Topeka Independent Living Resource

Three Rivers is a nonprofit organization that serves individuals with disabilities. It conducts independent living skills training sessions on budgeting, personal grooming, interpersonal communication, problem solving, cooking and home maintenance. The organization provides vocational and referral services to individuals in obtaining their employment goals. Three Rivers offers personal attendant care and independent living counseling services to individuals between the ages of 16 and 64 who have physical disabilities. It also offers physical, occupational, speech, cognitive and psychiatric therapy services to individuals between the ages of 15 and 65 who have traumatic brain injuries. The organization s personal care services include assistance with dressing, feeding, bathing and medications management. Three Rivers is located in Wamego, Kan.

The Family Conservancy, located in Kansas City, is an independent nonprofit child and family service organization. It is approved by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Children and Families. It offers various families the resources in areas, including individual and family counseling, early childhood care and education and community-based family support to the families. It has a family support center for Spanish-speaking families that provides counseling to women and their children. It hosts an empowerment group that helps women to advocate themselves against abuse in their lives. Its services also include a drug and alcohol group, a batterer s group, and a children s group. The organization offers a family empowerment program to foster academic achievement and cultural goal setting in children and youth. Its family focus program provides educational and social programs for family, children and community health care.