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Idea to send:	Topic Centers for Independent Living Content Presently there are five Federally funded Centers for Independent Living (CILs) that serve people with all types of disabilities in community settings by providing the five core services of advocacy, information and referral, peer support, independent skills training, and transitioning to community based living arrangments. What makes CILs unique is that we are operated and controlled by people with disabilities. The majority of our Board of Directors and staff must be made up of people with disabilites. Therefore we put people to work, adding to our economy and assisting people to remain in community settings contributing to the local community. Utilizing CILs in a larger capacity makes good sense for Oklahoma. CILs are not-for-profit, we are driven by the needs of our local disability community, we strive to increase the availability of community resources such as safe, accessible housing, transportation and personal care services. We coordinate services to assist the consumer in meeting their expressed goals; goals that they set for themselves. I would like to host an "Idea Raiser" to encourage the State in Oklahoma in utilizing CILs in a much larger capacity. Jeff Hughes