All of our services are provided with the independent living philosophy as their foundation. For a complete description of the philosophy, click here.

“Information is power,” as the saying goes. ILRC empowers consumers by providing them with information they may use to access the tools, strategies and accommodations that make living in the community possible.

Each ILRC office is staffed with an Information and Referrals  (also known as “I & R”) Specialist who speaks English and Spanish. Consumers who visit an ILRC office can use our resource library and/or a consumer computer workstation that has internet access and can be used to write résumés or other documents.

If ILRC doesn’t have the information needed by the consumer, the I&R Specialist will provide him or her with referrals to other resources and agencies that specialize in that consumer’s particular area of need, including government agencies (city, county, state or national), nonprofits and community-based service providers.

If you decide you would like assistance in assessing your needs or achieving personal goals related to independence – learning about coping mechanisms for an acquired disability, for example, or support strategies for families adjusting to the growing independence of a family member with a disability – then the I&R Specialist will make an appointment for you to see an Independent Living Specialist. (For more information about that process, click here)

To find your nearest office, click here