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Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) is a grassroots community agency in Albuquerque, NM, dedicated to promoting equality and opportunity for individuals with disabilities. Founded in 1989, ILRC empowers people with disabilities to fully participate in family, community, and work life through advocacy and a range of services in 16 counties across New Mexico. As a consumer-controlled organization, ILRC is committed to the principles of independent living philosophy, which emphasizes the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. With a focus on dignity, freedom, and choice, ILRC offers programs and activities that support independence, including assistance with employment, housing, discrimination issues, and benefits applications.Generated from the website

Founded in 1976, A New Day Youth & Family Services is a nonprofit, multiservice agency that provides clinical services, educational programs and emergency shelter to more than 550 low-income families and their children. The agency offers services through outpatient offices and local schools. It operates The Shelter, which is a facility that provides safety and crisis intervention and emergency services to more than 300 children every year. A New Day Youth & Family Services offers trauma and grief counseling, anger management, substance use and abuse, values clarification, sand tray, play and equine assisted learning therapies. The agency provides refuge, prevention, intervention and therapeutic services. It offers life skills training sessions in the areas of social skills, employment opportunities, problem solving, communication, relationships, money management and independent living. The agency additionally operates the Families and Schools Together and the Girls Circle education programs. A New Day Youth & Family Services maintains a location in Albuquerque, N.M.