Hawaii’s Centers for Independent Living provide community-based, disability-led services that promote independence, personal choice, advocacy, and community participation.
About
Centers for Independent Living, commonly called CILs, are community-based, nonresidential organizations designed and operated with significant leadership from people with disabilities.
They are not assisted-living facilities or residential homes.
Their purpose is to provide people with disabilities with information, skills, peer support, advocacy, and other assistance that promotes independent living in the community.
Federally listed Centers for Independent Living serving Hawaii include Aloha Independent Living Hawaii and Access to Independence.
Core Independent-Living Services May Include
Information and referral
Independent-living skills training
Peer counseling and peer support
Individual advocacy
Systems advocacy
Transition assistance
Community-integration support
Assistance connecting with local disability resources
Who They Serve
Centers for Independent Living are cross-disability organizations.
They serve people with many types of disabilities rather than limiting services to a particular diagnosis or disability.
This includes people who are blind or visually impaired.
Services and geographic coverage may vary by organization.
Hawaii Centers
Aloha Independent Living HawaiiTelephone: 808-339-7297
Email:[email protected]Access to IndependenceAddress: 200 North Vineyard Boulevard, Suite 508, Box 4, Honolulu, HI 96817
Telephone: 808-369-9521
Email:[email protected]
Why We Recommend This Resource
Centers for Independent Living are valuable because they emphasize personal choice, peer support, self-advocacy, and community-based independence.
They may be useful for people seeking assistance with independent-living skills, local disability resources, advocacy, community integration, or transition from institutional settings.