The Blue Water Center for Independent Living (BWCIL, for short) has been providing independent living services to persons with any type of disability living in the Thumb Region of Michigan, since 1986.  Since then, the BWCIL has been a leader in providing holistic, individually-tailored independent living skills training, advocacy, information and referral and peer support programs for persons with disabilities.  Our service area includes the following counties: Huron, Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac and Tuscola.  There is an office located in the cities of Lapeer, Port Huron, Sandusky and Caro and the village of Bad Axe.

Our Mission

The BWCIL is designed specifically to assist people with disabilities in achieving and maintaining independent lifestyles.  Independent living means having the opportunity to make decisions that affect one's life and the ability to pursue those choices.  Independent living has to do with self-determination.  It's having the right and the opportunity to pursue a course of action.  It's having the right to learn and to try.

What is Independent Living?

The idea of independent living in not complicated.  It simply means that a person who has a disability of any sort should have the right to fulfill the dreams they imagine for themselves.  The duty of the BWCIL is to help consumers find the resources they need to accomplish their independent living goals.  The Center is greatly influenced by individuals with disabilities who have been successful in building independent lifestyles and who play a vital role in the agency's operations by sharing their expertise with others.  Fortunately, people with disabilities do not have to do it all on their own.  The staff, the members, the volunteers, and the Board of Directors of the BWCIL are deeply committed to assisting people with disabilities to become more independent.

Contact Information

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about our programs and services.  If you have a disability, invest in yourself.  We will assist you with what you want to do!

Telephone

810-987-9337

TDD Number

1(800)527-5167

FAX

810-987-9548

Postal address

310 Water Street Port Huron MI 48060

Electronic mail

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Last modified: 11/30/01