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Disabled Resource Services
Inform. Advocate. MentorWe believe that advocating for yourself with support from your peers is the path to living a fulfilling, independent life. We serve people with all types disabilities: physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, or mental/emotional.
Independant Living
What is it?
Independent Living is living by your own rules and making your own choices about all aspects of your life – where you go, where you live, how you support yourself, how you receive health care, how you manage any help you might need to do these things. We can help you achieve this through:
- Advocacy
- Information and Referral
- Independent Living Skills Training
- Peer Support
- Transitions
Information and Referral
The goal of information and referral is to provide individuals information on a wide range of disability-related topics and provide referrals for community resources, supports, and organizations.
Advocacy
The goal of advocacy is to advance the rights of people with disabilities. Individual Advocacy is provided through DRS staff working with individuals to obtain necessary support services from other agencies in the community.
Systems Advocacy is provided through DRS staff and consumers working together to enact change in the community that makes it easier for all persons with disabilities to live independently in the community.
Independent Living Skills Training
The goal for independent living skills training is to help consumers make the most of their abilities and increase their self-reliance and self-confidence. This is done by teaching them how to take control of their lives.
Peer Support
The goal of peer support is to have staff, who have disabilities themselves, serve as mentors to people who have similar disabilities. The staff helps promote personal growth by sharing their own experiences and explaining how they have coped with the “ups and downs” of having a disability.
In the case of a person with a newly acquired disability, the peer mentor helps with the radical change in life style that is often forthcoming by offering emotional support, helping solve problems and sorting out life goals.
Institutional Transition – Individuals residing in institutions who are able to move into the community are assisted by us in partnership with a team of other agencies. With the right supports in place they are able to live successfully in the community with independence and a better quality of life.
Youth Transitions – Our youth transitions program empowers young adults to transition into adulthood with greater independence. Services offered include, but are not limited to: information and referral services, disability rights education/advocacy, individualized IL skills training geared towards addressing the key issues of this age group, employment readiness skills, assistance in exploring and accessing higher education and SSDI/SSI education and initial application.
Core Services
To be certified also requires that more than 50% of staff and board of directors are people with disabilities.
Information and Referral
Peer Mentorship
Individual and Systems Advocacy
Transition Service
Independent Living Skills Training
Programs & Services
Through our Access to Independence program, our staff works towards setting and achieving goals that will alleviate the stressful conditions in which our consumers live. The result: People lead more productive and self-directed lives with increased dignity, quality of life and independence at home and in society.
Our services are provided free of charge, with the exception of our low-cost “Rental Closet” durable medical equipment rental program. Assistance takes many forms, but our focus on people with disabilities, providing peer support, developing self-advocacy skills and ensuring consumer-control in the decision-making process are a combination not found in other human services programs in our area.
Additional Services
Bene-Hub
Do you have a medical or mental health condition that makes it difficult to work? Do you have questions about Social Security disability benefits? Applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be a confusing and complex process. Trained and knowledgeable staff at Disabled Resource Services are available to help!
Beyond Sight and Sound
Our program provides direct services for individuals that are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlind.
Disabled Resource Services’ Beyond Sight and Sound program works with individuals with hearing loss, encouraging you to live the independent life you choose for yourself through a variety of means. This program also provides individualized assistance in navigating the vast array of local, Colorado and Federal-based services and resources for individuals who are blind or low-vision.
Equip and Empower
Here’s a great, low-cost alternative to buying medical equipment. Rent the equipment you need from DRS! Perfect for those who only need equipment temporarily (typically one year or less).
Solid Roots
The Disabled Resource Services Solid Roots Program provides direct services for individuals who are looking to get out of nursing facilities and back into their own homes as well as empower youth with disabilities, from 14 to 24, as they navigate the transition from adolescence to adulthood and a program to help people who are transitioning out of the court systems and back into society.
On Solid Ground
The Disabled Resource Services’ On Solid Ground program can assist with housing problems such as issues with landlords due to disabilities, getting connected and added on to housing wait lists, referrals for legal issues, housing search and referrals, assistance with moving, and much more.
Location
1647 E 18th St, Loveland, CO 80538
If you’d like to increase the independence you have in your life, call us at (970) 482-2700 to make an appointment to meet with one of our Independent Living Specialists to learn more.
News & Updates
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Disabled Resource Services
Location
1647 E 18th St, Loveland, CO 80538
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Closed Daily: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
