Independent Living Program
Purpose
This program assists Minnesotans with disabilities to live with greater independence, contribute their talents and creativity, expand their options, and secure their basic rights in areas such as housing, transportation, education and employment.
Customers and Services
Customers are persons with disabilities who request services to help them live independently in their communities. There are two types of service: a grant program that supports eight community-based, nonprofit Centers for Independent Living (CILs), which provide advocacy, independent living skills training, peer counseling, support groups, information and referral, transportation assistance, home and work modification, counseling, and many other services; and an agency-based State Independent Living Services (SILS) program operated cooperatively through vocational rehabilitation field offices to provide counseling, service coordination, and the purchase of equipment.
Measures - Reporting period is federal fiscal year (FFY), October 1 - September 30, for 2009; and state fiscal year (SFY), July 1 - June 30, for 2010*
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FFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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Total number of persons served
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7,655
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7,069
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7,423
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Total instances of service (includes duplicate customers)
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45,520
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62,110
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74,946
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*CILSs report to DEED annually for the preceding FFY. DEED began to extrapolate SFY data as of SFY 2010.
More DEED measures: Uniform Program Accountability Measures
Funding Source and Appropriation/Allocation (in thousands)
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FFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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Federal Fund
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$3,001
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$3,162
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$2,636
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General Fund
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$2,440
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$2,309
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$2,261
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Statutory Authority
-- Minn. Stat., Chap. 268A.11; U.S. Code, Title 29, Chap. 16, Sect. 796 et seq.
Contact Information
David Sherwood-Gabrielson, Director
Phone: 651.259.7350 or 800.328.9095; TTY: 651.296.3900
This information current as of December 2011.