Utah Independent Living Center

A program specifically for youth 14 - 22 that teaches life and employment-related skills. Provides employment skills training, including identifying job skills, creating resumes, interviewing skills, and maintaining a job. Topics covered include money and time management, dating, shopping, community safety, general hygiene, and how to utilize public transportation. These skills are taught on location in high school classrooms and post-high school classrooms.

This program provides people with disabilities the chance to engage in recreational and leisure activities within their community. It offers outings to group activities and events allowing people with disabilities to interact with others and discover the community resources available.

Provides disability-related information and referrals to available services including accessible housing, transportation options, equipment, support services, etc.

Loans assistive equipment to those with a temporary need. Equipment can be loaned out for 3 months with the option to renew the loan if required. Borrowers assume responsibility for the upkeep of all loan equipment. This includes mobility assitive equipment.

Local nonprofit, non-residential agency that assists persons with disabilities to achieve greater independence by providing services and activities that enhance independent living skills. It also promotes the public’s understanding, accommodation, and acceptance of their rights, needs, and abilities through public awareness efforts.

The program supports individual and community advocacy strategies that create positive change for persons with disabilities and their environment at a local and state level. It also provides direct advocacy for individuals at the community level providing them with skills to help them successfully integrate into their communities. Also, teaches persons with disabilities self-advocacy skills.

The program provides skills training to enhance the independence of adults with disabilities in their homes, families, and communities. They do this by prividing many classes. They also provide help finding accesible housing, receiving peer support, and clients have the chance to work individually with staff.

This program provides services to people living in nursing homes who want to move out into the community and/or help divert individuals from having to enter an nursing home. The program identifies the needs of participants, helping them make the transition and connects them to appropriate agencies and support systems in the community.

Provides a peer/mentor support program to people with disabilities. People with similar disabilities provide skills training activities like using public transportation, budgeting, and resource navigation. The peer support specialist also assists in completing applications for services like housing.