Independent Living Centers

What is an Independent Living Center?

An Independent Living Center is a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential nonprofit agency designed and operated by and for people with disabilities. Independent Living Centers offer people with disabilities the opportunity to live independently in the environment and community that he or she decides.

Western New York Independent Living, Inc. is comprised of a family of regional Independent Living Centers with main and satellite locations throughout Niagara, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, and Orleans Counties. As an Independent Living Center, we are mandated to offer the five core services as described within the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Title VII, Chapter 1:

• Peer Counseling
• Independent Living Skills
• Transitioning
• Community/Individual Advocacy
• Information & Referral

Independent Living Center Locations

Independent Living Center of Erie County

3108 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: 716-836-0822 or Toll Free: 1-800-348-8399

Independent Living of the Genesee Region

319 West Main St., Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: 585-815-8501 ext. 400

Independent Living of Niagara County

746 Portage Road, Niagara Falls, NY 14301
Phone: 716-284-4131