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professionals to advocate for use of the ECC and to implement it at home,
in the classroom, and in the community.
Today VIPS is a statewide agency in Kentucky and Indiana with a
total annual budget of $2.8 million. During the 2017 - 18 fiscal year, VIPS
served 600 children and their families, providing 5,496 home - and
community - visits. VIPS teachers and interventionists drove 251,254 miles
to provide direct services to young children with blindness or low vision.
VIPS was the first and continues to be t he only nonprofit agency in
Kentucky and Indiana providing vision - specific services to this population of
children.
