VIPS Visually Impaired Preschool

Please call the Governor's Office at 502-564-2611 immediately to help prevent the elimination of VIPS outreach dollars to service visually impaired children in rural areas!!

The Governor and Legislators need to hear from YOU that VIPS' services or important for all visually impaired children!!!

Suggested dialogue which you can personalize:

I am calling you to express concern over the recent cuts in First Steps and the devastating impact those cuts will have on visually impaired children. Rural area children have a lot of trouble finding services to help. The teachers from Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc. teach ways to help babies do the simple tasks like move around his/her environment, socially interact with friends, and play with toys. VIPS teachers also offer help with skills like eating, dressing and personal hygiene. What seems simple to you and me can be extremely hard for a baby with severe vision loss. These skills are so important for every child and even more so for children with special needs. Our VIPS teacher shows us ways to teach our baby these skills and gives us confidence he/she will succeed.

The proposed cuts to the VIPS Outreach grant means the loss of specialized services in rural areas. I know this help would be readily available and easily accessible if the child lived in Lexington or Louisville. One-on-one teacher interaction is critical. Why do the cities get all the resources? I thought state resources were supposed to be available to everyone REGARDLESS of where they live. I feel as though my child is being discriminated against simply because of where we live.

Please make sure these cuts don't happen!!

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