Giving Compass' Take:

• Amelia Harper reports that New York City is expanding the free glasses program to provide free screenings and glasses for all of the city's kindergarten and 1st-grade students.

• What does access to vision care look like in your community? Who needs help getting the appropriate screenings and appliances? 

• Learn more about the importance of glasses. 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during his State of the City address that all the city's kindergarten and 1st-grade students will be eligible to get free prescription glasses next school year if they need them, Patch.com reports.

The $6 million program expands an existing partnership with eyewear retailer Warby Parker, which already helps provide free vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to kids in New York City and Baltimore through its Pupils Projectinitiative. Since 2015, the company's joint effort with New York City officials has served more than 100,000 students across 224 of the area's community schools.

The expansion is expected to provide 140,000 vision screenings and 33,000 new pairs of eyeglasses. Warby Parker will fund the cost of the glasses, and a third of the total cost will come from private fundraising.

Read the full article about the free glasses program by Amelia Harper at Education Dive.