Application Process for Assistance Services
When you apply you will be working with a sponsoring Lion and supporting Lions Club.
Getting Started
You must fill out the entire application with a sponsoring Lion and supporting Lions Club in order to be considered for services. To find a Lions Club near you, Find a Local Lions Club | Lions Clubs International.
Additionally, you must complete the financial portion fully. Proof of the information on the financial form needs to be shown to the sponsoring Lion. You do not need to mail or email that proof to MTLSS.
Please make sure that the form is filled out completely. Incomplete forms will not be considered for services. Providing any false information will result in your application being denied.
The Sponsoring Lions Club will send the application to the Middle Tennessee Lions Sight Service, where the application will go before the Application Review Committee.
The Application Review Committee meets monthly. You will be notified of the decision of the Application Review Committee.
We make decisions based on MTLSS policies. The most important of these is working with the State of Tennessee Poverty Guidelines.
Please understand that our funds are limited and we try to make decisions that will benefit as many people as possible. Although we would like to help everyone, with the funds we have we cannot cover everyone.
If you are approved we will send the application in for an appointment. We do not have control over the time of the appointment scheduling.
Once the appointment date is set, MTLSS will notify both the sponsoring Lion and the Applicant of their appointment date, time, and location of the doctor you will be seeing. You will also be sent directions to the clinic where you have your appointment.
We will contact you as soon as the appointment is made.
Please take your ID with you to your appointment. On the day of your appointment, you must take the sheet that is sent to you with your appointment time and place.
That paper serves as your coverage by Middle Tennessee Lions Sight Service. You must have that paper to be seen.
Arrive 30 minutes early for your appointment to allow time to complete the doctor’s paperwork. The first appointment is your evaluation. Surgery will be scheduled at a later date if it is needed.
Your approval is for the initial appointment, evaluation, and cataract surgery of one eye at the doctor and facility appointed. If you need surgery in both eyes we may ask for a donation or partial payment from you.
If you need further services or need to be sent to another doctor, we will have to get estimates of the cost and re-evaluate. Although we will try, we cannot guarantee that we can cover all additional services.
Additionally, you must complete the financial portion fully. Proof of the information on the financial form needs to be shown to the sponsoring Lion. You do not need to mail or email that proof to MTLSS.
Please make sure that the form is filled out completely. Incomplete forms will not be considered for services. Providing any false information will result in your application being denied.
The Sponsoring Lions Club will send the application to the Middle Tennessee Lions Sight Service, where the application will go before the Application Review Committee.
The Application Review Committee meets monthly. You will be notified of the decision of the Application Review Committee.
We make decisions based on MTLSS policies. The most important of these is working with the State of Tennessee Poverty Guidelines.
Please understand that our funds are limited and we try to make decisions that will benefit as many people as possible. Although we would like to help everyone, with the funds we have we cannot cover everyone.
If you are approved we will send the application in for an appointment. We do not have control over the time of the appointment scheduling.
Once the appointment date is set, MTLSS will notify both the sponsoring Lion and the Applicant of their appointment date, time, and location of the doctor you will be seeing. You will also be sent directions to the clinic where you have your appointment.
We will contact you as soon as the appointment is made.
Please take your ID with you to your appointment. On the day of your appointment, you must take the sheet that is sent to you with your appointment time and place.
That paper serves as your coverage by Middle Tennessee Lions Sight Service. You must have that paper to be seen.
Arrive 30 minutes early for your appointment to allow time to complete the doctor’s paperwork. The first appointment is your evaluation. Surgery will be scheduled at a later date if it is needed.
Your approval is for the initial appointment, evaluation, and cataract surgery of one eye at the doctor and facility appointed. If you need surgery in both eyes we may ask for a donation or partial payment from you.
If you need further services or need to be sent to another doctor, we will have to get estimates of the cost and re-evaluate. Although we will try, we cannot guarantee that we can cover all additional services.