Causes: Blind & Visually Impaired Centers, Disabilities, Education, Human Services, Special Education

Mission: Anchor Center teachers and therapists help children and their families learn how to live with a vision impairment, meet critical early developmental goals and lead full, productive lives. Children graduate from Anchor Center programs to attend the public school system and amaze us all with what they can accomplish. Anchor Center is the only privately funded organization in Colorado that provides early intervention/developmental education services to very young children with blindness.

Target demographics: blind and visually impaired children

Direct beneficiaries per year: over 380 children and families through center-based services, home visits and rural outreach

Geographic areas served: Stapleton serving all of Colorado through center based services and home visits

Programs: Anchor Center for Blind Children is a nationally recognized, private, non-profit agency whose goals are:*to provide educational and therapeutic services of the highest quality to children from birth to age five (whose vision is their primary obstacle to learning) without discrimination to race, national or ethnic origin, sex or religious preference; * to provide information and support to families for the purpose of: a) increasing parents appreciation and respect for their child's unique potential b) empowering families to advocate for their child; *to provide a setting that encourages children's independent functioning and ability to interact with their families, peers, and others in the world around them;*to collaborate with schools, community agencies and others in order to enable children who are blind to successfully transition into other educational settings and develop optimally.