Mother helping visually impaired girl

Legislative Priorities & Achievements

Our partnership with policymakers passionate about advocacy on blindness helped pass laws such as the Blind Babies Bill of 1999 and Children’s Program funding in 2015, which provides 2 million dollars a year in additional services to children who are blind or visually impaired.

Our initiatives include:

  • Focusing on funding and policies as recommended by our member agencies and legislative partners.
  • Identifying other legislation affecting visually impaired Floridians and how our members can work to oppose or support it as needed.
  • Providing oversight of Executive Branch agencies involved in the prevention of vision loss or provision of services to visually impaired Floridians.