Children's Vision Care Alliance

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Pennsylvania Children's Vision Care Alliance (PA-CVCA) is to establish a network of Pennsylvania optometrists who agree to provide exemplary vision and eye care to children by following the American Optometric Association's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, promoting children's vision, and networking with schools and other professionals, to improve the quality of children's vision, thereby improving a child's chances for success in life. 

OBJECTIVES

• Ensure that quality vision and eye care is available and accessible to all children in Pennsylvania;
• Increase the number of children receiving eye health and vision examinations in Pennsylvania;
• Educate the public, parents, educators, and healthcare providers about the need for children's eye health and vision examinations;
• Establish and maintain a network of optometrists providing children's eye health and vision examinations in accordance with the American Optometric Association's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines; and
• Encourage referrals by optometrists as well as other healthcare professionals to member optometrists of the Children's Vision Care Alliance.
  
  
• Print this CVCA list agreement for your local society meetings and events
• CVCA Eye Report
• POA Positions Paper
• House of Delegates Resolution ~ 2019
• Children's Vision Presentation
• Near Point Card for School Nurses
• Other Pediatric Vision Care Initiatives