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About NJFFB

NJFFB is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization which helps adults with low vision or vision impairment live with dignity and personal independence, travel safely without fear, and enjoy a higher quality of life, free of the isolation that comes with vision loss.

NJFFB is New Jersey’s only non-residential, comprehensive vision rehabilitation center. Individuals can access essential and advanced classes in orientation and mobility, assistive technologies and home management. Wellness programs include an award-winning art and music program, yoga, fitness and balance, African drumming, and horticulture, among others. Small group classes using adult learning strategies make the program an innovative, effective and friendly learning environment.

The nation is on the threshold of a major vision crisis that will double the number of blind and visually impaired adults by 2030. In another twenty years, one in four adults over 40 will experience vision loss. The increase reflects the aging population of 78 million baby boomers and the corresponding rise in debilitating age-related and diabetes-related vision loss. The rate of new cases of diabetes has risen by more than 90% among adults over the past 10 years.

This forecast by the National Eye Institute is especially alarming in New Jersey where the age 40 and older population exhibits an above-average prevalence of vision impairment and blindness; 2.93% compared to the national average of 2.8%. In New Jersey, over 118,000 residents are vision impaired, nearly 34,000 of whom are blind.