Launch meeting for the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health

June 10, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Prevent Blindness America has been awarded a Maternal and Child Health Bureau grant to establish the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health. The mission of the center is to develop a public health infrastructure to promote and ensure a continuum of eye care for young children within the healthcare delivery system.

Illinois has been chosen as one of five states to implement the grant and contribute to the national center. We are excited about this opportunity to convene vision champions and statewide leaders to review current practices of vision screening and exams, to identify current systems and gaps, and to develop programs and/or systems to assure children receive the care they need.

We would be honored if you would join us for a launch meeting to inaugurate this effort. Your knowledge and expertise of current systems or resources and the need of Illinois’ children will help us formulate the direction of this project.

June 28, 2010 12:00 to 3:00

Lunch will be served.

Department of Human Services Building, Room 328 (3rd Floor)

1112 S. Wabash, Chicago 60605

Free parking in lot around the building.

RSVP by June 21 for us to plan lunch:

Sue Ramirez [sramirez@preventblindness.org]

(Note: If you are unable to attend, please consider

attending the parallel meeting in Springfield on June 24th.)

 

Sincerely,

Donna J. Dreiske Myrtis Sullivan, MD, MPH

Executive Director Associate Director

Illinois Society for the Office of Family Health

Prevention of Blindness Illinois Department of Human Services