Monday - Thursday 9AM - 12:30 PM;
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Friday (Closed July/August) 9 AM - 12 PM EST
New Eyes for the Needy purchases basic prescription eyeglasses for people in need in the U.S. through a well-established voucher program. Eligible clients can apply for a voucher through a social service agency, welfare worker or a school nurse. Clients can present a New Eyes voucher to any participating local optical dispenser, who fits the client with the proper prescription eyeglasses. The dispenser then receives reimbursement directly from New Eyes.
With 80 years of passion and experience, we purchase new prescription eyeglasses for U.S. residents and distribute used glasses to the disadvantaged in developing countries.
For further assistance or information in Gibson, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties, please contact SWIRCA & More at 1(812)-464-7817.
For further assistance or information in Dubois or Pike counties, please contact Generations Aging and Disability Resource Center at 1(800)-986-3505.
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New Eyes for the Needy
Uninsured/under-insured US residents
New Eyes purchases new prescription eyeglasses for low-income individuals in the U.S. through a voucher program. To be eligible for our program, applicants must:
Meet the U.S. Poverty guidelines.
Have had a recent eye exam. New Eyes does not pay for eye exams. Contact Us if you need assistance in locating a source of free or low-cost eye exams
Have no other resources available to them to pay for glasses, including federal or state programs or assistance from local charitable organizations.
A New Eyes voucher typically covers only the cost of a basic pair of single or lined bifocal eyeglasses.