 Intake
and Independent Living Planning: Staff or peer
counselors can meet and visit with individuals or family members to inform
them of available programs, services, opportunities and resources.
Independent
Living Skills Training and Classes: Brings together
individuals seeking to increase their knowledge, skills, or abilities in
order to live more independently.
Active
Access Support Group: Monthly meetings to unite
individuals who use scooters, wheelchairs or crutches for mobility with
the community. Includes training / education and recreation. It meets the
2nd Tuesday of the month.
Caregivers
Support Groups: Monthly meetings that provide education,
referral services, support and assistance to families and professionals
involved with caregiving. It meets the last Tuesday of the month.
Grief
Support Groups: Monthly meetings that give support
to those experiencing grief from the loss of a loved one. It meets the 2nd
Wednesday of the month.
Service
Coordination: Helps support, integrate and coordinate
the services a consumer is receiving from a variety of agencies.
Peer
Counseling: A service which matches the consumer
to another person who has a similar disability for purposes of sharing experiences,
knowledge or skills.
Information
and Referral: Information and referrals concerning
services and resources which are available on a local, state and federal
level.
Self
Advocacy: A service which supports and enhances
the consumer's ability to be assertive when faced with obstacles in pursuit
of independent living goals.
PERKIE
Travels: Daily transportation from Carbon and Emery
Counties for cancer patients in need of radiation treatments at Utah Valley
Medical Center in Provo. More about
PERKIE Travels can be found here.
Interpreter
Referral: Service matches consumer with qualified
interpreter to facilitate effective communication.
Visually
Impaired/Blind: Education in adaptive techniques
and devices, peer support groups, peer counseling, orientation and mobility
training, information on resources and benefits available to the blind,
and social/recreation activities. | 
