Independent Living Center Resources | Sunflower Health Plan

• Atchison
• Brown
• Doniphan
• Jackson

• Douglas
• Jefferson
• Franklin

• The Independence, Inc. Youth Employment Program (YEP!) provides 80 hours of paid, entry level, community-based employment training for youth with disabilities (physical, mental, and intellectual) ages 15-21, who have limited or no prior paid work experience. YEP! has four objectives 1) to increase paid, community-based work experiences for youth with disabilities; 2) to identify barriers to successful employment; 3) to encourage employment vs. government benefits; 4) to assist youth with developing an Independent Living Plan (ILP) for successful transition to adulthood.
• Fiscal Management Services (FMS) for people receiving attendant services through the KDADS Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver programs. 

• Peer support groups
• Recreational support available when indicated as a goal

• Lawrence Transit Services both fixed route and door-to-door are fully accessible.
• Transportation services provided within the City of Lawrence (limited), Douglas County and to out-of-town medical appointments.

• Manual wheelchairs, walkers, rollators, and crutches available.
• Demonstration site for the Telecommunications Access Program Telephones.

• Cloud
• Dickinson
• Ellsworth
• Jewell
• Lincoln
• Mitchell
• Ottawa
• Republic
• Salina

• Advocacy
• Information and Referral
• Peer Support Services
• Independent Living Skills Training
• Returning Home and Transition Services

Independent Connections provide information & referrals for accessible transportation in your area as well as independent living skills training on how to use the bus route or transportation services in the nine counties they serve.

• Sedgwick
• Sumner

• Payroll agent for consumers who choose to stay in their home and have services provided by a direct support worker.
• Working Healthy Program ILC Counseling for the budget setup 

No

• Barber
• Clark
• Comanche
• Ellsworth
• Ford
• Harper
• Harvey
• Hodgeman
• Kingman
• Kiowa
• McPherson
• Ness
• Pratt
• Reno
• Stafford 

• Assist consumers to become employed through a contract with Kansas Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• FMS provider
• Provide Independent Living (IL) Services to people experiencing vision loss aged 55 and older

• Allen
• Anderson
• Bourbon
• Butler 
• Chase 
• Coffey
• Cowley
• Elk 
• Greenwood
• Linn
• Lyon
• Marion
• Miami  
• Morris
• Osage 

• FMS services across the state
• Information referral and assistance with Senior Care Act advocacy
• Transitional Living Services
• Assistive Technology
• Certified orientation and mobility services
• Braille translation
• RC@Home is a private pay program for attendant services
• Equipment loan
• Build a ramp
• RCIL friends peer support groups
• Certified orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind or have low vision 

Yes, if a goal is developed relating to recreation on an independent living plan. 

Not available. Referrals available by request.

SKIL provides services to the entire State of Kansas in all 105 counties. Core services are supported by Independent Living Coordinators in:

• Chautauqua
• Cherokee 
• Crawford 
• Labette
• Montgomery
• Neosho
• Wilson
• Woodson

• Employment and employment assistance 
• Mental Health Peer Support Group
• Assistive Technology access sites in Southeast Kansas and South Central Kansas
• Agrability (a program assisting people in remaining in the agriculture business)
• Alternative Financing Program called K- Loan
• Home Health
• Licensed IDD Provider
• TBI Transitional Living
• Cognitive Therapy
• Older Blind Service Orientation and Mobility
• SKIL collaborates statewide with resources such as University of Kansas, K -State University and many Community Developmental Disability Organizations (CDDO)
• SKIL is a leader in the Independent Living Movement with national advocacy and advocacy resources  

• Picnics
• Monthly advocacy meetings
• Crafts 
• Exercise programs
• Holiday events
• Fishing Has No Boundaries (spring fishing group)

Accessible Housing is available in the service area.  

SKIL utilizes several resources to assist people in finding accessible housing in the SEK area.

Yes, SKIL can refer people to accessible transportation options in the catchment area.

• Clay
• Geary
• Marshall
• Nemaha
• Pottawatomie
• Riley
• Washington 

• Private pay in-home care
• Employment preparation
• Living Well with a Disability classes
• Leadership training to become more involved with city and county governments.
• Telecommunications Access Program Telephones (TAP) program access site

• Atchison
• Brown
• Doniphan
• Jackson
• Shawnee  
• Will serve any county upon request

• Social Security Disability benefits advocacy
• Work incentive benefits planning
• PASS plan development
• Accessibility modification consulting
• Alternative material formatting and production