Full Description
There are four core services of independent living that all CILs provide:
Advocacy, Legal Services, Assistance and /or representation in obtaining access to benefits, services, and programs to which a consumer may be entitled.
IL Skills Training and Life Skill Training Services. These may include instruction to develop independent living skills in areas such as personal care, coping, financial management, social skills, and household management. This may also include education and training necessary for living in the community and participating in community
Information and Referral Services. Identify all individuals who requested this type of assistance. This is the only service (other then services to family members) that may be provided to all individuals, whether or not the individual has a disability. Some entities record this service using strokes on an answering pad without opening a CSR, others create a CSR or other such file for future contact and outreach.
Peer Counseling Services, Counseling, teaching, information sharing, and similar kinds of contact provided to consumers by other people with disabilities.
Counties Served
- StateWide
- Adams
- Alcorn
- Amite
- Attala
- Benton
- Bolivar
- Calhoun
- Carroll
- Chickasaw
- Choctaw
- Claiborne
- Clarke
- Clay
- Coahoma
- Copiah
- Covington
- DeSoto
- Forrest
- Franklin
- George
- Greene
- Grenada
- Hancock
- Harrison
- Hinds
- Holmes
- Humphreys
- Issaquena
- Itawamba
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Jefferson Davis
- Jones
- Kemper
- Lafayette
- Lamar
- Lauderdale
- Lawrence
- Leake
- Lee
- Leflore
- Lincoln
- Lowndes
- Madison
- Marion
- Marshall
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Neshoba
- Newton
- Noxubee
- Oktibbeha
- Panola
- Pearl River
- Perry
- Pike
- Pontotoc
- Prentiss
- Quitman
- Rankin
- Scott
- Sharkey
- Simpson
- Smith
- Stone
- Sunflower
- Tallahatchie
- Tate
- Tippah
- Tishomingo
- Tunica
- Union
- Walthall
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wilkinson
- Winston
- Yalobusha
- Yazoo
SKU
SKU130826070123
Fee for Service
- Free
- Payment Required
Ages Served
- 0-5
- 6-12
- 13-18
- Adult
- Senior
Telephone
(662) 453-9940
Mailing Address
502-A West Park Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930