Individual Advocacy:
The aim of offering individual advocacy is to create and facilitate community options for people with disabilities. Our Independent Living Specialists, who are trained and helpful, help individuals in setting goals, identifying their aspirations, and defining their vision for their life.
Additionally, TCIL assists individuals in accomplishing their personal goals by making appropriate connections within the community and providing necessary information, resources, accommodations, and support. We can assist you in navigating complex systems such as Social Security or PASS, Public Housing or IHSS, or a range of other programs to meet your individual needs.
Our consumers will learn how to become self-advocates in exercising their social, economic, educational, and legal rights. With the direction of the consumer, we will develop an independent living plan to meet specific needs.
Systems Advocacy:
Joining hands with others to change policies is essential to make government, transportation, and housing systems more accessible to people with disabilities. The ultimate goal is to educate and support people with disabilities to work together and remove the barriers that prevent them from living independently. In addition, it aims to raise awareness among the public about the challenges, issues, and barriers faced by people with disabilities.
Systems change advocacy involves various programs such as educational programs, town hall meetings, action alerts, rallies, legislative visits, public service announcements, and other means to further the cause of people with disabilities.
The Humboldt Accessibility Action! The committee is a local group that has successfully identified and removed accessibility barriers that impact persons with disabilities. You can also become a member of this group and be part of these success stories.
If you know of a project that can improve accessibility, you can download the Accessibility Complaint Form from the downloads section. Complete the form and submit it to Tri-County Independent Living. We regularly share this information with county and/or city representatives to ensure that accessibility issues are addressed.