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National Resources
Patients seeking eye care resources throughout the United States will find programs that provided eye
exams, medical, surgical, and postoperative care necessary to prevent disease progression and blindness.
Adult Eye Care
Eyecare America by The American Academy of Ophthalmology
www.aao.org/eyecareamerica
Phone: (877) 887-6327
Provides free eye exams with an Ophthalmologist to those who qualify.
Lions Clubs International
www.lionsclubs.org
Phone: (630) 571-5466
Provides financial assistance to individuals for eye care through local clubs.
New Eyes for the Needy
www.new-eyes.org
Phone: (973) 376-4903
Provides a basic pair of eyeglasses for individuals for those who qualify. Applicants must have an eye exam including their pupillary distance (PD) measurement before applying.
Children’s Eye Care
Optometry Cares- InfantSEE by The Foundation of the American Optometric Association
www.infantsee.org
Phone: (314) 983-4160
Provides a no-cost comprehensive eye and vision assessment for infants within the first year of life regardless of a family’s income or access to insurance coverage.
Sight for Students, a Vision Service Plan (VSP)
www.sightforstudents.org
Phone: (888) 290-4964
Provides free eye exam and glasses to qualifying students (18 years and younger) whose families! income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Surgical Eye Care
AGS Cares by the American Glaucoma Society
https://www.americanglaucomasociety.net/patients/ags-cares
http://aaoorg.formstack.com/forms/ags_cares_patient_eligibility_and_enrollment
Phone: (415) 561-8587
Provides surgical glaucoma care at no cost to uninsured patients who qualify.
Mission Cataract USA
www.missioncataractusa.org
Phone: (559) 797-1629
Provides free cataract surgery to people of all ages who have no Medicare, Medicaid, third party insurance or any other means to pay for needed cataract surgery.