Helping homeless youth in Harlem get free prescription glasses

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Homeless youth face numerous barriers to accessing health services. ChildSight is a program that seeks to break one of these barriers by providing free onsite vision screenings and prescription eyeglasses to youth in poor communities. Mashable went along with the organization as they visited the Ali Forney Center, a Harlem-based shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth.

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