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Center for Independent Living.

Information and referral for disability services.

Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

Services

Driver Training
Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Peer to Peer Networking
Disease/Disability Registries
Driving Evaluation
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Offers programs and services to help individuals with disabilities live independently. Services include: independent living skills training, peer support, advocacy, information and referral services, and more.

Offers independent living skills training for individuals with disabilities. Offers the following courses: - Assistive technology training - Braille training - Independent living skills training - Personal assistant services: teaches individuals how to hire and manage in-home care assistants - Adult employment readiness - 12-week course offering job skills assessment, resume writing, financial literacy, and assistance finding work - Youth employment readiness: 18-week course offering job skills development - Older blind services - geared towards seniors with vision loss who are already trained in adaptive devices Also offers information and referral services, benefits counseling, and application assistance.

Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Disease/Disability Registries
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral

Services which enable persons with disabilities to acquire the skills necessary for independent living.

Barrier Removal and Information Center offers consultations to consumers, builders, businesses and organizations to increase accessibility within the home and community. Modifications to homes include redesigning living areas, and installing outside ramps and grab bars. In addition, grant assistance is offered to income- and geographically-eligible persons with disabilities.

Center for Independent Living services include information and referral, independent living skills training, financial benefits counseling, and awareness training for the general public and organizations regarding disability issues. In addition, the Center assists clients in the development and implementation of independent living plans in the following areas: home and financial management; social skills; sexuality; consumer and legal rights; peer counseling; equipment loan, repair and rental; and individual and systems advocacy.

Services

Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Supportive day and residential services to persons with developmental disabilities.

Services

Centers for Independent Living
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities

Provides a wide variety of independent living services for individuals with disabilities with the objective of helping them to function more independently in family and community settings and to secure and maintain appropriate employment. Services may include information and referral services, referrals for attendant care, attendant recruitment and training programs, independent living skills training, assistance in meeting housing and transportation needs, peer counseling, transition from institutions into the community, deflection from institutional placement, transition from youth to adult services, and advice and guidance regarding legal rights and benefits eligibility.

Services

Disability Rights Groups
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Center for Independent Living.

Information and referral for disability services.

Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

Services

Driver Training
Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Peer to Peer Networking
Disease/Disability Registries
Driving Evaluation
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Advocacy: with other agencies & organizations to meet individual needs Peer Support: Matching clients with similarities for mutual support. Information and Referral: Provides information on services/benefits available to meet needs and referrals to other agencies /organizations.
Provides services to individuals with disabilities such as information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy and transition.
MERIL is a community-based, non-residential program, designed to promote independent living and to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and seniors by empowering them to control and direct their lives and thus participate actively and independently in society.
Advocacy: with other agencies & organizations to meet individual needs Peer Support: Matching clients with similarities for mutual support. Information and Referral: Provides information on services/benefits available to meet needs and referrals to other agencies /organizations.
Serves as an independent living center to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and seniors. Empowers them to control and direct their lives and thus participate actively and independently in society.
Provides a variety of independent living services including housing search assistance, assistance in obtaining assistive technology equipment, independent living skills training, individual advocacy, and more.
Information and referral, advocacy, peer support, independent living skills training, institution transition, deaf and blind advocacy, home modification, adaptive equipment, service coordination, benefits specialist, attendant care (consumer-directed and agency-directed), youth services, and community education services.
Provides core services of: Information & Referral, Advocacy, Peer Support, Independent Living Skills and Transition for Persons with all types of disabilities.
Provides disability related information, resources and services to all persons with disabilities of all ages.
Provides home and community-based supports, programs and services, including advocacy and resources, that allow people with disabilities to choose how and where they live in their community in the least restrictive environment.
Independent Living Center (CIL) teaching independent living skills, including money management, using public transportation, being assertive. Services are provided both individually and in group settings.
Supportive day and residential services to persons with developmental disabilities.

Services

Centers for Independent Living
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Provides independent living services to individuals to help increase their independence through time management, utilization of services available, home management and more.
Consumer Directed Services (CDS) are those services required by a person with a Disability, other than skilled nursing, which enable him or her to live independently in the community by hiring individuals to perform routine tasks of daily living. Typical tasks include getting dressed and undressed, grooming, bathing, bowel and bladder care, meal preparation, eating, and clean-up and household duties.
Information and referral, advocacy, peer support, independent living skills training, institution transition, deaf and blind advocacy, home modification, adaptive equipment, service coordination, benefits specialist, attendant care (consumer-directed and agency-directed), youth services, and community education services.
Independent Skills Training: Assistance is give to an individual learning or re-learning any aspect of life activities that could increase their independence and control over life. PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS PROGRAM) - This program provides a personal care attendant. Many individuals have been able to avoid unnecessary stays in residential facilities and some have even left residential facilities for the comfort and independence of their own homes.
Independent Living Centers are non-residential, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy for and by persons with all types of disabilities.