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Offers independent living skills training for individuals with disabilities. Offers the following courses: - Assistive technology training - Braille training - Independent living skills training - Personal assistant services: teaches individuals how to hire and manage in-home care assistants - Adult employment readiness - 12-week course offering job skills assessment, resume writing, financial literacy, and assistance finding work - Youth employment readiness: 18-week course offering job skills development - Older blind services - geared towards seniors with vision loss who are already trained in adaptive devices Also offers information and referral services, benefits counseling, and application assistance.

Provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain independent in their homes. Offers the following program options for independence: - Personal Assistant (PA): Provides assistance with household tasks, personal care and, with permission of a doctor, certain health care procedures. PAs are selected, employed, and supervised by individual customers. - Homemaker Services: Personal care provided by trained and professionally supervised personnel for customers who are unable to direct the services of a PA. Instruction and assistance in household management and self-care are also available. - Maintenance Home Health: Services provided through a treatment plan prescribed by a physician or other health care professional. Other services include nursing care and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. - Electronic Home Response: Emergency response system offered by hospitals and community service organizations. This rented signaling device provides 24-hour emergency coverage, permitting the individual to alert trained professionals at hospitals, fire departments, or police departments. - Home Delivered Meals: Provided to individuals who can feed themselves but are unable to prepare food. - Adult Day Care: The direct care and supervision of customers in a community-based setting to promote their social, physical, and emotional well-being. - Assistive Equipment: Devices or equipment either purchased or rented to increase an individual's independence and capability to perform household and personal care tasks at home. - Environmental Modification: Modifications in the home that help compensate for loss of ability, strength, mobility or sensation; increase safety in the home, and decrease dependence on direct assistance from others. - Respite Services: Temporary care for adults and children with disabilities aimed at relieving stress to families. Respite services may be provided for vacation, rest, errands, family crisis or emergency. Services may include personal assistant, homemaker or home health. Also provides specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The Community Reintegration Program helps individuals with disabilities who live in nursing homes move into community with the supports they need to live as independently as possible.

Offers a social rehabilitation program for adults with mental illness. Focuses on improving the individuals ability to care for themselves and function independently. Provides case management, skill-building groups, individual exercises, and support in community settings. Supports overall wellness including nutrition, physical fitness, and addiction recovery. Seeks to improve the following: - Interpersonal communication - Health maintenance - Symptom regulation - Peer interactions - Self-regulating behavior - Problem solving skills - Self care and hygiene - Use of public transportation - Money management - Cooking Note: Independence Center operates as a membership program. Membership requires that the individual has a persistent mental illness and Medicaid insurance to cover all fees. Members are encouraged to attend programs on a daily basis and contribute to the IC community.

Offers information and comprehensive services for individuals with disabilities including: - Screening for benefits programs - Healthcare plan support, information, and advocacy - In-home services - Job skills evaluations - Independent living skills training - Residential education and outreach programs for children with disabilities