CARING AND SHARING CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC

COMMONLY KNOWN AS A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, WE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING FIVE CORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES: INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING, TRANSITION, PEER MENTORING, AND INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY. FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, DISABILITY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER SERVED A TOTAL OF 1,427 CONSUMERS. OUT OF THIS NUMBER, AN INDEPENDENT LIVING PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR 1,275 CONSUMERS. DISABILITY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER PROVIDED 1,578 INDIVIDUAL SERVICES TO CONSUMERS AND 1,625 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE CENTER SPENT OVER 1,419 HOURS PROVIDING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. DISABILITY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS:"COMMUNITY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND AWARENESS FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. DISABILITY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, MEDIA, COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PREPARE THEM TO DEAL WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND SENSITIVITY TO DISABILITY ISSUES. "YOUTH TRANSITION SERVICES (AGES 14 TO 24) FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES. "DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES SUCH AS COMMUNITY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND AWARENESS FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHALLENGES. DISABILITY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER ALSO PROVIDES DEAF ALERTING EQUIPMENT TO QUALIFIED PERSONS THROUGH OUR CEMA PROGRAM, SUCH AS FLASHING DOOR BELLS AND SMOKE DETECTORS, VIBRATING ALARM CLOCKS AND BABY CRIER AUDIBLE TRANSMITTERS. "ONGOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO OBTAIN DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE CENTER'S MEDICAL EQUIPMENT RECYCLING PROGRAM (MERP). THESE DONATIONS INCLUDE POWER WHEELCHAIRS, SCOOTERS, MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS, SHOWER CHAIRS, BENCHES, ROLLATORS, WALKERS, CRUTCHES,RAMPS AND INCONTINENT SUPPLIES. MERP EQUIPMENT IS GIVEN TO CONSUMERS WHOSE INSURANCE DOES NOT PROVIDE THESE ITEMS AND WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SAFETY AND INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR HOMES AND ACCESSING THE COMMUNITY. "SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED PERSONS THROUGH OUR CONSUMER EQUIPMENT AND MODIFICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CEMA) TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE MINOR HOME MODIFICATIONS (SUCH AS RAMPS AND GRAB BARS), DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE RELEVANT TO SPECIFICS OF DISABILITY.