FACTS: 100 percent of your United Way Contributions to JCIL are used to provide direct services for individuals with disabilities and not used for salaries, travel or any type of administrative expense. Your contributions STAY IN YOUR COUNTY to provide assistive devices and home modifications. At JCIL, United Way means INDEPENDENCE for PEOPLE with disABILITIES.

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2006-2007 allotment = 0
To date we have served four individuals with our Accessible Housing and Homeownership Program. So far $239 has been invested in direct services for a bathtub bench, wheelchair repair and wheelchair batteries. Also two persons with disabilities have qualified for six homeownership grants totalling $48,998.

2005-2006 REPORT: In 05-06 three individuals were served by our Accessible Housing Program with assistance in home modifications and home ownership. We invested all of our Weakley County United Way allocation in direct services plus another $23,000 in homeowner grants.

Weakley County United Way invested $2,000 in JCIL in 2004/2005
and JCIL invested over $2,500 in Weakley County! PLUS+ Another Weakley County resident will receive $14,999 to assist them in becoming a HOME OWNER.


The JCIL/Weakley County partnership made it possible to purchase items such as homes, home modifications, bathtub benches, shower chairs and hydrotheraphy equipment, hand controls for a car, Christmas gifts, employment and independence for persons with disability.

The JCIL staff wraps Christmas gifts for a Weakley County family who lost everything in a house fire..

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JCIL services make it possible for people with disabilities to get involved in community activities... ...and to become volunteers and employees of JCIL.