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Martin Luther King

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March & Rally, 11:45 a.m., Friday, June 5, Humboldt County Courthouse, Eureka--to protest California State budget cuts and proposed further cuts by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger! Click here for further information.

Our offices are at -. 2822 HARRIS STREET - EUREKA

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

WELCOME - To the Tri-County ONLINE Independent Living Center !

This is Your Place in Cyberspace to Explore, Learn, and Connect.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Are you a person with a disability and living in Eureka?

Would you like to take a more active role in creating an accessible community?

Consider joining the Accessibility Advisory Committee!

This group, currently in the formative stages, will meet at least monthly and focus on issues of accessibility in the City of Eureka, as well as on educating the general public on accessibility topics. Help to guarantee a regular, consistent, reasonable, but loud voice for the disability community before the Eureka City Council and in the halls of City government!

The next meeting will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 7 at the TCIL offices.

Contact Cindy Calderon or Glenn Reed at 707-445-8404 for more information.

What Can You Find On This Site?

We will strive to keep this site growing and evolving, and welcome your comments.Enjoy!

TCILC NEWS !

Its early yet, but we want to let everyone know about the time and date

of our BIG event this year:

Tri-County Independent Living’s

6th Annual
Respect For Abilities Day !

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Friday, July 24, 2009

Vickers (Home Economics)
Building, Redwood Acres, Eureka.

Tri-County Independent Living will hold our 6th Annual Respect for Abilities Day on Friday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Redwood Acres in Eureka.

The event will include assistive technology displays, information tables from local service providers, government agencies, businesses and other groups. TCIL is also planning to offer various educational workshops during that week in recognition of the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. Be sure to watch for further information in the mail and in our RespectAbility newsletter by late June and early July.

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News!

Tri-County Device Loan Library

Is growing ever larger! We now have some VERY USEFUL new items you can check out!

You can make a request, borrow something for 2 to 12 weeks, and if you want to purchase, C.A.T.E. offers low-interest loans!

The California Assistive Technology Exchange also offers very low interest loans for those items over $1000.00

And DON'T FORGET! - For the use of our friends who are deaf/HOH, we also have a Sorenson Video Phone available, and a small video/ CD/ book library dedicated to living with deafness.

We have ALL KINDS of Assistive Devices available for loan, just give us a call!-

This Loan program is made possible through the California Assistive Technology Exchange

We are always seeking Artwork by People who have a disability to show here on our site!

El programa estelar de opinión de la cadena educativa HITN-TV

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Tri-County's New ADVOCACY Bulletin!

EUREKA ! NEED A WHEELCHAIR RAMP?

The City Wheelchair Ramp Grant Program is for tenants/homeowners located within the city limits of Eureka who are low income and require a wheelchair ramp for access to their home.  The homeowner/tenant is responsible to acquire a licensed contractor to perform the work to the Building Department specs.  In tenant situations, the tenant is required to obtain the landlord's approval signature for the construction of the ramp. 

The first step is to contact Melinda Petersen, Redevelopment Programs Coordinator, at (707) 441-4214 and obtain a copy of the application and wheelchair ramp construction guidelines.  The application is to be returned, along with income verification, and the contractor's bid proposal.  Once authorized, we can approve up to $1,500.00 maximum towards the construction of the ramp.  It is up to the homeowner to pay out of pocket if the bid proposal exceeds $1,500.00.  $5,000 is budgeted yearly. 

RAMP NEWS!

We want to let everyone know that TCIL’s Residential Wheelchair Ramp Construction Program is up and rolling forward again thanks to two generous grants!

The Melvin F. & Grace McLean Foundation in Fortuna, which enabled TCIL to get this new program off the ground in 2008 has, once again, awarded us a $10,000 grant for this purpose. In addition, the Union Labor Health Foundation in Eureka has approved another $5,000 for the ramp effort. Please join us in thanking these wonderful people.

The TCIL Ramp Program is intended for low-income people with disabilities, including youth and seniors, in the agency’s service area, which includes Humboldt, Trinity and Del Norte Counties. This grant funding is limited to Humboldt County, however, so our available resources for building ramps in Del Norte & Trinity Counties are limited at this time.

The Ramp Program was initiated at the end of 2007 and assisted with the construction of five wheelchair ramps in Eureka and Rio Dell during this past year. Several of these projects were collaborations with the City of Eureka’s Redevelopment Agency, which also has a Residential Wheelchair Ramp Grant Program. Other ramp efforts relied on volunteer assistance for the actual construction or working with other service providers such as the Humboldt Senior Resource Center. The more volunteers we enlist, of course, the more money we save so that we are able to extend the dollars farther and build more ramps. The program always needs volunteers—particularly licensed contractors and others with carpentry skills.

Please be aware that there is a significant waiting list for ramps. However, we are taking referrals on an ongoing basis, as many at the top of the list may not have suitable sites or we may not be able to gather the necessary resources together as easily for them.

Also note that TCIL is required to construct ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant ramps, as well as obtain necessary project permits, and many sites are just not suitable for them. For instance, mobile homes in parks and Victorian houses with sloping yards and entrances high off the ground often do not have enough yard space for adequate ramps.

There are also a few other ramp resources available in this area, including the City of Eureka Redevelopment Agency’s Ramp Grant Program (707-441-4209) and a ramp grant program through the City of Arcata Community Development Department (707-822-5955). Often, TCIL can collaborate on ramp projects with both. Also, if you are a Medi-Cal recipients then they can pay for portable, temporary ramps, though not permanent ones.

If you are interested in applying to, or learning more about the Residential Wheelchair Ramp Construction Program, or in volunteering, please contact TCIL at 707-445-8404.

Are YOU ready for an EMERGENCY??

Below are links to the Emergency Survival Program booklets, released by theLos Angeles Office of Emergency Management. This is information everyoneshould know!

ESP-Family Steps to Survival - English (pdf format) ESP-Family Steps to Survival - Spanish (pdf format)

(Download the Adobe .pdf reader)

Emergency Survival Program (ESP) home page

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