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Americas
Best Contacts & Eyeglasses –
Check local phone listing; Portland & Tigard
only in Oregon; 2 pair single vision eyeglasses
including exam for $69.95; 2 pair bifocals including
eye exam $112; some prescription strength limitations.
Binyon’s
– Check local phone listings – Usual
discounts are buy one get one free, 2 pr. Single
vision plastic lenses $99 or lined bifocal $149
and up; exam separate choose frames that retail
59.95 or less.
Blinded
Veterans Foundation of Oregon, Inc. –
541-265-9087; The Blinded Veterans Foundation
was created to help defray costs and make it possible
for blinded veterans to access the treatments
and medications they need.
Boys
and Girls Clubs – Check local phone
listings; referred by staff and parents. Will
provide assistance in obtaining eyeglasses for
participants in their program as resources allow.
Casey
Eye Institute – Elks Children’s
Eye Clinic – 503 -494-7830; Social Worker
503-494-1618 (for financial concerns); Usual access
is by children that already go there for their
care for eye conditions requiring medical treatment.
Elks pay for eyeglasses if needed.
Devers
Eye Institute – 503-413-7022; speak
with Dana Ritsema or Barbara Lynn; $25 Refractive
only exam (tells prescription only, no eye health
exam); $50 Eyeglasses; Must get both, no eyeglasses
without their exam.
KEX
Kids Fund – Referral
by school nurse, counselor, or other designated
school representative only in state accredited
schools, the public school system and state or
federally funded alternative schools in the following
counties: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia,
Hood River, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington,
Tillamook, and Yamhill. For children birth to
17 years, limited exceptions for 18 through 21.
Guidelines: child qualifies for free or reduced
lunches; family income is $25,000 or less for
family of four; child enrolled in state or federal
funded program such as Headstart, no or only partial
insurance benefits. Also funds hearing exam and
hearing aids.
LensCrafters
– Gift of Sight Vouchers given by local
Lions Clubs or other organizations to purchase
low cost eyeglasses; On-site vouchers include
a limited number of free vision exams and eyeglasses
for walk-ins, often booked well in advance; also
includes a very limited number of exams and eyeglasses
for persons referred by approved agency with statement
of need, agency’s Tax ID number on letterhead;
Hometown Day is one day during the first week
of December, applicants must be pre-screened,
appointments made well in advance, normally by
referring agencies.
Oregon
Foundation for Vision Awareness – http://ofva.org/ofva/;
apply on-line. They serve as both a clearinghouse
for resource listings and also provide some vision
assistance.
Pacific
University – Southeast Family Vision
Clinic – 503-988-3506; Sliding fee scale
as low as $40, depending on household income and
number of people living in household; single vision
lenses $99; bifocals $139, frames free if they
don’t have funds. Must pay $40 up front;
$40 deposit to order eyeglasses. Exam normally
$140, so make sure to ask about sliding fee scale.
Sight
for Students (for children) – 1-888-290-4964; www.sightforstudents.org.
Must be legal resident, have no vision insurance,
income less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
to qualify.
Vision
USA (for children and adults) –
1-800-766-4466; nationwide program. Vision exams
only; once qualified, the entire family is qualified.
One adult in household must have at least a part-time
job.
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