45 L St. Ne, Washington, DC 20554

M-F: 8:00am-6:00pm.

Phone M-F: 8:00am-6:00pm for information or go to website for more information. Caller will be connected to a local service representative.

Free.

The program serves eligible residents of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Serves individuals with income at or below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and with combined vision and hearing loss. Significant vision loss is defined as having at least one of the following conditions: Visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses; A field defect such that the peripheral diameter of the visual field is no greater than 20 degrees; Progressive visual loss with a prognosis leading to one or both of above conditions. Significant hearing loss is defined as having at least one of the following conditions: Chronic hearing disabilities so severe that most speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification; Progressive hearing loss having a prognosis leading to above condition. Applicants are automatically income eligible if they can provide documentation that they are currently enrolled in a federal program with an income eligibility requirement that does not exceed 400% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, such as: Medicaid; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); federal public housing assistance or Section 8; food stamps or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); or Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit.