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 a range of services, which include information and referral, personal care attendants, housing, transportation, educational, vocational, equipment, communication, legal and social/recreational.

• Boston Center for Independent Living - BCIL
  Boston / 617-338-6665
• Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled - CORD
  Hyannis / 508-775-8300 or 800-541-0282
• Center for Living and Working (CLW)
  Worcester / 508-798-0350
• Disability Resource Center
  Salem / 978-741-0077
• Independence Associates
  East Bridgewater / 508-583-2166 or 800-649-5568
• Metrowest Center for Independent Living
  Framingham / 508-875-7853
• Northeast Independent Living Program
  Lawrence / 800-845-6457 or 978-687-4288
• Southeast Center for Independent Living - SCIL
  Fall River / 508-679-9210
• Stavros
  Amherst / 800-804-1899 or 413-256-0473