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BSS was
incorporated in May 1992, to provide innovative approaches to achieving
independence and self-reliance for blind and visually impaired residents
of Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles Counties
in Southern California.
Since
incorporation, BSS has provided services to many blind and visually
impaired consumers, their families and friends from local and surrounding
communities. The agency has successfully administered grants from
Weingart and PacifiCare Foundations, Rohr Industries, the California Council of the
Blind, Bank of America, Allstate, and
the Community Foundation of Riverside County. It has also
successfully administered local city and county government contracts from
1992 to the present. In 1999, BSS received a three-year grant from The California Endowment to
address the barriers to adequate healthcare that people with visual
impairments encounter on a regular basis. We are now partnering with Western University Of Health
Sciences, Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, as
well as, Inland
Empire
Health Plan (IEHP), a public entity.
In 1996, BSS
formed a unique partnership between the community and private sector in
providing a 120 unit apartment complex in the City of Riverside. This action
created affordable housing for consumers with low to moderate income.
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