First 5 LA is a child advocacy and grant-making organization. It has allocated $4.1 million to the UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic, an outreach program of the Jules Stein Institute. The money will go toward screening more than 90,000 children between the ages of 3 and 5 from underserved populations in the county over the next five years.
Services provided will include initial vision screenings at preschool locations; full-eye exams conducted by ophthalmologists and optometrists for children who fail the initial exam; referrals to partner specialists for visually impaired children who need special medical or surgical treatment; and free eyeglasses for those with refractive errors.
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