Our core support includes:

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Peer Counseling

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• Staff with disabilities help empower others with disabilities by sharing resources, knowledge of living with a disability, and goal setting.

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Information & Referrals

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• CIL provides information about a wide variety of disability-related issues and community resources.

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Advocacy

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• Self-Advocacy - Speak up for yourself.

• Individual Advocacy - Speak up for another.

• Systems Change Advocacy - Make a change for others.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction

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• Individuals work to advance the skills necessary to live more successfully and independently with an ILS instructor. ILS training is done one-on-one in the home, out in the community, or at CIL’s offices.

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Personal Assistance Service Referrals

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• Identify available and affordable personal assistants.

• Learn to interview, hire, train, supervise, and/or fire personal assistants.

• Create an employment agreement that clearly states the job duties of their personal assistant.

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Housing Assistance

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• Understand the housing options available to them.

• Locate and secure affordable housing.