San Juan Center for Independence/

San Juan Center for Independence

SJCI has on staff Independent Living Specialists who are knowledgeable disability advocates. The ILS is an expert negotiator and provides the consumer with independent living skills. 

• ADVOCACY: SJCI works to increase community options and to resolve issues that affect large numbers of people with disabilities by changing policies and laws through work with government agencies to ensure legal and civil rights.
• PEER SUPPORT: Peer Mentors provide consumers with peer-to-peer relationships and will provide consumers with valuable been-there information. Peer Mentors outreach to newly disabled people, youth in transition, and individuals in nursing homes.
• PERSONAL CARE Services: SJCI offers consumers an Independent living option known as The PCS Program. The purpose of this service option is to provide consumers with the opportunity to live in their own homes within their own communities.
• LIFE SKILLS TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: SJCI has a strong background in working with people with disabilities and has on staff experienced Independent Living Specialists.
• PROCUREMENT PROGRAM: SJCI's Procurement program assists in acquiring and purchasing home modifications and assistive devices that will assist consumers in living a more independent life style. Wheelchairs, ramps for homes, hand controls, and hearing aids.

San Juan Center for Independence is a New Mexico, private, nonresidential, nonprofit corporation that serves people with disabilities. The purpose of San Juan Center for Independence is to provide a variety of community-based, consumer-driven, services