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NY Connects Technical Assistance Resource:
Independent Living Centers
Purpose: This technical assistance resource will provide you with background information on
instrumental partners that are necessary to the success of NY Connects and suggested benefits
that they may bring to your local efforts.
Background: Establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with agencies or programs
that serve adults and children with disabilities and the elderly assists NY Connects in providing
comprehensive information and assistance regarding long-term care options. Partnerships need to
be established and nurtured during the planning and implementation of NY Connects, including
relationships with community based and residential providers.
Local NY Connects staff will be expected to screen consumers in order to identify their long
term care needs and provide them with information regarding appropriate service options to meet
those needs. The list of resources should include programs that can be of further assistance to a
consumer in getting their needs met.
This technical assistance resource highlights one of the partners critical to supporting people
with disabilities of all ages, the Independent Living Centers (ILCs). Including representatives of
these not-for-profit organizations in the planning and development of strategies and activities of
NY Connects will lend an expertise that NY Connects programs they may not have. ILCs have
a valuable role to play, but availability may be constrained due to limited funding or staff
resources. Listed below are some suggested ways in which NYSOFA strongly urges you to
include the Independent Living Centers in your planning efforts, as well as some of the benefits
they can bring to NY Connects. We have included an overview of ILCs, their philosophy of
Independent Living, the populations they serve, the services they may provide and local contact
information.
1. Long Term Care Council Membership:
ILCs are consumer driven. Services are provided on a peer model, often by staff
members with disabilities. The independent living philosophy supports consumer choice
and integrated community living.
ILC staff are experts in locating resources that support people with disabilities, promote
independence, and can assist in identifying resources for the resource listing.
Through linkages with ILCs, the breadth of your linkage network will increase by tapping
into an already established network of contacts.
ILCs are members of local and statewide advisory committees and are playing a
significant advocacy role in planning for long term care restructuring in NYS. ILCs are
knowledgeable about the systems and services in your local community, as well as the
needs and choices of people with disabilities who receive services and supports to live
successfully in the community. Nationally, ILCs are working collaboratively
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with the federally funded Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). These
national models of successful collaboration can be similarly fostered in NYS between
ILCs and NY Connects.
2. Link for Information and Assistance and Advocacy:
ILC staff can assist with advocacy efforts. At the consumer level, staff may assist in
obtaining services, “navigating” systems, or supplementing the information and
assistance that is provided through NY Connects. At the local or state policy level, ILCs
can assist with advocating for systems change.
ILCs have established working relationships with a host of community-based service
providers. Through their established relationships, they can help you identify resources of
which you may not be aware. Each ILC provides services that reflect the needs of the
community it serves.
3. Maximize Communication and Coordination:
ILCs have experience with working with people with disabilities of all ages. They have
created linkages with schools, businesses, local government, human service
organizations, and medical and health related organizations. In some parts of the state,
New York State Department of Health contracts with Independent Living Centers to
serve as Regional Resource Development Centers for the Traumatic Brain Injury waiver
and the Nursing Facility Transition and Diversion waiver. Many ILCs also provide
Medicaid-reimbursed services, including services under the Consumer Directed Personal
Assistant program.
4. Other Services and Supports:
ILCs can provide disability awareness training, Independent Living philosophy
workshops, and other in-service training.
NY Connects programs may consider partnering with ILCs to co-locate staff to assist
with the provision of services to or on behalf of NY Connects.
ILCs may serve in a consultant capacity to review accessibility or suggest alternative
formats, etc.
What is Independent Living?
Independent Living means being in control of one’s life, taking responsibility for one’s
actions, taking risks, and either failing or succeeding on one’s own terms. It means
participating in community life and pursuing activities based entirely upon self-
determined interests and preferences. To support these goals, Independent Living Centers
help individuals of all ages with all types of disability to obtain whatever services they
need to preserve their right to choose and to fully and equally participate in society.
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What Are Independent Living Centers?
Consumer Controlled: Centers are run by a board of directors, more than half of whom
are people with disabilities.
Community Based: Centers are located throughout New York State in local communities.
Cross-generational and cross-disability: Staff, board members, volunteers, and people
served represent a broad cross-section of ages and disabilities.
Federally-authorized: under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.
Peer model: services are provided on a non-medical model.
Non-Residential: Centers are not places to live, nor do they own or operate places for
people with disabilities to live.
Non-Profit: Centers are approved for non-profit status with the New York State Attorney
General's office.
Who Does an Independent Living Center Serve?
People with all types of disabilities.
People with disabilities of all ages.
Parents, spouses, siblings, and significant others of people with disabilities.
People with disabilities living in their own homes, supported living arrangements,
institutional settings, and elsewhere.
What Services do Independent Living Centers Provide?
All Independent Living Centers provide a set of core services geared toward promoting self-help,
equal access, peer role modeling, personal growth, and empowerment. The scope of services is
directed by individual and community needs. The core services are as follows:
Information and Referral Services provide individuals with resources and options that
may be necessary in making informed choices about living, learning, and working
independently.
Peer Counseling is provided between two or more individuals with disabilities, to share
ideas and experiences about living with a disability, in order to gain greater awareness
and control over one’s own life.
Independent Living Skills Training teaches everyday life skills and is often provided by
people with disabilities. Training may include budgeting, meal preparation, arranging
transportation, or personal assistance services, job seeking, and self-advocacy.
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Individual and Systems Advocacy addresses access to equal opportunities in exercising
social, economic, educational, and legal rights. Independent Living Centers work with
individuals, community organizations, state/national networks, to promote full inclusion
of people with disabilities, and to improve the implementation of existing laws, including
federal, State, and local.
Other services that are often provided include:
Housing assistance;
Acquiring and maintaining appropriate benefits and entitlements;
Architectural and communication barrier consultation;
Personal counseling that is non-clinical and short term in nature to address individual
goals;
Securing, learning how to use, repair, and maintain equipment;
Assistance in registering to vote;
In-service training, workshops/seminars on disability issues, disability laws and
Independent Living philosophy;
Disability awareness training;
Developing Plans to Achieve Self Support (PASS) for recipients of public assistance -
SSI/SSDI;
Specialized training and services specific to certain communities.
What organizations do ILCs work with in the community?
School personnel
Business and industry
Local government agencies
Human Service organizations
Volunteer sector organizations
Hospitals, health organizations, and the medical community
Civic organizations
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For your reference, local contact information is listed below. This information can also be
viewed at: www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/ilc/home.html
Albany Binghamton
Laurel Lei-Kelley Maria Dibble
Executive Director Executive Director
Capital District Center for Independence Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
(CDCI) 24 Prospect Avenue
West Mall Office Binghamton, NY 13901
855 Central Avenue, Suite 110 (607) 724-2111 V & TTY
Albany, NY 12206 (607) 772-3600 Fax
(518) 459-6422 V & TTY Website: www.stic-cil.org
(518) 459-7847 Fax Email contact: stic@stic-cil.org
Website: County(s) Served: Broome
www.nobleharbor.com/~cdci/welcome.htm
County(s) Served: Albany
Albany / Schenectady Bronx
Capital District Center for Independence Susan Attzs-Mendoza
(CDCI) Schenectady Satellite Executive Director
Office of Disability Services Bronx Independent Living Services, Inc.
105 Jay Street, Room 2, City Hall (BILS)
Schenectady, NY 12302-1503 3525 Decatur Avenue
(518) 382-5199 ext. 5346 Bronx, NY 10467
(518) 000-0000 TTY (718) 515-2800
County(s) Served: Schenectady (718) 515-2803 TTY
(718) 515-2844 Fax
Website: www.bils.org
County(s) Served: Bronx
Batavia Brooklyn
Ann Bell Helene Katz Lesser
Executive Director Executive Director
Genesee Region Independent Living Center Brooklyn Center for Independence of the
(GRILC) Disabled (BCID)
61 Swan Street 2044 Ocean Avenue, Suite B-3
Batavia, NY 14020 Brooklyn, NY 11230
(585) 343-4524 V & TTY (718) 998-3000
(585) 343-6656 Fax (718) 998-7406 TTY
Website: www.grilc.bfn.org (718) 998-3743 Fax
Email contact: grilc@bfn.org Website: www.bcid.org
County(s) Served: Genesee County(s) Served: Kings
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Buffalo Corning / Elmira
Douglas Usiak AIM Independent Living Center
Executive Director Elmira Office
Western New York Independent Living 2028 Lake Road
Project, Inc. (WNYILP) Elmira, NY 14903
3108 Main Street (607) 733-3718 Voice
Buffalo, NY 14214 (607) 733-7764 TDD
(716) 836-0822 V & TTY (607) 733-0180 FAX
(716) 835-3967 Fax Website: www.aimcil.com
Website: www.wnyilp.org Email contact: eaimoffice@aimcil.com
Email contact: info@wnyilp.org County(s) Served: Chemung
County(s) Served: Erie
Buffalo / NAILS Cortland
WNYILP Native American Satellite Mary Ewing
Cattaraugus Executive Director
Dawn Phillips Access to Independence of Cortland County
Program Director (ATI)
Native American Independent Living Services 26 North Main Street
(NAILS) Cortland, NY 13045
c/o Western New York Independent Living (607) 753-7363 V & TTY
Project, Inc. (607) 756-4884 Fax
3108 Main Street Website: www.cilcortland.org
Buffalo, NY 14214 Email contact: maryew@odyssey.net
Website: www.wnyilp.org/NAILS County(s) Served: Cortland
Email contact: info@wnyilp.org
County(s) Served: Erie, Cattaraugus
Corning Glens Falls
Diane DeMuth Karen Thayer
Executive Director Executive Director
AIM Independent Living Center (AILC) Southern Adirondack Independent Living
271 East First Street (SAIL)
Corning, NY 14830 71 Glenwood Avenue
(607) 962-8225 V & TTY Queensbury, NY 12804
(607) 937-5125 Fax (518) 792-3537
Website: www.aimcil.com (518) 792-0505 TTY
Email contact: corning@aimcil.com (518) 792-0979 Fax
County(s) Served: Steuben Website: www.gfilc.com
Email contact: gfilc@adelphia.net
County(s) Served: Warren
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Glens Falls / Saratoga Springs Jamestown
SAIL Saratoga Springs Satellite Marie Carrubba
Saratoga Co. Options for Independent Living Executive Director
418 Geyser Road, Country Club Plaza Southwestern Independent Living Center, Inc.
Balston Spa, NY 12020 (SILC)
(518) 584-8202 843 N. Main Street
(518) 584-4752 TTY Jamestown, NY 14701
(518) 584-1195 Fax (716) 661-3010
Website: www.gfilc.com (716) 661-3012 TTY
Email contact: gfilc@adelphia.net (716) 661-3011 Fax
County(s) Served: Saratoga Website: www.ilc-jamestown-ny.org
Email contact: marie@ilc-jamestown-ny.org
County(s) Served: Chautauqua
Harlem Kingston
Christina Curry Sue Hoger
Executive Director Executive Director
Harlem Independent Living Center (HILC) Resource Center for Accessible Living
289 St. Nicholas Avenue (RCAL)
Lower Level 592 Ulster Avenue
New York, NY 10027 Kingston, NY 12401
(212) 222-7122 (845) 331-0541
1-800-673-2371 Toll Free (845) 331-8680 TTY
(212) 222-7198 TTY (845) 331-2076 Fax
(212) 222-7199 Fax Website: www.rcal.org
Website: www.hilc.org Email contact: rcal@hvc.rr.com
Email contact: HarlemILC@aol.com County(s) Served: Ulster
County(s) Served: New York
Ithaca Long Island
Lenore Schwager Patricia Moore
Executive Director Executive Director
Finger Lakes Independence Center (FLIC) Long Island Center for Independent Living,
215 Fifth Street Inc. (LICIL)
Ithaca, NY 14850 3601 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 208
(607) 272-2433 V & TTY Levittown, NY 11756
(607) 272-0902 (516) 796-0144
Email contact: flic@clarityconnect.com (516) 796-6176 En Espanol
County(s) Served: Tompkins (516) 796-0135 TTY
(516) 796-0529 Fax
Website: www.licil.net
Email contact: licil@aol.com
County(s) Served: Nassau
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Manhattan Middletown
Susan Dooha Rachel Bartlow-Pappas
Executive Director Executive Director
Center for Independence of the Disabled in Action Toward Independence (ATI)
New York (CIDNY) 130 Dolson Avenue
841 Broadway, Suite 301 Middletown, NY 10940
New York, NY 10003 (845) 343-4284 (343-4ATI) V & TTY
(212) 674-2300 V & TTY (845) 342-5269 Fax
(212) 254-5953 Fax Website: www.actiontowardindependence.org
Website: www.cidny.org Email contact: ati@warwick.net
County(s) Served: New York County(s) Served: Orange
Manhattan / Queens Middletown / Monticello
CIDNY Queens ATI Monticello Satellite
72-20 Astoria Boulevard 33 Lakewood Road
Jackson Heights, NY 11370 Monticello, NY 12701
(718) 512-0065 (845) 794-4228 V & TTY
(718) 512-0084 (845) 794-4475 Fax
(718) 803-0414 Fax Website: www.actiontowardindependence.org
Website: www.cidny.org Email contact: ati@in4web.com
County(s) Served: Queens County(s) Served: Sullivan
Newburgh
Massena
Jeff Reifensnyder Doug Hovey
Executive Director Executive Director
Massena Independent Living Center (MILC) Independent Living, Inc. (ILI.)
156 Center Street 5 Washington Terrace
Massena, NY 13662 Newburgh, NY 12550
(315) 764-9442 V & TTY (845) 565-1162
(315) 764-9464 Fax (845) 565-0337 TTY
Email contact: mindepli@twcny.rr.com (845) 565-0567 Fax
County(s) Served: St. Lawrence Website: www.myindependentliving.org
Email contact:
vflorio@myindependentliving.org
County(s) Served: Orange
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Niagara Falls Plattsburgh
Ronald Clarke Andrew Pulrang
Interim Director Executive Director
Niagara Frontier Center for Independent North Country Center for Independence
Living, Inc. (NFCIL) (NCCI)
1522 Main Street 102 Sharron Avenue
Niagara Falls, NY 14305-2522 Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(716) 284-2452 V & TTY (518) 563-9058 V & TTY
(716) 284-0829 Fax (518) 563-0292 Fax
County(s) Served: Niagara Website: www.ncci-online.com
Email contact: andrew@ncci-online.com
County(s) Served: Clinton
Olean Plattsburgh / Ray Brook
Leonard X. Liguori NCCI Ray Brook Satellite
Executive Director Tri Lakes Center for Independence
Directions in Independent Living (DIL) Lauren Le Febvre
512 West State Street Program Director
Olean, NY 14760 PO Box 280
(716) 373-4602 V & TTY Ray Brook, NY 12977
(716) 373-1382 Fax (518) 891-5295 V
Email contact: oleanilc@yahoo.com (518) 891-5293 Fax & TTY
County(s) Served: Cattaraugus (866) 891-5295 Toll Free
Website: www.tlcil.org
Email contact: info@tlcil.org
County(s) Served: Franklin
Oneonta Poughkeepsie
Christine Zachmeyer Cynthia Fiore
Executive Director Executive Director
Catskill Center for Independence (CCFI) Taconic Resources for Independence (TRI)
PO Box 1247 Rt. 23 Southside 82 Washington Street, Suite 214
Oneonta, NY 13820 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(607) 432-8000 V & TTY (845) 452-3913
(607) 432-6907 Fax (845) 485-8110 TTY
Website: www.ccfi.us (845) 485-3196 Fax
Email contact: ccfi@ccfi.us Website: www.taconicresources.net
County(s) Served: Delaware Email contact: trionline@taconicresources.net
County(s) Served: Dutchess
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Rochester / CDR Staten Island
Bruce Darling Dorothy Doran
Executive Director Executive Director
Center For Disability Rights, Inc. (CDR) Staten Island Center for Independent Living
497 State Street (SICIL)
Rochester, NY 14608 470 Castleton Avenue
(585) 546-7510 V & TDD Staten Island, NY 10301
(585) 546-5643 FAX (718) 720-9016
Website: www.rochestercdr.org (718) 720-9870 TTY
Email contact: bdarling@rochestercdr.org (718) 720-9664 Fax
County(s) Served: Monroe Website: www.geocities.com/siciliving
Email contact: dorothy.doran@verizon.net
County(s) Served: Richmond
Rochester / RCIL Suffolk
Bruce Darling Edward Ahern
Interim Executive Director Executive Director
Regional Center for Independent Living Self-Initiated Living Options, Inc. (SILO)
(RCIL) 140 Fell Court, Suite 116
497 State Street Hauppauge, NY 11788
Rochester, NY 14608 (631) 348-0207
(585) 442-6470 V & TTY (631) 654-8076 TTY
(585) 271-8558 Fax (631) 654-8077 Fax
Website: www.rcil.org Email contact: eahern@suffolk.ilc.org
Email contact: mschwartz@rochestercdr.org County(s) Served: Suffolk
County(s) Served: Monroe
Rockland Syracuse
Miriam Cotto Tom McKeown
Executive Director Executive Director
Rockland Independent Living Center (RILC) ARISE
230 N. Main Street 635 James Street
Spring Valley, NY 10977 Syracuse, NY 13203
(845) 426-0707 (315) 472-3171
(845) 426-1180 TTY (315) 479-6363 TTY
(845) 426-0989 Fax (315) 472-9252 Fax
Website: www.rilc.org Website: www.ariseinc.org
Email contact: mail@rilc.org Email contact: info@ariseinc.org
County(s) Served: Rockland County(s) Served: Onondaga
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Syracuse / Oswego Troy
ARISE Oswego Denise Figueroa
Sabine Ingerson Executive Director
Project Director Independent Living Center of the Hudson
253 East Tenth Street Valley (ILCHV)
Oswego, NY 13126 Troy Atrium
(315) 342-4088 49 4th Street
(315) 342-8696 TTY Troy, NY 12180
(315) 342-4107 Fax (518) 274-0701 V & TTY
Website: www.ariseinc.org (518) 274-7944 Fax
Email contact: info@ariseinc.org Website: www.ilchv.org
County(s) Served: Oswego Email contact: kgarofallou@ilchv.org
County(s) Served: Rensselaer
Syracuse / Pulaski Troy / Hudson
ARISE Pulaski ILCHV Hudson Satellite
2 Broad Street Jacqueline Bachman
Pulaski, New York 13412 802 Columbia Street
Phone: (315) 298-5726 Hudson, NY 12534
Fax: (315) 298-5729 (518) 828-4886
Website: www.ariseinc.org (518) 828-2592 Fax
Email contact: info@ariseinc.org (800) 421-1220 TTY
County(s) Served: Oswego Website: www.ilchv.org
Email contact: kgarofallou@ilchv.org
County(s) Served: Columbia
Syracuse / Oneida Utica
ARISE Oneida Burt Danovitz
1006 Oneida Plaza Drive Executive Director
Oneida, New York 13421 Resource Center for Independent Living
Phone: (315) 363-2400 (RCIL)
Fax: (315) 363-4545 P.O. Box 210, 409 Columbia Street
Website: www.ariseinc.org Utica, NY 13502
Email contact: info@ariseinc.org (315) 797-4642
County(s) Served: Madison (315) 797-5837 TTY
(315) 797-4747 Fax
Website: www.rcil.com
Email contact: burtdanovitz@rcil.com
County(s) Served: Madison
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Utica / Amsterdam Watertown / Lowville
RCIL Amsterdam Satellite Northern Regional Center for Independent
Ramon Rodriguez Living (NRCIL)
Program Director 7396 Turin Road
Resource Center for Independent Living Lowville, NY 13367
2540 Riverfront Center (315) 376-8696
Amsterdam, NY 12010 (315) 376-3404
(518) 842-3561 County(s) Served: Lewis
(518) 842-3593 TTY
(518) 842-0905 Fax
Website: www.rcil.com
Email contact: ramon.rodriquez@rcil.com
County(s) Served: Montgomery
Utica / Herkimer White Plains
RCIL Herkimer Satellite Joseph Bravo
Danny McLain Executive Director
Resource Center for Independent Living Westchester Independent Living Center
401 East German Street (WILC)
Herkimer, NY 13350 200 Hamilton Avenue, 2nd Floor
(315) 866-7245 White Plains, NY 10601
(315) 866-7246 TTY (914) 682-3926
(315) 866-7280 Fax (914) 682-0926 TTY
Website: www.rcil.com (914) 682-8518 Fax
Email contact: sylvia.bunce@rcil.com Website: www.wilc.org
County(s) Served: Herkimer Email contact: jbravo@wilc.org
County(s) Served: Westchester
Watertown White Plains / MOP
Brenda Campany WILC Minority Outreach Project (MOP)
Executive Director c/o Westchester ILC
Northern Regional Center for Independent 200 Hamilton Avenue, 2nd Floor
Living (NRCIL) White Plains, NY 10601
210 Court Street, Suite 107 (914) 682-3926
Watertown, NY 13601 (914) 682-0926 TTY
(315) 785-8703 (914) 682-8518 Fax
(315) 785–8704 TTY Website: www.wilc.org
(315) 785-8612 Fax Email contact: jbravo@wilc.org
Website: www.rcil.com County(s) Served: Westchester
County(s) Served: Jefferson
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White Plains / Carmel
WILC Carmel Satellite
Putnam Independent Living Services
1961 Route 6
Carmel, New York 10512
(845) 228-7457
(845) 228-7460 Fax
(845) 228-7459 TTY
Website: www.putnamils.org
Email contact: jbravo@wilc.org
County(s) Served: Putnam
Yonkers
Mel Tanzman
Executive Director
Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.
(WDOM)
984 N. Broadway, Suite L - 01
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 968-4717 V & TTY
(914) 968-6137 Fax
Website: www.wdom.org
Email contact: info@wdom.org
County(s) Served: Westchester
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