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- EIN 47-2723676
- (202) 248-7113
- 5603 Potomac Ave Nw Washington DC 20016 USA
- www.ilonow.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Integrated living opportunities (ilo) helps families create intentional communities to facilitate networks of support for adults with developmental disabilities (self-advocates) enabling them to live as integrated contributing members of their communities. These intentional communities of peers and caring people are connected to the self-advocates for the rest of their lives, even after the parents are gone. Ilo is a coalition of adult self-advocates with special needs and their families who are working together as they face the challenging experience of preparing, and then supporting their children as they live independently in the community.
Programs: Ilo helps individuals with disabilities move into the community with the necessary supports to be independent and live a full life. Ilo has a training to teach families and their family members with special needs on how to create communities, building capacity and person-centered planning. In addition, the training helps families understand what it means to be a part of ilo.