The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) monitored state Independent Living (IL) programs funded under Title VII, Chapter 1, Part B of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, in 14 states during FY 2008. State IL programs, their stakeholders, and RSA identified IL promising practices described below. These promising practices are unique to the state providing the programs. Contact information is provided for each practice. Summaries of the practices are below with links for the states' websites.

• Arizona — Expansion of IL Services

• Arizona — SILC Committee Structures and ties to SPIL Goals

• Illinois — Management of Part B Funds

• Oregon — Collaboration Among IL Partners and Tracking and Enhancing Partner Participation

• Oregon — Tracking and Enhancing IL Partner Participation in SPIL Implementation

The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) monitored state Independent Living programs funded under Title VII, Chapter 1, Part B of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, in 17 states during FY 2007. State IL programs, their stakeholders, and RSA identified the following promising practices in state Independent Living programs. These promising practices are unique to the state providing the programs and contact information is provided for each practice. Summaries of the practices are below with links for the states' websites.

• Alabama — Statewide Coverage

• Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Effective Utilization of PA SILC Staff in SPIL Monitoring and Evaluation

• South Dakota — SILC: South Dakota SILC Administrative Support

• South Dakota — IL Services: South Dakota Collaborative IL Service Delivery Mode