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Center for Independent Living

Information updated on Tuesday, February 28th 2023, 11:25
How to Contact the Provider
Contact email
[email protected]
Address
3075 Adeline St. Suite 100, Berkeley, CA, 94703
Phone
510-841-4776
County
Alameda
Web
https://www.centerforindependentliving.org/
Services
Advocate-School District, Regional Center, Insurance
Assistive Technology: Adapted Living Tools
Assistive Technology: Education
Disability Awareness and Advocacy
Independent Or Supported Living Skills
Job/Vocational
Parent to Parent Support - Information, Referral, Mentoring
Public Benefits - Planning, Assistance
Recreation : Sports, Fitness, Physical Activity
Support / Self Help Groups
Transition

The world’s first organization run by and for people with disabilities, the Center for Independent Living (CIL), founded in 1972, supports disabled people in their efforts toward independence. CIL encourages people with disabilities to make their own choices and works to open doors in the community to full participation and access for all.

Assistive technology, often referred to as “A.T.,” includes just about anything – that is, any physical material or object – that makes it easier for a person to perform a task.  Explore the world of A.T. with The CIL’s Assistive Technology Program.

CORE
SERVICES

CIL’s CORE Services adopts the cross-disability approach and the peer-based model that are central to the Independent Living Philosophy.

Our core support includes:

Peer Counseling​

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

Information & Referrals​

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

Advocacy​

  • Self-Advocacy – Speak up for yourself.

  • Individual Advocacy – Speak up for another.

  • Systems Change Advocacy – Make a change for others.

Independent Living Skills Instruction​

  • 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.

Personal Assistance Service Referrals​

  • 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.

Housing Assistance​

  • Understand the housing options available to them.

  • Locate and secure affordable housing.

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Our Community Connections team will help you gain the skills to confidently and independently navigate the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The CIL’s Lifestyles Program offers adaptive sports and life skills activities for both youth and adults with disabilities.

The CIL’s Youth Programs are meant to help students with disabilities be successful with their transition into postsecondary life.

Emergency Preparedness and Resiliency
The Center for Independent Living’s Emergency Preparedness Program supports community resilience and readiness planning to prepare for disaster recovery and Public Safety Power Shutoff events, and ensures people with disabilities and older adults are integrated in state- and county-wide planning, response, and recovery processes for disasters.

Additional office in:

1470 FRUITVALE AVE. OAKLAND, CA. 94601