Impact

In the 2007 - 2008 school year, Prevent Blindness Georgia vision screened close to 30,000 prekindergarten children. More than 1 00 volunteers and 14 certified vision screeners screened these students to make sure they were "vision ready" to learn.	In the 2008 - 2009 school year, Prevent Blindness Georgia volunteers and 15 certified vision screeners screened 31,371 prekindergarten children in 65 counties throughout the state.
Approximately 6% of the children screened annually are referred for further evaluation.
Children's Vision Screening costs $6.50 per child. Georgia is home to more than 100,000 prekindergarten children in 159 counties. The Children's Vision Screening program will expand as funding allows.

Adult Vision Program

In 2008 - 2009, Prevent Blindness Georgia provided 3,647 needy adults with eye exams through the Vision Outreach Program.
3,017 pairs of eye glasses were distributed.	311 individuals were referred for treatment for such eye diseases as cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy.
Prevent Blindness Georgia served an additional 520 Georgia adults through the Diabetic Retinopathy Project and Glaucoma Retinal Imaging Project.

Diabetic Retinopathy Project

Prevent Blindness Georgia initiated a
Diabetic Retinopathy Project
to help spread awareness of the disease
and to assist at-risk Georgians.

Clinics held at federally qualified health centers 16	Individuals referred for follow-up appointments 46
Georgia residents who were served 476	Pairs of glasses distributed 312

Glaucoma Retinal Imaging Project
GRIP

To combat aging eye diseases, Prevent Blindness Georgia, launched the GRIP project in 2009.

GRIP utilizes new retinal imaging technology to detect glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. The project was
designed by PBGA Board Member Scott Pastor, MD, a glaucoma specialist with Eye Consultants of Atlanta.