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• Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include:
  • Comparing software and devices.
  • Show new users what technology may be helpful to them.
  • Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards.
  • Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations.
  • Provides information on where to get training and equipment.
  * Offers youth programs that include:
  • NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

* Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired.

• Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons.
• Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students.
• Provides legislative and governmental monitoring.
• Holds annual conference featuring a large trade show of the latest high- and low-tech gadgets for blind and visually impaired people.

  * Publishes monthly magazine, "The ACB Braille Forum," in braille, large print, on digital cartridge, via email, podcast, and download.

  * Has an Internet radio station, ACB Media (https://www.acbmedia.org), which offers ten channels of music, talk, and entertainment.

  * ACB's Community Events offer a wide variety of topics, from education to technology training, cooking and social events, braille classes, games, yoga, and much more. Visit https://www.acb.org/acb-community-events to learn more.

  * ACB's Audio Description Project (https://www.acb.org/audio-description-project) maintains a list of audio-described movies, broadcast TV, DVDs, performing arts, museums, and national parks on their website. The project also offers two Audio Description Institutes each year, where people can learn how to become audio describers.

• Provides emergency financial assistance for: Rent. Utilities. Medical bills. Car Repairs. * Offers scholarships to Webster High School seniors.* Offers summer camp scholarships to children in Webster families who qualify.* Offers food support to families experiencing food insecurity through the meal center program.

• Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired.* Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons.* Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students. Must be legally blind in both eyes.* Provides legislative and governmental monitoring.

• Offers a stipend ranging from $75-$150 based on GPA every marking period during the school year to meet school and personal expenses due to financial needs at home.* Offers counseling on course work that is difficult for the students.

• Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include: Comparing software and devices Show new users what technology may be helpful to them Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations Provides information on where to get training and equipment* Offers youth programs that include: NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane

• Provides public education to increase early detection of kidney disorders. Professional education. End the Wait: Organ donor education, organ donor cards, living donor education. * Provides outreach to African-American and Hispanic communities. * Offers patient services such as: Peer support group. A one-to-one support system for pre-dialysis and pre-transplant patients. Kidney screenings. Renal diet literature. Social events. * Offers local and national grants given for research on kidney disease.