Center for Independence

The CFI office in Marysville serving northwest Washington helped me. I was trapped in my home because the wheelchair I got, broke and the company that sold it to me said they could not get any parts until January 2023. It broke in April. CFI went above and beyond advocating for me to at least get a loaner until mine is repaired. It was delivered this week and I feel like I have my life back. Now I can get outside, go to visit friends, go to doctor appointments and go shopping. I can't say enough about CFI, they did in 2 weeks what I was unable to do in 6 months. I love them.

I got hooked up with CFI through someone I know at Goodwill. It was at a bad time in my life. There were days when I wasn't eating. CFI helped me get set up with food stamps, healthcare, housing assistance, and moved me into a safer neighborhood. The staff at CFI are truly amazing.

I have been involved with CFI for nearly 15 years. I have been a participant and an active member of the Out & About support group. I have a traumatic brain injury and much cognitive growth has taken place for myself and from the organization over the years. I now serve on the board of directors and am happy to continue on my journey of growth.

The Center for Independence provides so much crucial care and advocacy to disabled members of the community. The staff are so dedicated to the participants, they care deeply about the people they work with and put forth their best effort to ensure the success of every person who comes to CFI for assistance.

The staff at CFI (Center for Independence) are one of the best people I've worked with when it comes to helping me with my disabilities. They were very resourceful and understanding of what I needed and how to achieve it. I met each one; they have such great attitudes and are always willing to help. I highly recommend anyone with disabilities reach out to the Center for Independence if they help with skill training, advocacy or want to join a support group.

The Center for Independence is a great agency. They have a wide range of services that cater to individuals with disabilities. They helped me, and strive to meet everyones needs in a professional manner. This agency is definitely client centered .

Thank you CFI

CFI finds flexible ways to help the disabled. They are very individualized in their approach. No cookie cutter nonsense approach.

This program was a huge help when it came to me finding a place to live for me and my family. I would gladly recommend this non-profit to anyone needing help. The team was very polite and professional!

Wonderful organization that often goes above and beyond for the people they work with and on behalf of. I have worked with CFI many, many times and am impressed with the services and supports provided!

I’m glad to say that I have had a wonderful experience with CFI. They have been able to help me learn the skills I need and achieve my goals while going at my own pace. I have also enjoyed the little get togethers they set up with everyone there and teach us things like: disaster preparedness, cooking safety, and other useful information. I don’t regret my choice on joining CFI!

Center for Independence has been my go to for help.
I started as therapy for resocializing. Since then I have gotten help with physical durable medical needs, and advocacy. I now have friends, advocates, and caring people in my life.

I have been working with them for a while and going to Virtual meetings in the virtual meetings are pretty awesome and meeting different people from different backgrounds and talking about different things and seeing different things that I didn't even know we're there I have even bookmarked some sites on the internet that I go to and I learned that they were from there

I have used CFI for over 5 years as my go to agency for help with housing searches for clients, assisting clients with past landlords trying to send clients to collections, shopping for clients for household items and paying bills for clients. Each time the staff I am working with goes over and above to help my clients. They are very patient when I have entered the wrong billing code and allow me to fix it. They are very professional, diligent and knowledgable in so many areas. I am truly thankful for them

I have not only been a client (we call them participants) served but have had the privilege serve on the board of directors. If it were not for my next street over neighbor who was a special education teacher I would not know CFI exists. They provided me help getting social security disability, hone my advocacy skills, and prepare for my transition from high school to college and life after college. The staff does an incredible work and it starts from the top.

Hi my name is seijin depuy I’m 21 years old and I’ve been part of center for independence since I was 16 and my good experience I had with center for independence was teaching you how to live independently and I have some long term goals I wanna pursue and I want to be a chef one day and learn nutrition and other recipes and I’m very social friendly and kind and loyal to others I love center for independence I get to interact with friends and being part of this community I even learned how to ride the para transit and dart which is fun I enjoy that and I also enjoy making tye dye shirts and making pumpkins were such a blast and that is some of my experience and goals

My name is Mark. I am 24 years old, and I go to CFI. I like CFI because I like hanging out with friends and doing all kinds of activities. I even brought some friends along with me, and they were happy they could come too. I am so glad to have Margaret as a great helper because of how nice she is. Sometimes it's hard for me to share information about myself when we get together, but everyone is supportive in everything I try to say or do.

This organization has provided accessibility to hundreds of people with disability. Inclusion is possible.

My 21 year old grandson has autism and is struggling. When we met Margaret on a Zoom, she was so kind and open with him, making him comfortable. They met in person for an interview and her manner kept his anxiety at bay. So kind and helpful.

I am very impressed by CFI staff's expertise and commitment to locate truly accessible And affordable housing for people who use power chairs and also to negotiate for their prompt placement in accessible, affordable housing. This Center's Pathways to Community Living video shows what the Center's been doing for both younger and elderly people who have disAbilities and who need the most difficult to find kind of housing.
JoAnn

I had horrible service when I called in about needing some resources. Employees were indifferent to my needs and just referred me elsewhere.