Northern Regional Center for Independent Living, Inc.

210 Court Street
Watertown, NY 13601
Program Contact: Aileen Martin
Phone: (315) 785-8703 ext 217
Email: aileenm@nrcil.net
Website: www.nrcil.net

Serves Jefferson County.

Northern Regional Center for Independent Living center is a professional peer run disability rights and resource center that promotes efforts to end discrimination, against people with disabilities, by partnering with the community to create an accessible, inclusive society. All people with disabilities, either diagnosed or suspected, are eligible. Family members of people with disabilities are eligible. Businesses and municipalities are eligible.

Our core services include:
• Advocacy, both systems advocacy and individual advocacy in the following areas
• Housing
• Education
• Employment
• Healthcare
• Commerce
• Civic Engagement
• Information and referral
• Peer Support/Counseling
• Transitions support – both student to adult life as well as institutional to community living
• Independent living skills development
-Additional services include
• Family Support Services
• Supportive Employment
• Benefits Advisement
• Adaptive Equipment Loan Closet
• Americans with Disabilities Act consultation
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
• NY Connects