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Independent Living Facilities: Residential facilities, apartments and/or planned communities for older adults, people with disabilities or other populations designed to enable those who are eligible to have a form of independent living in a secure environment. Independent Living Skills: Programs that assist people who have disabilities to learn the basic skills of daily living through of individual and group counseling and instruction, experience and practice in coping with real or simulated life situational demands. (From AIRS BH-7000.5100-330 and AIRS LR-3200)

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Local Service
Statewide Service: Provides online resources, telehealth, or service at a satellite office.
Nationwide Service: Provides online resources, telehealth or services at a regional/national headquarters location.
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-422-2576
Address:
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-422-2576
Services Provided: The mission of Montana Youth Transitions (MyYTransitions)is to facilitate and strengthen partnerships between Montana families, private agencies and state agencies devoted to improving the quality of life for youth with disabilities. Funded through DPHHS special contracts, MYTransions strives to help develop a seamless system of Montana Transition services. Montana’s youth with disabilities face a number of hurdles to living a life of independence: social biases, disconnected and sometimes deficient services, lack of information and MT’s large and diverse geography. MTTransitions works to eliminate these hurdles by successfully bringing together transition services and resources in a variety of venues - website, annual transition conferences, regional transition meetings and hosting the annual Disability Mentor Day.
Provider Profiles: MyTransitions
1617 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1
Helena, MT 59601
Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 12/26/2019
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-442-2576
Address:
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-442-2576
Toll Free Phone: 406-443-3796
Services Provided:

MYLF will develop opportunities for youth to participate in activities at the state and local level. These opportunities are to develop academic, career and independent living goals. They provide linkages and some financial support for participation in state and local activities for youth with disabilities.

Provider Profiles:

Montana Youth Leadership Forum
1617 Euclid Suite 1
Helena, MT 59601

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 3/1/2022
111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 4C
PO Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: 406-444-3632
Organization Name: Disability Employment and Transitions
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Address:
111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 4C
PO Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: 406-444-3632
Toll Free Phone: 877-296-1197
Fax: 406-444-3632
Email: VRInfo@mt.gov
Eligibility: VRBS is able to start services at the age of 14.
Services Provided: VRBS provides its individualized services directly and through its network of community-based providers. The new WIOA model requires VRBS to step away from its past practices and to network with schools with services that look and feel more like regular high school classes than traditional VRBS case services. VRBS still delivers those case services, but we now emphasize the delivery of Pre-ETS in the school setting. In fact, high school students with disabilities do not have to be VRBS clients. Pre-ETS are open to all students with disabilities, even those who have no intention of applying to VRBS.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 12/7/2017
1203 Highway 2 W, Ste. 35
Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: 406-257-0048
Address:
1203 Highway 2 W, Ste. 35
Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: 406-257-0048
Toll Free Phone: 800-995-0029
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Languages Spoken: English, Russian, and Sign Language interpreters available
Eligibility:

Individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities are eligible for Summit services.

Services Provided:

Summit Independent Living Center, Inc. is a private, non-residential non-profit organization that offers a wide range of services designed to give people with disabilities the tools and resources that are needed to improve independence, self-confidence, knowledge, skills, and access to community resources. Five core service areas include:
Information and Referrals
Advocacy
Peer Advocacy
Skills Training
Transition Services
Skills Training

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 3/1/2022
1201 Grand Avenue #1
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: 406-259-5181
Organization Name: Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow
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Address:
1201 Grand Avenue #1
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: 406-259-5181
TDD: 406-245-1225
Toll Free Phone: 800-669-6319
Fax: 406-259-5259
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Services Provided: LIFTT is one of approximately 403 Centers for Independent Living in the United States. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are community-based, cross-disability, non-profit organizations that are designed and operated by people with disabilities. CILs are unique in that we operate according to a strict philosophy of consumer control, wherein people with all types of disabilities directly govern and staff the organization. We offer support, advocacy, and information on empowerment in the attainment of independence from a peer viewpoint. We work to ensure that the rights of people with disabilities are protected.
All Centers for Independent Living believe in the Independent Living Philosophy as a basic foundation from which we provide both consumer and community services. Independent living is based on the value that people with disabilities have the right to control their own lives and that disability is a natural part of the human experience.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/23/2018
2827 Fort Missoula Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-728-4100
Organization Name: Community Medical Center
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Address:
2827 Fort Missoula Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-728-4100
Fax: 406-327-4580
Eligibility: Disabled persons (stroke, head injury, amputation, etc.). Must be referred to the program by attending physician. Services available to residents in Missoula and surrounding areas. Will accept referrals statewide.
Services Provided: Evaluate disabled persons ability to safely drive a car. Evaluates disabled driver for ability to see, react, make good decisions, and handle city, county, and highway driving. Recommends specific driver training &/or special equipment to assist. Must already have a current drivers license or current learner's permit. Additional Info: Provides I&R regarding types of special equipment, where to purchase and persons who install equipment. Will train on used of specialized equipment. *Fees may be paid in whole or part by a private insurance company, Workers Compensation, and Vocational Rehabilitation. Medicaid and Medicare will not cover fees. Must be referred by attending physician.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/28/2018
125 W. Granite St.#100
Butte, MT 59701
Phone: 406-299-3777
Address:
125 W. Granite St.#100
Butte, MT 59701
Phone: 406-299-3777
Wheelchair Access: yes
Languages Spoken: English
Services Provided: Home Health, In Home Services, Nursing Services
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/28/2018
825 Great Northern Blvd, Ste. 105
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-442-5755
Address:
825 Great Northern Blvd, Ste. 105
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-442-5755
Toll Free Phone: 800-735-6457
Fax: 406-442-1612
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Languages Spoken: English
Services Provided: mILp is one of four Centers for Independent Living in the State of Montana. The Definition of a Center for Independent Living (CIL) from Section 702 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended: The term "center for independent living" means a consumer‑controlled, community‑based, cross‑disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and provides an array of independent living services.

mILp is governed by a consumer-controlled Board of Directors whose lives have been personally impacted by a disability. We are funded in part by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1992 (Title VII- Independent Living Services), and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Disability Services Division).
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 12/26/2019
1120 25th Avenue N.E.
Black Eagle, MT 59414
Phone: 800-823-6245
Address:
1120 25th Avenue N.E.
Black Eagle, MT 59414
Phone: 800-823-6245
Wheelchair Access: yes
Services Provided: Our mission is to provide access to a more independent lifestyle for persons with disabilities through advocacy, education, coordination of services and information as directed by consumer need.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/28/2018
700 SW Higgins Ave.
Missoula, MT 59802
Organization Name: Summit Independent Living
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Address:
700 SW Higgins Ave.
Missoula, MT 59802
Toll Free Phone: (800) 398-9002
Services Provided: Summit Independent Living is a non-residential private, non-profit organization that offers a wide range of services designed to give people with disabilities the tools and resources that are needed to improve independence, self-confidence, knowledge, skills and access to community resources.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 4/1/2019
700 SW Higgins Ave.
Suite 101
Missoula, MT 59803
Phone: 800-398-9002
Organization Name: Summit Independent Living
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Address:
700 SW Higgins Ave.
Suite 101
Missoula, MT 59803
Phone: 800-398-9002
Services Provided: Summit Independent Living Center, Inc. is a private, non-residential non-profit organization that offers a wide range of services designed to give people with disabilities the tools and resources that are needed to improve independent, self-confidence, knowledge, skills and access to community resources. Summit serves people with mobility, neurological, hearing, visual, and other disabilities.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/8/2019
1120 25th Ave NE
Black Eagle, MT 59414
Phone: 406-452-9834
Address:
1120 25th Ave NE
Black Eagle, MT 59414
Phone: 406-452-9834
Email: ncils.osborn@bresnan.net
Eligibility: A person must have a disability that impedes their ability to live independently and must need assistance from an independent living center to maintain their independence.
Services Provided: Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Training
Peer Mentoring
Individual and Systems Advocacy
Transitions
Americans with Disabilities Act/Accessibility Technical Assistance
Rehabilitation Technology/Adaptive Equipment Loan/Lease
Housing
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 12/27/2019
2015 Charlotte #2
Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: 406-522-7300
Organization Name: MILP
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Address:
2015 Charlotte #2
Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: 406-522-7300
Email: BMaffit@milp.us
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 1/2/2020
Nationwide Provider
2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-282-7300
Nationwide Provider
Address:
2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-282-7300
Fax: 206-282-3555
Email: cls@casey.org
Eligibility:

Resources to help prepare youths for living on their own.

Services Provided:

Services Include:

  • Consulting: Ongoing strategic consultation at no cost to child welfare systems and tribes.
  • Public Policy: Comprehensive child welfare information to support policymakers
  • Research and Analysis: Information to support decision-making, bolster system integration, build capacity, and support sustainability.
  • Casey Life Skills: Free practice tool and framework for working with youth in foster care. It assesses independent living skills and provides results instantly. Intended to be done between a youth and their social worker, case manger, or other mentor.
  • Direct Services: Operates nine field offices in five states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Texas, and Washington) that provide direct services to urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Source: Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated: 2/22/2023