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NEVADA BLIND CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

Education. Employ. Empower.

Henderson, NV   |  www.nvblindchildren.org

Mission

Nevada Blind Children's Foundation provides the essential building blocks, including an extended education curriculum, extracurricular activities, social opportunities, and transitional skills to children who are visually impaired so that they can reach their full potential.

Ruling year info

2006

Executive Director

Ms. Maribel Garcia

Main address

95 South Arroyo Grande Boulevard

Henderson, NV 89012 USA

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EIN

20-4388240

NTEE code info

Specialized Education Institutions/Schools for Visually or Hearing Impaired, Learning Disabled (B28)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

Blind/Visually Impaired Centers, Services (P86)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Nevada has approximately 15,800 blind and visually impaired children ages birth - 20yrs, yet we remain one of seven states that does not have a school for the blind. Only 37% of non-institutionalized working-age people (ages 21 to 64) with a visual impairment have a high school diploma. Only 36.6% of this same demographic has full-time employment.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

After School Adventures

Nevada Blind Children's Foundation's after-school adventures programs use the power of friendship and fun to help children who are blind/visually impaired gain critically important life skills.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
People with vision impairments

Educated and engaged families are critical to the success of blind and visually impaired children. NBCF provides education and recreation programs focused on building and strengthening each child's support network. Programs include: parent/child hands-on instruction for infants and toddlers, parent education seminars & resources, recreation programs with sighted siblings, and special events adapted for the blind and visually impaired, but inclusive of the entire family.

Population(s) Served
People with vision impairments
Children and youth

Blind students are dependent on technology – blind specific technology that not is not easily obtained nor maintained.  NBCF has the resources and knowledge to provide this very important service using high tech, state of the art blind specific equipment and software.

Population(s) Served
People with vision impairments
Children and youth

NBCF knows that all children learn better when they feel great. NBCF's healthy living initiative provides comprehensive services from on-site therapies, orientation & mobility training, to doctor recommendations and even food distribution for students and families experiencing food insecurities, NBCF ensure visually impaired and blind children are feeling their best and are prepared to learn.

Population(s) Served
People with vision impairments
Children and youth

NBCF's Discovery Day Camp is the only day camp for blind and visually impaired children in the State of Nevada and is accredited by the American Camping Association. Through day camp, campers gain confidence in their skills and abilities as they explore their community and try new things.

Population(s) Served
People with vision impairments
Children and youth

Where we work

Awards

Trailblazer 2017

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce

Affiliations & memberships

American Camp Association - Member 2016

Henderson Chamber of Commerce 2015

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce 2013

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of students enrolled

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth

Related Program

After School Adventures

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

2019 numbers reflect new reporting to account for blind/visually impaired students and sighted siblings served through the program. 2020 our numbers drastically reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Nevada Blind Children's Foundation is focused on three goals: Educate. Employ. Empower.

1) Educate - increase high school graduation.

2) Employ - increase employment rates.

3) Empower - empower blind and visually impaired children to reach their full potential.

Nevada Blind Children's Foundation uses a comprehensive approach across 6 key initiatives: family support, advocacy, health, education, recreation, employment & life skills training. NBCF provides programs and service across all six initiatives and supports blind and visually impaired children and their entire support network (doctors, therapists, teachers, and families) to ensure each child has a strong support group to rely on.

Nevada Blind Children's Foundation is the only nonprofit in Nevada, solely dedicated to blind and visually impaired children. NBCF's service model is cost effective, time efficient, and engages existing community services through community partnerships instead of duplicating services.

In 2020, Nevada Blind Children's Foundation opened the first preschool for blind and visually impaired children, in the history of the State of Nevada, Children's Learning Center (CLC). CLC is also Nevada's ONLY licensed special needs preschool.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, NBCF adapted its services to provide for the immediate needs of its students and their families; providing online programs to keep children connected, delivering food to families in need, and providing social services to connect families to additional community resources.

In August 2020, expanded its services, welcoming students back into its Learning Center to support them during online distance learning. Blind children learn through tactile inputs, making online learning extremely challenging for a child with no sight. Most families are not equipped to help them and teachers were not able to work with them in person. In addition to its full-day preschool, NBCF expanded its K-12 services to offer full-day distance learning support at its Learning Center. Although this was an incredible challenge for everybody involved, at the end of the first quarter, all students participating at NBCF received A's & B's... there were only two C's and no grades lower than that. Our students are not just surviving... they are thriving!

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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NEVADA BLIND CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

Board of directors
as of 06/20/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mrs Elaine Wenger-Roesener

Roesener Family Foundation

Term: 2019 - 2022

Elaine Wenger Roesener

Roesener Family Charitable Trust

Lorena Acosta

United Healthcare

James Cohill

Anthem Inc

Susan Pucciarelli

Jones Lovelock Law Firm

Sharon Brady-McKoy

Retired Southwest Gas

Betty Reiff

Lexicon Bank

Dr. Naomie Warner

Nevada Eye Physicians

Lauri White

Children's Advocate Liaison

Reagan Monroe JR

Southwest Gas

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 6/20/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 11/06/2020

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.