centers for independent livingThis article describes Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and how they advocate for changes that build community capacity to include all citizens, including those with disabilities. In spring 2001, we mailed a survey to executive directors of all 238 centers that ...
For CILs to meet their mission of serving older people with disabilities, they need to address their top concerns. Although most older service recipients endorse the consumer control philosophy, CILs need to recognize that the practical concerns of remaining in their own homes, health, and ...
The Work of Centers for Independent LivingCILs are consumer-driven, private, nonprofit organizations that advocate for people with...SMITH, NORMAN AExceptional Parent
Less discussed, however, is how WIOA-driven amendments to the Rehabilitation Act and related regulations (see 45 CFR 搂 1329.4) have also changed how Centers for Independent Living (CILs) support young people with disabilities. The nature of youth transition services being provided by CILs and ...
Definition The first Center for Independent Living was founded in 1972 by disability advocates in Berkeley, California. A Center for Independent Living (CIL) is defined in Section 702 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) as "鈥 consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, ...
This article presents findings from a comprehensive evaluation of Title VII, Chapter 1, Part C of the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) program funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). These 2001 study results are based upon interviews with 569 consumers about their experiences...
Centers for independent living (CILs) provide critical supports, services, and advocacy for assisting people with disabilities in living independently. As there is a rapidly increasing population of older people with disabilities, many CILs are now considering how to actively engage older adults in ...
The study identified management practices potentially effective for the organizational context of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) by "taking stock" of current practices across the national network of CILs. Executive directors from a random sample of 131 CILs were interviewed over telephone, in a...
Centers for independent living (CILs) and other disability advocacy organizations have initiated a wide range of efforts to emancipate (i.e.,聽transition) adults with disabilities from undesired nursing home placements to community living. There is, however, a paucity of published information about ...
Offers findings of two surveys, a mail survey and a followup telephone survey, to assess the current programs to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) provided by the 63 Centers for Independent Living (CIL) in the United States. The finding that, contrary to community perception, many ...