CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC
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Mission Statement
The Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) is Georgia’s largest comprehensive, fully accredited, private organization, offering educational and training opportunities for people of all ages and all degrees of vision loss. Each year, CVI empowers more than 5,000 people impacted by vision loss to live with independence and dignity.
About This Cause
The mission of the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) is to empower people impacted by vision loss to live with independence and dignity. The organization was founded in 1962, over 50 years ago, when a group of concerned parents faced a mutual challenge: how to help their visually impaired children reach their full potential in life. Today, CVI is Georgia's largest comprehensive, fully accredited, private organization providing vision rehabilitation services throughout every stage of life and all degrees of vision loss. CVI assists more than 5,000 clients and their caregivers as they acquire skills and information needed to succeed at school and work, be active members of their communities, and live with independence and dignity. CVI serves its clients through the following key programs: • The BEGIN Early Childhood Program offers essential support, education and strategy training to parents of children, from birth to age five, who have severe visual impairments. BEGIN's year-round programming includes individual training sessions for children and parents, group preschool classes, parent support groups, education classes and family activities. • STARS (Social, Therapeutic, Academic and Recreational Services) is a year-round educational, recreational and social skills program for students ages five to 21. STARS challenges the isolation and inactivity that many blind or visually impaired youth experience, helping them adjust to vision loss and prepare for college and employment. • At the Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic, clients ages five and older receive vision assessments, counseling and training in the use of prescribed optical and non-optical devices as they pursue personal goals for education, employment and independence. • The New View Adult Rehabilitation Program offers classes at the Center and in the community to help adults achieve greater independence at home and at work. Classes include safe travel skills, braille, computer technology, independent living, communication skills and career services, including job training and job placement. • The VisAbility Store is a nonprofit, street-level retail shop that provides immediate access to low vision aids, assistive technology and other adaptive devices that allow people with vision loss to maintain independent lifestyles. Through the Solution Fund, devices and aids are provided for clients who are not able to purchase them due to financial hardship.