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1139C Plaza Drive

Grundy, VA 24614

Telephone:

(276) 935-6088

Toll Free:

(800) 597-2322

E-mail:

cils@vmmicro.net

 

Welcome

Clinch Independent Living Services (CILS) is a non-profit, community based non-residential resource and advocacy center promoting the independent living philosophy and equal access for individuals with disabilities. CILS serves Planning District 2 including Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties. CILS provides many services, including the four CILS core services: 

  • Information and Referral (I&R)

  • Independent Living Skills Training

  • Peer Counseling

  • Individual and Systems Advocacy


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Clinch Independent Living Services Celebrates Ten Years

October 1, 1998 - On that date the lives of thousands of individuals with disabilities in Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell counties began to change for the better.  That is the date on which Clinch Independent Living Services (“Clinch”) opened for business to fulfill its mission of serving individuals with disabilities in those four counties.  Ten years later, Clinch served the needs of approximately 6,787 consumers and their families and provided 44,500 hours of community service.

Clinch delivers assistance through peer counseling, advocacy, independent living skills, information and referral, and direct services.  Thanks to Clinch, many area citizens now have suitable access to and from their homes and assistive technology (wheelchairs, walkers, devices for the deaf and hard of hearing, etc), and the ability to conduct their business in previously largely inaccessible public places in a dignified manner.  If you or a friend or family member may be able to benefit from Clinch’s services, do not hesitate to contact us at the locations and numbers listed below.  If you have talents that you can contribute to Clinch as a volunteer staff person or Board member, we would love to hear from you as well.

 


 

Money Follows the Person Website

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Virginia launches website describing community living choice project for seniors and individuals with disabilities.  Virginia is one of 31 states participating in a five-year, $1.75 billion Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration project designed to create a system of long-term services and supports that assist individuals to transition from certain long-term care institutions into the community.

For more details and updates information on the MFP project, please visit http://www.olmsteadva.com/mfp

 

Opportunity for Action: Submit Comments to NTIA and RUS on Stimulus Funding for Rural Broadband Development

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are seeking suggestions on how to ensure broadband stimulus funds bring economic development to rural communities.  The deadline for submitting comments on this report is less than a week away, April 13, 2009.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allotted $7.2 billion in funds to extend broadband service nationally. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), established the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) to oversee the distribution of $4.7 billion of the funds. The purposes of the BTOP are to "accelerate broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas and ensure that strategic institutions that are likely to create jobs or provide significant public benefits have broadband connections."

In addition, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) was given authority over $2.5 billion of the funds to make grants and loans for the deployment and construction of broadband systems. The purpose of RUS is to "improve access to broadband in areas without service or that lack sufficient access to high-speed broadband service to facilitate economic development."

The Center for Rural Strategies, with the support of the Media Democracy Fund, has compiled instructions on how to comment.  For more information you may also contact Edyael Casaperalta at: edyael@ruralstrategies.org

 

 

 

 

 


 

If you would like more information about CILS' services please call (276) 935-6088 (voice/TTY),

Toll Free: (800) 597-2322, or Email: cils@vmmicro.net


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