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Town of Bennington 1998 Annual Report

THE VERMONT CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

The Vermont Center for Independent Living teaches people with significant disabilities how to gain more control over their lives and how to access tools and services for living more independently. We also conduct public education and systems change activities that promote the full inclusion of disabled people into community life.

An estimated one in five Vermonters has a disability. The Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL), a private not-for-profit corporation, is Vermont's first and only cross-disability center for independent living and the first organization in the state to be directed and staffed by a majority of people with diverse disabilities.

Statewide, VCIL responded to more than 2,000 requests from individuals, agencies and community groups for information and referrals on a broad range of subjects related to living with a disability. We provided one-on-one peer counseling to 368 individuals to help increase their opportunities and skills for independent living; provided 212 households with financial and technical assistance for making their bathrooms and entrances accessible to a disabled family member; we provided 273 individuals with personal assistance and/or assistive technology; and served a total of 12,000 home- delivered meals to Vermonters with disabilities.

VCIL's main office is located in down-town Montpelier. We have two smaller satellite offices in Bennington and Brattleboro. The Montpelier office houses our resource library and our toll-free information line which provides answers to related questions from every Vermont community. Our locally-based peer counselors are available to people with disabilities in every town in Vermont.

VCIL provided direct services to 102 residents of Bennington utilizing the following programs/services: Information & Referral, Home Access Modifications, Meals on Wheels, Peer Advocacy Counseling, and Part B (Specific Assistance). To learn more about VCIL, please call us toll-free at, 1-800-639-1522.

Respectfully submitted,
Gail Halverson, Personnel and Building Coordinator

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