Our Independent Living Core Services

Information and Referral serves as the front door to BAIN Inc. CIL. We maintain an exhaustive directory of regional resources to help you locate answers to disability-related questions.

Common Inquiries: Accessible housing lists, transportation options, medical equipment closets, financial assistance programs, and local support networks.

Gain the skills necessary to manage your household and daily life independently. We offer tailored, one-on-one training sessions in natural, community, or home settings.

Training Modules: Money management & budgeting, adaptive cooking, organizational skills, emergency preparedness, navigating public transit, and communication device usage.

Peer support matches you with trained mentors who also have disabilities. Sharing experiences and strategies helps consumers build confidence, overcome isolation, and achieve goals.

Group Themes: Adjusting to new disabilities, community barrier-navigation, visual impairment adaptation, and youth social circles.

We work with you to understand your legal rights (such as under the ADA and Fair Housing Act). We also engage in systems advocacy to change policies, update public spaces, and increase programmatic accessibility region-wide.

Transition services encompass three key areas designed to prevent institutionalization and support lifestyle transitions:

• Nursing Home Transition: Helping individuals relocate from institutional settings (like nursing facilities) back into community residences.
• Diversion: Providing services to individuals at risk of entering nursing homes, ensuring they have the modifications and supports to remain at home.
• Youth Transition: Guiding young adults (ages 14-24) as they transition from high school to post-secondary education, vocational training, or independent employment.