Provides independent living services for persons with disabilties, individual and community advocacy, peer mentoring and advocacy for Deaf and hard of hearing persons, personal care assistance servics, options counseling, veterans services, nursing home transitions, durable medical equipment loan and recycling, access consultation, ramp building, outdoor recreation, & transitional services for youths with disabilities. Wheelchair Ramps, Accessible… Continue Reading Independent Living Center [...]
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Independent Living Center
Mounting Horizons, Inc. is an Independent Living Center. We have services for people in need. We foster independence. We foster self sufficiency, and help with full inclusion in society. We provide services to people with disabilities and seniors in the Harris, Galveston area. We have offices in Cypress and in League City. This is… Continue Reading Independent Living Center [...]
Independent Living Centers
Independent Living Centers (ILC) are private, non-profit, consumer-run, community-based agencies providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. An ILC’s goal is twofold: to create opportunities for independence, and to help individuals to gain the best level of independent functioning within their communities. The eleven ILCs in Massachusetts provide… Continue Reading Independent Living Centers [...]
Independent Living Program
Independent Living assists those who have mastered many independent living skills but still need enhanced support. Services include case management and support, assistance accessing community services, training, networking and recreation. Program clients live in their own apartments or homes and receive services which include functional and adaptive skills, development & maintenance of healthful patterns of… Continue Reading Independent Living Program [...]
Independent Living Program
Our Massachusetts Independent Living program serves youth 18 – 22 years old. They have shown progress in community-based residential programs, were previously homelessness, or in a foster home. Length of stay varies depending on the youth’s age, goals and needs. Through things like financial literacy classes, vocational support and career readiness, help learning about… Continue Reading Independent Living Program [...]
Independent Living Services
M.O. L.I.F.E., INC. provides supports to enable individuals to continue living with their families or to maintain their own apartments or homes. The focus of this service is to assist individuals to live as independently as possible, engaging in activities they enjoy and total community inclusion. Service may include assistance with home chores, social… Continue Reading Independent Living Services [...]
Independent Living Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Independent Living Skills programs (DHILS) are funded with contracts run by MCDHH. DHILS programs give a peer consumer environment to allow deaf and hard-of-hearing people to become more self-supporting and reach their life goals for independent functioning in family, school employment, and community-situations. [...]
Independent Living Skills Training
Independent living skills training is personally tailored to each consumer’s goals. Some skills relate to personal growth. Others relate to learning how to handle and navigate services and responsibilities. Others will address new information and challenges. A few of the goals that may require Independent Living Skills training are listed below: Social and Communication… Continue Reading Independent Living Skills Training [...]
Independent Living Supports at Oakdale
Funded by DDS, this program provides hourly supports to 35 adults with mental retardation living on their own in the Holyoke/Chicopee area. Supports vary from one to fifteen hours per week and focus on assistance with the day-to-day details of living on one’s own, including skill building and education, liaison with other professionals, employment… Continue Reading Independent Living Supports at Oakdale [...]
Independent Support Services
The Individual Support Services (ISS) component supports as many as 40 high functioning developmentally disabled people at any given time. These people live in communities in the Merrimack Valley and North Shore. ISS works to meet each person’s own unique needs and capabilities. ISS supports high functioning, developmentally disabled (DD) adults living on their… Continue Reading Independent Support Services [...]
