Services of Mountain State Centers for Independent Living

Core Services of a Center for Independent Living

Advocacy: Through training and leadership development, MTSTCIL can assist you in learning how to become a self-advocate.
Skills Development: training to help you make the most of your abilities and increase your self-reliance and self-confidence [Independent Living Skills Classes Online]
Peer Support: peer mentors help others with a similar disability promote personal growth by sharing their own experiences and explaining how they have coped with the "ups and downs" of having a disability.
Information and Referral: information on a wide range of disability-related topics, services and products. Visit our searchable Resource Database on this Web site.

Community Living Services Program: to assist individuals with disabilities to function more independently in their homes and communities.
Supported Employment: a program for people with disabilities who need support on the job.
Personal Assistance Services: a personal assistant is an individual who assists a person with a disability in performing tasks that enhance their independence.
Transportation Program: vans are available to provide transportation to center activities for consumers who live outside TTA's service area in Cabell and Wayne counties.
SHARE Program, a self-help food program and community service activity available to all citizens in the Beckley area
Housing: as a tenant, you have specific rights and responsibilities, and we can help you understand what they are.
Community Integration: provide leadership training opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and family members.
Assistive Technology Loaner Program: lend consumers and members of the general public pieces of assistive technology for short periods of time until they can locate funding to purchase the device they require.
Consumer Advocacy and Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities is a consumer advisory and advocacy committee for MTSTCIL consumers in Beckley, WV

Community Building: Become a volunteer, make a donation, corporate partnerships and computer recycling program.
Socializing: Just for the Fun of It: an opportunity for people with disabilities to engage in social activities while learning independent living skills
Kids ADA: educating children about people with disabilities
Raleigh County Resource and Drop-In Center: provides wellness and recovery workshops for Raleigh County residents

Accessibility Survey: provide businesses or federally funded housing complexes with a detailed accessibility survey for a fee.