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What is a CIL? Centers for Independent Living are non-residential, community-based organizations governed and staffed by…

Posted in Feb 2025

What is TCL? In North Carolina, people diagnosed with serious mental illness are sometimes placed in institutions (like…

Posted in Sep 2024

The Innovations Waiver is a Home and Community-Based Service Waiver under the Medicaid program that provides services to…

Posted in Sep 2024

You have the right to receive the home and community-based services (HCBS) you need during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you…

Posted in Jan 2023

Learn about the Olmstead, how it relates to services for people with disabilities and how DRNC is addressing Olmstead…

Posted in Feb 2022

There are many alternatives to guardianship that should be explored before determining that guardianship (even limited) is…

Posted in May 2021

Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA) CAP/DA is a Medicaid Waiver program that allows the elderly…

Posted in May 2021

An information packet describing the programs available in NC to help people live in the community instead of institutions.

Posted in Apr 2021

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