Independent Living
Learn fall prevention techniques and exercises as well as hearing from community experts regarding overall health and wellness. This program is free to the public. The meetings are every Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Flinthills Room at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, KS. The first meeting starts on April 4, 2019. …
Do you need assistance to pay your utility bill? The Kansas Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is a federally funded program that helps qualifying households pay a portion of their home energy costs by providing a one-time per year benefit. The deadline for 2019 LIEAP application is March 29, 2019. For more information, visit…
Check out this new Family Education Series provided by KU and livestreamed on Facebook. There will be new sessions on the second Thursday of every month. Session 1: IEP Development will begin 6:00 pm Thursday, March 14th.
Due to a high expected turnout the location for next week’s Emporia Friends group has been moved to the 2nd floor conference room at the Emporia Humanitarian Center. The Humanitarian Center is located at 215 W. 6th Avenue in Emporia. For more information please contact the Emporia office at 620.342.1648.
Check out State Independent Living Council of Kansas’ annual report below. SILCK Annual Report (PDF) SILCK Annual Report (text only) For questions or more information contact Kathy Cooper (785) 234-6990 or Kathy.cooper@silck.org
All RCIL offices will be closed December 25th and 26th for Christmas. Offices will reopen Wednesday, December 27th. Offices will also be closed Monday, January 1st for New Year’s Day.
RCIL would like to thank all Veterans for their service. Here are some family members and co-worker that RCIL would like to send an extra big thank you to! (You can click on the pictures to see it enlarged, titles are underneath the photo)
Our voicemail system is down for the time being. Please make sure to call us anytime between 8am-4pm Monday-Friday until we can get this fixed. Thank you!
Trunk or Treat 2017
The iKan-RCIL program started in August of 2010 and its purpose is to teach people who are blind/have low vision and are 55 years or older how to live as independently as possible. IKan-RCIL has been possible with contracts awarded from Kansas Rehabilitation Services (KRS) that allows funding for orientation and mobility training, assistive technology…
Though January is almost over there is still time to learn about Glaucoma. Currently over 3 million people in the United States have Glaucoma It is estimated that half of those people don’t know they have it There is no symptoms and once vision is lost it is permanent Glaucoma is the leading cause of…
RCIL offices will be closed Monday, September 5th, in observation of Labor Day. Fun Fact – Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894 to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers.
Reminder our offices will be closed Monday, May 30th, for Memorial Day. We will reopen Tuesday, May 31st, at 8:00am.
Our phones are back working. Sorry for any inconvenience!
Our Osage City office phone lines are currently not working. If you have payroll questions please email payrollhelpdesk@rcilinc.org.
The Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas, Inc. will be hosting a public comment forum over the State Plan for Independent Living(SPIL) for FFY 2017 to FFY 2019 on March 30th from 10am to 12pm. This is an opportunity to gather input, share comments and ask questions on the proposed SPIL. The forum will be…
Ms. Wheelchair Kansas is currently searching for women to participate in their 2016 event to be held March 11-13 in Topeka. Contestants can be nominated by a person or group or can choose to participate in the program. Are you a woman of achievement who is wheelchair mobile? Would you like to share your voice with the…
This week is Thanksgiving and our office locations will be closed Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th. I thought I’d also share some of what our employees said they were thankful for: Deone – I am thankful that disability rights advocates continue to fight for enforcement of the laws and protections that are in-place for…
Living in Kansas we know the weather is unpredictable. Since that is the case we should always be prepared for a severe storm including a tornado. Everyone should have a plan in place of where they will go in the case of a tornado and how will they get there. For individuals with physical disabilities something…
Do you want to help others? Are you looking for rewarding work with a flexible schedule and great hourly pay? Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. (RCIL) is seeking to hire patient, and caring Transitional Living Specialists, committed to creative problem solving and overcoming barriers, to work one-on-one with individuals in their homes who have…
RCIL has a lot of great information to share with you! RCIL will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary on September 25th with a open house from 11:00am-1:00pm at our Osage City home office. Please join us for FREE hot dogs, sloppy joes, chips, and CAKE! (Everyone loves cake!) Also, our Friends group that normally meets…
For those of you who don’t know RCIL has Friends meetings in Emporia, El Dorado, Eureka, Fort Scott, Iola, Osage City, and Paola. We send out a schedule in our quarterly newsletter that allows you know what the topic of the meeting will be along with a remind of when and where. At the end of this blog…
RCIL was awarded part of the grant from Kansas Rehabilitation and Services (KRS) to serve individuals who are 55 years and older and are blind or have low vision. RCIL has been serving this population since August of 2010 with the PILR/RCIL/SKIL consortium that was also funded by a grant from KRS. This time, however,…
You must show a photo ID if you are going to vote at the polls. BUT, if you apply for a permanent advance ballot, you do not have to show ID (you must have a permanent disability or illness). To vote you must be registered! Voter registration deadline is October 16, 2012 Get registered to…
The State of Kansas will be holding KanCare educational meetings in eight cities across Kansas September 24-26 to meet with Medicaid members and providers. Through the presentations and the question-and-answer sessions, details will be provided about the transition from old Medicaid to KanCare. This is the second round of educational tours hosted jointly by…