Mentors and Role Models: Through partnership with the NFB and collaboration with programs of the NFB Jernigan Institute, the NOPBC helps connect blind youth and their families with blind individuals who often become invaluable role models and mentors. For information about the NFB online mentorship program, go to http://www.nfblink.org/.
The American Foundation for the Blind and the National Association
for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments would like to thank
the Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Inc. and the Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation for their generous support as charter sponsors of
FamilyConnect. We are also grateful to The Annie E. Casey
Foundation and Morgan Stanley for their support.