Program areas at Lighthouse for the Blind of Houston
Rehabilitation and Community Services provided over 12,000 services to blind or low vision clients. These programs and services included low vision rehabilitation clinic, behavioral health, deaf/blind assisted living, multi-care day center activities, youth programs, volunteers/client services, technology evaluation and education, diabetes education, apartment living and information and referral services. These programs and services help clients identify and develop individual strengths and needs to assist in each client reaching their full emotional, social and educational potential.
Enterprise services provides on-the-job training and employment for blind or low vision individuals to work on government, both State and Federal, as well as commercial contracts. Ten blind and low vision employees worked on various jobs including product kitting and assembly, soap packing, product sales and logistics.
Service Contracts from Federal, State, and commercial opportunities provide on-the-job training and employment for blind or low vision individuals. Jobs related to service contracts include customer service representative, switchboard operator, document management clerk, mail sorting, and medical transcriptionist. Forty-five blind/low vision employees were employed to manage and work on these contracts throughout the fiscal year.