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Causes: Eye Diseases, Blindness & Vision Impairments, Health
Mission: "we exist to foster the independence of people who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired, thereby helping them to realize their full potential as individuals. " to this end we operate a rehabilitation center providing comprehensive adjustment to vision loss training, support groups and outreach programs for the delivery of services to individuals who have a vision loss throughout northern minnesota and occasionally northwest wisconsin. Programs include: comprehensive agency based training, outreach services to people's homes and businesses (itinerant instruction), support groups for peoplewith vision loss and also specifically for people with vision and hearing loss, hearing and vision loss outreach program for people with dual sensory loss that includes intervenor services in a 14 county area of northern minnesota, public education on vision loss and deafblidness, employment services to assist an individual in pre-employment skills and technology assessments, twin ports low vision
Programs: Provide vocational and rehab services to the visually impaired.