In February, several staff went down to Madison for the annual Independent Living or IL Days. This is a yearly opportunity for staff from all eight Independent Living Centers (ILC’s) to come together for a day of sessions on addressing issues and providing IL services...
This year’s Relentless Badger Award Winner from CILWW was Ken Arneson, a volunteer driver with the New Freedom Transportation Program. Ken was presented the award at IL Days in Madison on February 19.Here is what staff wrote in their nomination of Ken for the award....
Housing discrimination against people with disabilities is common, but with information and the assistance of the Fair Housing Center of Northeast Wisconsin (FHCNW), housing consumers can fight back. In 2019, 58% of statewide housing discrimination complaints filed...
On January 29th Assistant Director, Kyle Kleist, along with representatives from the other seven Independent Living Centers (ILC’s) provided testimony on SB567 (https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/sb567) to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services...
On November 22, Governor Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 168 into law. The signing event was held at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus and was attended by Angela Brenna and Amanda Miller from the Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin,...
On Wednesday, November 6th, Assistant Director Kyle Kleist was at the capital in Madison along with representatives from the other eight Independent Living Centers (ILC’s) in Wisconsin, meeting with legislators from our ten county service area asking them to support...
