South Carolina Lions Charitable Services
Screenings, Hearing Aids and Eye Surgery
South Carolina Lions Charitable Services requests $10,000 to continue the important health programs providing vision, hearing, and health screenings, hearing aids, and eye surgeries to the uninsured residents of South Carolina.
South Carolina Lions Charitable Services is dedicated to improving lives by providing vision, hearing and health screenings, and hearing aids and eye surgeries for the uninsured and under insured residents of South Carolina who otherwise would not receive assistance. Founded in 1969, SCLCS has provided vital, preventative health services to communities, large and small throughout the region, answering Helen Keller’s call to be “Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness.” The target population for the services provided by SCLCS is two-fold, screening services target school age children, while the eye surgery program and hearing aid assistance programs target the uninsured and under insured. SCLCS focuses its services on screening services and assistance programs to those residents whose income exceeds the limits for programs such as Medicaid or Life Line but do not make enough money to purchase individual or employer sponsored health insurance.
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Records of new applications for surgery service and hearing aids, along with completed cases and the accompanying supporting documentation regarding program qualifications are also maintained. Utilizing the Lions Outcome Tracking System (LOTS) all data is maintained in a secure environment and offers us the ability to further qualify data on the State, County and City level, ensuring that we are targeting those areas that will most benefit from the services we
Screenings, Hearing Aids and Eye Surgery
South Carolina Lions Charitable Services requests $10,000 to continue the important health programs providing vision, hearing, and health screenings, hearing aids, and eye surgeries to the uninsured residents of South Carolina.
South Carolina Lions Charitable Services is dedicated to improving lives by providing vision, hearing and health screenings, and hearing aids and eye surgeries for the uninsured and under insured residents of South Carolina who otherwise would not receive assistance. Founded in 1969, SCLCS has provided vital, preventative health services to communities, large and small throughout the region, answering Helen Keller’s call to be “Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness.” The target population for the services provided by SCLCS is two-fold, screening services target school age children, while the eye surgery program and hearing aid assistance programs target the uninsured and under insured. SCLCS focuses its services on screening services and assistance programs to those residents whose income exceeds the limits for programs such as Medicaid or Life Line but do not make enough money to purchase individual or employer sponsored health insurance.
Description of the Project: …show more content…
Records of new applications for surgery service and hearing aids, along with completed cases and the accompanying supporting documentation regarding program qualifications are also maintained. Utilizing the Lions Outcome Tracking System (LOTS) all data is maintained in a secure environment and offers us the ability to further qualify data on the State, County and City level, ensuring that we are targeting those areas that will most benefit from the services we