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The El Paso Lighthouse For The Blind offers training, resources, and services to provide the blind and visually impaired with access to the same opportunities and quality of life available to everyone around them.  The Lighthouse works with individuals, their families and the community by focusing on the needs, goals and capabilities of each client and on removing physical, economic and social barriers that affect their quality of life.

El Paso Lighthouse Profile

• Established in 1934 at the request of the Texas State Commission for the Blind.
    
• Programs and services primarily funded by private contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and by fees for service.
    
• Serves individuals in El Paso County and the following Southwest Texas counties: Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio. Also, individuals from Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico.
    
• Works with people of all ages and specializes in working with people with age-related vision loss through the Brown-McAfee-Smith Elderly Blind Program.
    
• Services provided at our facility: Fred T. Hervey Low Vision Clinic, Stern Ocular Services Clinic, Rehabilitation Services, McKee Foundation Assistive Technology Center, Radio Reading Service, Fred T. Hervey Library, and Resource Center.
    
• In-home training provided: Independent Living Skills, Orientation and Mobility.
    
• Providing employment opportunities at the Lighthouse and in mainstream jobs.
    
• Educating sighted people to new concepts concerning vision loss.

Please contact us for more information.

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