Access and Outreach
Community Health Services Division (CHS)
Public Health – Seattle & King County
www.kingcounty.gov/health/ACCESS
VISION RESOURCE LIST - KING COUNTY
For additional information about vision providers and clinics that accept ProviderOne (DSHS / Medicaid), listed on this vision resource list, please call:
Community Health Access Program (CHAP) ................................................................................................................................................................................1-800-756-5437
This Vision resource list is also available on the Public Health Seattle – King County websites at: www.kingcounty.gov/health/ACCESS.
Public Health Seattle-King County presents this information as a service to the public. All information is general in nature and not intended to be a substitute of individual selfdeterminations as to choice of provider. This does not constitute a specific recommendation or endorsement of any specific health care professional. For more information about
provider, contact the State’s Health Professions Quality Assurance office by phone at 360-236-4700 or on the Web at www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/ or email complaint to
HSQAComplaintIntake@doh.wa.gov. This may not be a complete list, please contact CHAP Program at 1-800-756-5437 for additional listings.
FREE / LOW COST RESOURCES - King County
PROVIDER
ADDRESS
CITY
PHONE
RESTRICTIONS
KING COUNTY
LensCrafters - Gift of Sight
Program
King County
King
County
LensCrafters check listings
Description: Works with Lions Club International (related agency is Northwest Lions Foundation For
Sight and Hearing, agency #1745). Offers new glasses to low-income person. Frames are chosen
from a select group which have been gifted to this program by the parent company. Eligibility:
Requires letter or voucher from a non-profit agency which has a tax ID number or Public Health Seattle & King County. Also needs a eyeglass prescription. You can call any LensCrafters location
in King County check phone listings for numbers.
Seattle
(206) 325-1100
Tuesday - Friday, Sliding fee scale for exam and glasses, $25 - $60 minimum for eye exam.
Varying prices for glasses. Free exam and glasses for persons experiencing homelessness.
SEATTLE
Optometric Center of Seattle 124 21st Avenue (21st & Fir)
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FREE / LOW COST RESOURCES - King County
PROVIDER
ADDRESS
CITY
PHONE
RESTRICTIONS
2515 Western Avenue
Seattle
(206) 728-5627
Open Thursday to anyone over 18 with no medical insurance. ID is required. Please call first day of
month at 9:00 am to schedule an appointment. Clients are encouraged to walk-in for stand-by line or
wait list starting at 7:30 am, may arrive as early as 6:00 am. Thee are only about 8 appointments per
Thursday. Clinic closed July and August. Please call for additional information.
Community Services for the 9709 3rd Avenue NE,
Blind and Partially Sighted Suite 100
Seattle
1(800) 458-4888
(206) 525-5555
(voice/TDD)
Provides services to anyone with severe vision loss. Programs include counseling, instruction in
safe movement and travel, independent living skills, low vision evaluation and training, adaptive aids
store and volunteer support. Some services are offered at no charge to clients.
1(800) 766-4466
Services provided through VISION USA include a comprehensive exam & diagnosis of eye health
and vision problems. Eligibility: Cannot have vision insurance, no eye exam in last two years and
must have a job or live in a household where there is one working household member. Must call for
an application.
Millionaire Charity Club
OTHER
Vision USA
www.aoa.org/
www.kingcounty.gov/health/access
Public Health Seattle-King County presents this information as a service to the public. All information is general in nature and not intended to be a substitute of individual selfdeterminations as to choice of provider. This does not constitute a specific recommendation or endorsement of any specific health care professional. For more information about
provider, contact the State’s Health Professions Quality Assurance office by phone at 360-236-4700 or on the Web at www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/ or email complaint to
HSQAComplaintIntake@doh.wa.gov. This may not be a complete list, please contact CHAP Program at 1-800-756-5437 for additional listings.
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