What's the purpose of ILS?
Independent Living Services (ILS) helps adults with developmental disabilities learn and strengthen the practical skills they need to live as independently as possible.
ILS may help with:
- Cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping
- Budgeting and paying bills
- Using transportation and accessing the community
- Scheduling and attending appointments
- Understanding benefits and completing paperwork
- Personal health, safety, and self-care
- Building social and communication skills
- Finding housing or maintaining a home
- Making choices, solving problems, and advocating for oneself
The goal is not to do everything for the person. It is to provide personalized instruction, coaching, and support so the person can build confidence, make their own choices, and become more independent over time.
What we do?
As an Independent Living Services (ILS) agency, we will provide individualized training and support to adults with developmental disabilities so they can become more independent at home and in their communities.
We will:
- Assess each client’s strengths, needs, preferences, and goals.
- Develop an individualized service plan based on the client’s IPP.
- Teach practical skills such as cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, budgeting, and personal care.
- Help clients understand benefits, complete paperwork, and manage appointments.
- Teach transportation, community safety, and how to access local resources.
- Support clients with housing searches and maintaining a safe home.
- Build communication, decision-making, self-advocacy, and problem-solving skills.
- Coordinate with families, service coordinators, and other providers—with the client’s permission.
- Track progress, document services, and adjust instruction as the client’s needs change.
ILS Services Are Personalized To the Individual.
Every person has different strengths, needs, interests, and goals. The ILS instructor focuses on the goals established in the individual’s Individual Program Plan (IPP) and Individual Service Plan (ISP). During each session, the instructor and individual discuss what they will work on and practice those skills at home or in the community. Instruction is adjusted to the person’s learning style and pace.
How We Work With Clients and Families.
We understand that supporting one person means supporting the entire family. Families know their loved ones best, so we listen to their experiences, respect their concerns, and value their involvement. By maintaining open communication and working together, we help clients develop greater independence while giving families confidence that their loved one is receiving compassionate, dependable support. Our goal is to strengthen the family unit while keeping the client’s choices, dignity, and personal goals at the center of services.
Trust and Reliability Matter To Us.
Trust is a pillar of our beliefs at Oasis. We understand how important dependable support is to clients and their families, so we are committed to being consistent, arriving prepared, communicating clearly, and following through on our promises. Families can rely on us to provide compassionate support from people who are genuinely invested in their loved one’s success.