About LINC

Services:

• Information and Referral Information and Referral (I&R)
  Services are available to everyone at no charge. Through I&R services, we try to connect people to resources they need to live independently. For example, LINC does not provide any direct financial assistance, but would try to find appropriate referral resources.

• Independent Living (I.L.) Services 
  Other services available to people with disabilities are Peer Support, Independent Living Skills Training, and Advocacy. These services are available to people with disabilities free of charge.

• Attendant Program 
  LINC has personal assistance services/self-directed attendant program that are available through Medicaid or private pay.
  

For-fee Services: 

Discrimination prevention training and ADA site evaluations are fee-based services available to businesses.

The Board:

These individuals must represent a broad range of disabilities and be knowledgeable about CILs and independent living services. A majority (at least 51 percent) must be people with disabilities. A wide range of disabilities are represented by Board members. The Board also seeks representation of unserved and underserved populations, including minority groups.

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for Board membership, please e-mail the LINC office or call (208)336.3335 and we'll send you a nomination form.  When a vacancy occurs, the Board Membership Committee reviews all nomination forms and recommends to the full Board which candidate it views as the most viable. 

10 Principles of Independent Living:

1. Civil Rights: Equal rights and opportunities for all; no segregation by disability type or stereotype. 

2. Consumerism: A person (consumer or customer) using or buying a service or product decides what is best for him/herself. 

3. De-institutionalization: No person should be institutionalized (formally by a building, program, or family) on the basis of a disability. 

4. De-medicalization: Individuals with disabilities are not "sick", as prescribed by the assumptions of the medical model and do not require help from certified medical professionals for daily living. 

5. Self-Help: People learn and grow best from discussing their needs, concerns, and issues with others who have had similar experiences. 

6. Advocacy: Systemic, systematic, long-term, and community-wide change activities are needed to ensure that people with disabilities benefit from all that society has to offer. 

7. Barrier-Removal: In order for civil rights, consumerism, de-institutionalization, de-medicalization, and self-help to occur, architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers must be removed. 

8. Consumer Control: The organizations best suited to support and assist individuals with disabilities are governed, managed, staffed and operated by individuals with disabilities. 

9. Peer role models: Leadership for independent living and disability rights is vested in individuals with disabilities (not parents, service providers or other representatives). 

10. Cross-disability: Activities must be cross-disability in approach, meaning work must be carried out by people with different types of disabilities for the benefit of all persons with disabilities.

Boise Office:

1878 West Overland Road

Boise, Idaho 83705
Phone/TTY: (208) 336-3335
Fax: (208) 384-5037 
Email: info@lincidaho.org

Serving: Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties

Caldwell Office:

2922 E. Cleveland, 
Suite #800, 
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Phone/TTY: (208) 454-5511
Fax: (208) 454-5515  

Serving: Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, and Washington Counties

Twin Falls Office:

1182 Eastland Dr. North, Ste. C

Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
Phone/TTY: (208) 733-1712
Fax: (208)  733-7711

Serving: Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls Counties