seeing-eye dogs.

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Glasses/Contact Lenses
Hearing Aid Evaluations
Hearing Aids
Dog Guides
Eye Care
Help with eye exams and glasses.
Screens for eligibility for new glasses or one hearing aid in coordination with a local Lions Club.
Provides eyeglasses to children and adults facing financial difficulties.Online application has $10 fee and online glasses can be ordered once approved.
Provides evaluations and follow-ups for individuals who are legally blind. Staffed with a doctor of Optometry who is certified as a low-vision specialist. Magnifiers, telescopes, sunglasses, or reading glasses are usually dispensed to the consumer at the time of the evaluation.

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Glasses/Contact Lenses
Low Vision Aids
Eye Examinations
* Lends audio andbraille books on cartridge as well as audio and braille magazines and playbackequipment, along with hard copy braillebooks and magazines, to residents of Upstate New York who are unable to use standard printed materials because of a visual, physical or reading disability.* Provides books and magazines downloading services through BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download).

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Visual/Reading Aids
Special Libraries
Braille Materials/Collections
NYSCB provides rehabilitation services to children who are legally blind. Early intervention, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services are all key to maximizing the future independence of each child.

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Low Vision Aids
Case/Care Management
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistance with eye exams and/or glasses and treatment.

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Glasses Donation Programs
Eye Screening
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Eye Care
Offers guidance and counseling to assist consumers who are legally blind find or retain employment. Vocational counselors work with the consumer to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). The IPE acts as a road map to guide the consumer toward their employment goals. Goals vary, and include preparing for and finding a job, continuing at a current workplace or maintaining a household independently.

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Assistive Technology Training
Blind Mobility Aids
Low Vision Aids
Specialized Information and Referral
Orientation and Mobility Training
Career Counseling
Daily Living Aids
Offers Braille, large print books, described videocassettes, decoders, low-vision aids, and other materials for loan. Also has a reading machine for the blind and adaptive computer equipment for in-library use. Provides demonstrations and training for all special technologies.

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Braille Materials/Collections
Reading Services for People With Disabilities
Assistive Technology Training
Closed Caption Decoders
Specialized Telecommunications Equipment
Voice/Audio Output Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Large Print Materials/Collections
Descriptive Video Services
Low Vision Aids
Computer Access Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Assistive Listening Devices
* Offers community services for the visually and hearing impaired. Guide dogs. Sight preservation and restoration. Eye exams, glasses for pre-schoolers in the town. Referrals for hearing aids.* Accepts food donations for Irondequoit cupboard.* Collects used glasses for use in deprived countries. * Offers scholarships for high school seniors.

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Visual/Reading Aids
Hearing Screening
Dog Guides
Hearing Augmentation Aids
Glasses Donation Programs
Eye Screening
Food Donation Programs
Scholarships

Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

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Disability Rights Groups
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Blind Mobility Aids
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology Information
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Training
Braille Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Braille and Tactile Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
* Offers medical equipment loans such as: Hospital beds, canes, commodes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, ramps and shower chairs. Will purchase eyeglasses or hearing aids on special needs basis.

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Hearing Augmentation Aids
Visual/Reading Aids
Occasional Medical Equipment/Supplies
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

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Braille Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Mobility Aids
Provides guidance in adjusting to vision disability to children and families. Uses techniques, tools, games, and methods to enhance personal, social, and educational development.

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Low Vision Aids
Eye Care
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Disability Associations
A low vision clinic for those who are legally blind that provides exams as well as a place to receive prescribed and recommended devises.

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Eye Care
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Low Vision Aids
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Orientation and Mobility Training
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Daily Living Aids
Blind Mobility Aids
Eye Screening
Large Print Materials/Collections

Provides services for Veterans who need vision rehabilitation, including assistive aids, sunglasses to help control glare, cooking and home management training, and evaluation for magnifiers, reading glasses, and telescopes.

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Low Vision Aids
Vision Screening
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
* Provides evaluations and follow-ups for individuals who have some remaining usable vision. Staffed with a doctor of Optometry who is certified as a low-vision specialist. Magnifiers, telescopes, sunglasses, or reading glasses are usually dispensed to the consumer at the time of the evaluation.

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Visual/Reading Aids
Eye Examinations
Screen pre-school children for vision problems.Budget for 15-20 children/year. Current public assistance recipients must first contact his/her case worker. Lions' program most often provides glasses to senior citizens or children of low-income working parents who do not have Medicaid or vision insurance.
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

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Braille Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Mobility Aids
Provides individuals with visual problems, information on available services, vision aids, appliances and education to help them maintain there independence.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Visual Impairments
Mobility Aids
Disease / Disability Information