Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities

Annually CID helps more than 2,000 people with disabilities through direct and indirect services. We also help more than 3,400 people with disabilities with individual and systems advocacy issues. Our services include Housing Accessibility Modification or HAM (installing grab bars, rails, ramps, hand-held showers, etc. for low-income San Mateo County residents), and Independent Living Skills (an Occupational Therapist will do an evaluation in the home to see what modifications or adaptive equipment might be needed, and can measure for the grab bars as well). We also provide Peer Counseling (individual and group) by licensed, trained persons with disabilities, and Financial Benefits Counseling (regarding applications or appeals for SSI, SSDI, or MediCal). Two programs utilize volunteers from the community: The Assistive Technology (AT) Program is a relatively new program that is designed to educate and train the public concerning technology that can assist people with disabilities. We maintain an information database of community resources and have links to the California statewide AT Network in Sacramento.