Independent Living Services

Independent living services are available to any individual who self-identifies as having any disability. At a minimum, these services include: information and referral, individual and systems advocacy, independent living skills training, cross disability peer counseling, and transition services (both out of assisted living facilities and for transition aged youth) and are provided by each of Colorado’s nine non-profit Centers for Independent Living (CILs). CILs work to support community living and independence based on the belief that all people with disabilities can live with dignity, make their own choices, and participate fully in society. 

The Office of Independent Living Services is a unit that resides within the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and oversees the State’s contracts with all nine CILs. These state contracts provide state and federal funding to CILs in order for them to provide independent living services at no-cost to individuals with disabilities in Colorado.

1. Contract Exhibits
2. Forms & Templates
3. Operational Guidance Documents
4. CIL Metrics Reports
5. Annual Program Performance Reports
6. CIL COVID Vaccination Efforts & Response

Atlantis Community (Denver)

Counties Served: Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson

https://atlantiscommunity.org/  (303) 733-9324 

Center for Independence (Grand Junction)

Counties Served: Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hindsdale, Lake, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, San Miguel

http://cfigj.org/  (970) 241-0315

Center for People with Disabilities (Boulder)

Counties Served: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Gilpin, Jefferson, Weld

https://cpwd.org/ (303) 442-8662

Center Toward Self-Reliance (Pueblo)

Counties Served:  Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache

http://www.ilcpueblo.org/  (719) 546-1271

Colorado Springs Independence Center (Colorado Springs)

Counties Served: Cheyenne, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Park and Teller

https://www.theindependencecenter.org/  (719) 471-8181

Connections for Independent Living (Greeley)

Counties Served: Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld (shared) and Yuma

http://www.connectionscolorado.org  (970) 352-8682

Disabled Resource Services (Fort Collins)

Counties Served: Jackson and Larimer

http://www.disabledresourceservices.org  (970) 482-2700

NorthWest Colorado Center for Independence (Steamboat Springs)

Counties Served: Grand, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt and Summit

http://www.nwcci.org/  (970) 871-4838

Southwest Center for Independence (Durango)

Counties Served: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan

https://swindependence.org/  (970) 259-1672