Resource Center for Independent Living

The Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL) promotes a dynamic environment where society and the individual mutually benefit from a world with no limits. This is accomplished by promoting and achieving excellence in consumer controlled self-directed services in: programs, education, advocacy, research, and information retrieval and dissemination. Through over 100 programs and services, RCIL offers assistance to people with all types of disabilities, including cognitive, physical, mental and sensory disabilities.

This summer, Carly Turro, '09, is working on a quality study of the programs offered through the agency. She is beginning by researching how RCIL programs work, who is being served, what is being provided, and how people benefit. She will then identify what constitutes quality and how that can be measured. Finally, she will research similar programs in the community and bring best practices and suggestions back to RCIL.

In the summer of 2007, Matt Inbusch, '08, worked with RCIL on a foundation grants research project. He  developed a database of public and private foundations in order to identify potential funding sources. His research will allow the agency to have easy access to resources and will result in increased fund raising ability.