DCHS Initiates New Dental, Vision And Hearing Aid Program

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Jun 24, 2021 at 9:27 AM

DCHS Initiates New Dental, Vision and Hearing Aid
Program

For Immediate Release: June 24, 2021

The Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) has
initiated a new Dental,
Vision and Hearing Aid Program to help City residents with low incomes
obtain free or low-cost dental care, prescription glasses and hearing aids.

City of Alexandria residents who need dental care and do not
have health or dental insurance coverage are invited to apply. Those who
are eligible will be given an intake appointment with the Northern Virginia
Dental Clinic, where treatment will be provided. The program will cover the
cost of the first visit to the clinic; however, all patients will be required
to pay $50.00 at the first visit to cover the cost of the follow-up visit.
Patients will pay $50.00 per office visit for all future visits.

City residents who need assistance purchasing eyeglasses are
required to arrange to have an eye exam before applying in order to submit the
prescription for glasses along with their Dental, Vision and Hearing Aid
Program application.

Similarly, residents who need assistive hearing devices are
required to have a hearing test and obtain a prescription for a hearing device
to submit with the application.

To be eligible for the Dental, Vision and Hearing Aid Program, individuals must
be residents of the City of Alexandria, meet income and resource guidelines
(50% of Virginia median income guidelines), and provide additional
documentation as requested to show proof of residency, proof of income and
proof of other resources. Immigration status is not requested.

Residents
can apply at alexandriava.gov/DCHS in
English, Amharic, Farsi or Spanish, or call DCHS Customer Relations at
703.746.5700 or walk-in to the DCHS office located at 2525 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Patients
of the Alexandria Health Department (AHD) or clients of the Alexandria
Community Services Board (CSB) should apply through their provider at the AHD
or CSB.

For inquiries from the media only, contact Carmen Andres, Public Information Specialist, at carmen.andres@alexandriava.gov.

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