- We are pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel E. Jenkins III to the Houston Eye Associates team. He will be seeing patients at our new Harrisburg location.
- Welcome to our new website! We encourage you to browse our site and learn about all our services!
- Houston Eye Associates 23 locations! Check out our locations page for the office closest to you!
HEA Foundation
About the Foundation
To meet the critical eye care needs of those less fortunate within Houston and its surrounding communities, the physicians of the Houston Eye Associates formed the Houston Eye Associates Foundation (HEA Foundation) in 1981. They created the HEA Foundation with the belief that everyone should be provided with the most scientifically advanced medical eye care. The physicians of Houston Eye Associates and other medical professionals donate their office and surgical time, and diagnostic skills for those in financial hardship. The Houston Eye Associates Foundation pays for hospital and surgical facility fees, vision-saving medications, and other ancillary expenses, such as prosthetics, and pre- and post-op laboratory and diagnostic testing.
The HEA Foundation is supported solely by the generous charitable donations from individuals, private foundations, corporations and annual fundraising events. The Houston Eye Associates Foundation does not receive government or funding of any other kind.
All HEA Foundation patients are screened to ensure they have exhausted all other resources through their county indigent health programs and from the governments (Medicaid/Medicare). Applicants must also provide complete household financial documentation (most recent completed tax return, last two pay stubs with year to date figures, an employer/family support letter, etc.).
Eyeglass and Eye Exam Resources
Those in need of eyeglass or eye exam assistance should contact the University of Houston Good Neighbor Clinic (713) 527-8480 or Prevent Blindness Texas at (713) 526-2559.
Foundation Guidelines
To qualify for Houston Eye Associates Foundation assistance, the following items must be provided:
1) Show proof of currently denied Medicare/Medicaid assistance.
- Medicare - 1 (800) 772-1213
- Medicaid - 1 (800) 252-8263
2) Show proof of currently denied county medical assistance from residing county.
- Angelina County - 936-634-5431
- Brazoria County - 979-864-1884
- Chambers County - 409-267-8306
- Colorado County - 979-732-9453
- Fort Bend County - 281-341-6624
- Galveston County - 409-770-5550
- Hardin County - 409-246-5189
- Harris County Gold Card - 713-566-6691
- Jasper County 512-458-7706
- Jefferson County - North: 409-835-8530 South: 409-938-8380
- Liberty County - 936-336-4693
- Matagorda County - 979-245-8421
- Montgomery County - 936-523-5100
- Orange County - 409-882-7838
- San Jacinto County - 936-653-2091
- Trinity County - 936-642-1736
- Waller County - 979-826-7730
- Wharton County - 979-532-5637
3) Provide a copy of the completed 2010 1040 income tax form of all working household members.
4) Provide current Year-to-Date pay stub from employer of all working household members.
Foundation Applications
Call the Houston Eye Associates Foundation office at (713) 558-8740 and we will send you an application, or...
Click here ( English | Spanish ) to download and print the application and return it along with a copy of your most recent income tax return and proof that you have been denied government and county medical assistance. If you do not have an income tax return, you will need to send proof of income, such as a handwritten letter from your employer or W-2. If you are unemployed and living with family members, please send proof of household income for the family with whom you are living.