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VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
500 Greenwich Street
Third Floor
New York, NY 10013-1354
Local Telephone: (212) 625-1616
Toll Free Telephone: (888) 245-8333
www.visionsvcb.org
E-mail: info@visionsvcb.org
Contacts
Diane S Weiss, Senior Administrator, dweiss@visionsvcb.org
Natalia S Young, Chief Operating Officer/CIL Publications Manager, nsy@visionsvcb.org
Carmen Thorne, VCB Co-Administrator, cthorne@visionsvcb.org
Nancy D Miller, Executive Director/CEO, nmiller@visionsvcb.org
General Information
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides rehabilitation services free of charge for people of all ages who are legally blind or severely visually impaired. Service areas include children and youth, adults, seniors, employment and job placement, recreation, volunteer services, and community outreach and training.
VISIONS provides outreach, information and services in low income, ethnic minority communities and in buildings with concentrations of frail, low income elders throughout New York City.
Geographic Area Served: Primarily New York City and Tri-state metropolitan area.Services Offered
Computer Training/Assistive Technology
Offers training in the use of adapted equipment.
Fee: Funding from the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped for legally blind children. Funding from private grants for children with low vision or multiple disabilities.
Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
Provides instruction at home in age-appropriate daily living skills by certified vision rehabilitation therapists.
Fee: No fee.
Employment/Job Training
Afterschool and summer job training with job coaches at VISIONS at Selis Manor. Employment for blind youth 18 and over at VISIONS VCB, a residential program located in Rockland Couunty, NY. Summer job placements at various businesses and nonprofits throughout New York City.
Fee: No fee.
Low Vision Services
Offers vision rehabilitation services for children at home.
Summer/Day Camps and After-school Programs
Offers after-school and summer programs for high school youths.
Family Services at VISIONS VCB during selected weekends from October through June and during three weeks in the summer. Blind and visually impaired children of all ages including those with multiple disabilities, their siblings and parents/guardians could attend one-week in the summer and/or weekend sessions during the months from October through June.
Support Groups
Travel/Orientation and Mobility
Offers O&M training for children in their homes and neighborhoods.
Fee: Funding from the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped for legally blind children. Funding from private grants for children with low vision or multiple disabilities.
Programs
After-school and Summer Program
Pre-vocational Training
VCB Residential Vision Rehabilitation and Prevocational Programs
Family Services at VISIONS Center on Blindness
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