Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley

Other Services Offered:

• Open Doors- assistance and info for nursing home staff and nursing home residents who want to live in the community

• Olmstead Housing Subsidy- HUD voucher and light case management for people who want to live in the community, who have been in a hospital/nursing home for 120 days or more in the last 12 months.

• Youth Transition Specialist- Youth group for young adults 14-30 with any disabilities, assistance for families/students working with Special Ed, IEP meetings and annual reviews, transition plans, community resources, and peer support.

• Benefits Advisor- assistance applying for social security/disability benefits, or appeals, special needs pooled trusts and more.

• Medicaid Facilitated Enrollers (FE) - for seniors and individuals who are blind or disabled.

• Consumer Directed Personal Aid Program (CDPAP)- Medicaid funded home aid service managed by individual, with payroll support from ILCHV.

• Veterans CDPAP- Consumer Directed personal aid service for veterans, registered with the VA.

• Wellness Programs- support for smoking cessation, specially designed gym for wheelchair users- open to the public, occasional workshops in self-defense, yoga, music and fine arts etc.

• Systems Change- federal, state, regional, local advocacy for ADA compliance and issues related to supporting legislative and practical changes that support independence for people with disabilities.

• Access to Home- grant for Medicaid recipients to build ramps and other environmental modifications.

• NY Connects- Information, referrals, assistance with resources for individuals with disabilities, covering 19 counties.

• Peer Support- individual counseling for people with disabilities by people with disabilities.