About This Project
Eleven rural schools in our area have no school nurse. Portable screening equipment would let our team check every child's hearing and vision once a year.
Timeline
Screening begins in January and covers every school by May
Who Benefits
About 2,400 students in eleven schools across three counties.
People Impacted
2,400
Funding Details
Funding Goal
$14,527
How It Will Be Used
Two photoscreeners for vision: $7,800. Two portable audiometers: $2,900. Glasses for the first 100 children without coverage: $2,500. Carrying cases and calibration: $600. Contingency and program costs: $727.
Milestones
3 planned deliverables · 0 complete
A child who cannot see the board or hear the teacher often looks like a child who is not trying. Our nurses already visit these schools for immunizations, but we have no equipment for screening and families would have to drive to Durango for it. This request buys two portable screening kits, so two teams can work at once, and pays for the glasses of the first hundred children who need them and have no coverage.
Equipment delivered and calibrated
Due 12/18/2026
First six schools screened
Due 3/5/2027
All eleven schools screened
Due 5/14/2027
Hearing and vision screening for rural schools
$14,527 · Silverpine Mobile Health Partners
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