Program areas at Indigo / North Country Independent Living Inc
Personal care program North Country serves people of all ages & disabilities. North Country allows our consumers to have a choice in how his/her services are provided. North Country provided personal/supportive home care to 61 consumers. North Country also provided $328,409 in pass-through funds from Wisconsin medicaid through subcontractors to 3 group homes serving an additional 10 consumers.
North Country provided voucher assistance to 186 individuals covering 182,883 miles. The purpose of their 9,988 rides include education and training, medical, shopping and personal, and social and recreational.
North Country provided disability services in 8 counties and 4 tribal reservations in northwest Wisconsin. The 5 core services are information & referral, advocacy, peer support, transition & Independent Living training. North Country provided information about disability-related issues to 1,904 callers. In addition, North Country assisted 69 consumers to accomplish goals they had set during the year. Other North Country services included accessibility, assistive technology, transportation, youth transition, vocation benefits counseling, integrated employment and peer support. North Country promotes consumer control and choice. North Country provides services in the following 8 counites in northwest Wisconsin. Douglas, bayfield, ashland, iron, price, sawyer, burnett, & washburn. North Country provides services to the following 4 tribal communities red cliff, bad river, st. croix, & lac courte oreilles.
Other projects such as wistech assistive technology, universal service, cilww, expanded services, and wisloan telework.