Community health centers, university clinics, or nonprofit foundations often provide free or low-cost vision care services. Their clinics can offer services at a low cost by using a sliding scale model.
A sliding scale model allows clinics to price eye care services depending on how much a person earns. This ensures quality services are more accessible to underserved communities or people in need at a fair price.
Nonprofit organizations or government agencies also run eye care programs, which are available nationwide. This is to provide people with free or low-cost eye care services.
Volunteer doctors and their colleagues often run these national programs. Doctors sign themselves up to be providers for these programs. Then, they provide free services in their local communities. School clinics can also be part of these national programs.
Free and Low Cost Vision Clinics in Orange County
ECN Purpose
Address
26895 Aliso Creek Rd Ste B-427
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Phone Number
(949) 329-8609
Website
https://ecnpurpose.org/
About
The mission of ECN Purpose is to make access to vision care possible for the underserved population in the United States through advocacy, education, outreach, and connection. Their Mobile Eye Health Unit meets people where they are and safely connects underserved individuals to vision care services.
Services Offered:
- vision screenings
- comprehensive eye exams
Lestonnac Free Clinic
Address
1215 E Chapman Ave
Orange, CA 92866
Phone Number
(714) 633-4600
Website
https://www.lestonnacfreeclinic.org/
Services Offered
- Vision testing
- Prescription glasses
- Retinopathy screening
- Ophthalmology eye exams
Families Together of Orange County
Address
661 W. 1st St.
Tustin, CA 92780
Phone Number
(800) 597-7977
Website
https://familiestogetheroc.org/
Services Offered
- Comprehensive eye exams
- Dilated eye exams
- Family eye care
- Diabetic retinopathy screening
- Eyeglass repairs
- Foreign body screening
Hurtt Family Health Clinic
Address
1 Hope Dr.
Tustin, CA 92782
Phone Number
(714) 247-0300
Website
https://www.hurttclinic.org/
Services Offered
- Vision screening
- Comprehensive eye exams
- Prescription eyewear
Hurtt Family Health Clinic
Address
14642 Newport Ave.
STE 200
Tustin, CA 92780
Phone Number
(714) 247-0300
Website
https://www.hurttclinic.org/
Services Offered
- Vision screening
- Comprehensive eye exams
- Prescription eyewear
Local Initiatives Providing Vision Care for Low-Income Families
Eye Mobile for Children
Website
https://www.eye.uci.edu/eyemobile/index.html
Address
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
850 Health Sciences Road
Irvine, CA 92697-4375
Phone number
(949) 824-6363
About
The Eye Mobile for Children is a UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute program. Its mission is to deliver effective, efficient, and high-quality vision care services to children in Orange County.
They serve preschool and transitional kindergarten children in multiple school districts of Orange County, including:
- Anaheim Elementary
- Capistrano
- Centralia
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Irvine
- Ocean View
- Saddleback Valley
- Tustin
National Programs and Resources
EyeCare America
(877) 887-6327
https://www.aao.org/eyecare-america
New Eyes
549 Millburn Ave
Short Hills, NJ 07078
https://new-eyes.org/
Mission Cataract USA
Fresno, CA.
(559) 797-1629
https://missioncataractusa.org/
AGS Cares
655 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
https://www.americanglaucomasociety.net/
Free White Cane Program
655 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
https://nfb.org/programs-services/free-white-cane-program
InfantSEE
243 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63141
https://www.infantsee.org/
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
143 Rollins Ave #2046
Rockville, MD 20847
(301) 231-5944
https://optometriceducation.org/
My Retina Tracker Genetic Testing Program
(358) 40-2511-372
https://blueprintgenetics.com/my-retina-tracker-program/
Genentech Ophthalmology Access Solutions
(877) 436-3683
https://www.genentech-access.com/hcp/ophthalmology.html
Lions Clubs International
300 22nd Street
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
(630) 571-5466
http://www.lionsclubs.org/
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