2024 Fund-A-Need:
Mobile Vision Van

Creating Access

Since 2014, CBI has partnered with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to conduct vision screenings for all children in 3K to 5K and created a fund to provide glasses for students from 4K to 12th grade. We have screened over 26,000 children, including 3,247 children in 2023 alone. Despite the program’s success, barriers still exist for children who fail their vision screening.

If a child fails their vision screening, a notice is sent home in English and Spanish explaining follow-up vision care, specific clinics available, and encouragement to connect with the school nurse for additional resources.

Despite this, issues like language, culture, transportation, and parental time constraints prevent follow-up.

To tackle this problem, CBI is collaborating with MMSD to create a Mobile Vision Van (MVV), much like the Mobile Dental Van created by MMSD and Access Community Health Center. The MVV will ensure that every child receives the essential follow-up eye care they need. Simple screening and interventions have a profound impact on changing the lives of every child.

Stay tuned for ways that you can help make the Mobile Vision Van a reality for children in Dane County!