CIL Center for Independent Living

Centers for Independent Living are advocacy and resource centers for people with disabilities.

Summit Independent Living Center is a CIL!

There are four CILs in Montana: Summit, MILP, LIFTT and NCILS.

MVR Montana Vocational Rehabilitation

Vocational Rehabilation, sometimes called Voc Rehab, can assist people with disabilities to find or keep their jobs.

MVR provides services to the entire state of Montana.

OPA Office of Public Assistance

The Office of Public Assistance is a place where people go to apply for and receive services.

The OPA runs programs such as Medicaid, which helps pay for medical services and equipment like hospital stays and wheelchairs, and SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

SNAP helps people with limited incomes buy food from the store.

People with SNAP buy food by using a card that looks and works just like a debit card!