We offer several different programs:
Independent Living Program
We help figure out what your barrier is to living independently and develop a step-by-step plan to overcome it. Examples include:
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- Tangible projects like ramps, and bathroom modifications.
- Navigate through other programs like Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and Social Security Disability.
- Get involved in social and recreational opportunities.
- Practical solutions from someone who shares a similar disability.
- Learn your rights under the Law.
This is a short-term program, with the focus being on education so each person can learn skills needed to be successful in overcoming a barrier to independence as well as make informed decisions on his or her own behalf.
Nursing Home Transition Program
- For Someone living in a nursing home who can successfully move back home.
- For Someone on the brink of moving into a nursing home.
- This Program puts together necessary modifications to the home, helps find other accessible housing, and helps put day-to-day living help in place to make it a long-term success.
In-Home Care (Self Directed Care)
- The goal is to keep you living at home.
- Provides help with various day-to-day activities, such as hygiene, getting dressed, and cooking.
- You get to pick who you want to come to your house to help with these things and when they come.
Rural Transportation Voucher Program
- For someone with a disability who can’t drive.
- Can use the program to go where you would if you drove yourself.
- Can use for necessities like work, school, recreation, leisure, social, and religious attendance.
- Transportation is provided by Public Transit and the Volunteer Drivers of your Choice.
Youth Transition Program
- Youth Transition Program offers guidance to youth with disabilities aged 14-24 with transitioning from high school to the next phase of their life such as a higher level of education like college or vocational training, a job, military, Job Corp, or another independent living situation of their choosing. This program is only available in the Big Horn Basin – Park, Big Horn, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties.
Independent Living Loan Closet
- An extensive Medical equipment lending closet is available to consumers of WSIL to promote independent living.
- WSIL maintains a Loan Closet for use by anyone with a disability who needs specialized equipment. The equipment is loaned to an individual on a short-term basis, while we work with our consumers and other resources to address the barrier permanently. The Loan Closet has items such as canes, crutches, walkers, hospital beds, bedside commodes, and wheelchairs which are loaned as available. WSIL gratefully accepts tax-deductible donations of equipment or funds to contribute to the Loan Closet inventory.