Independent Resources, Inc. (IRI) - Wilmington, Dover, Seaford, DE

Location: Wilmington, Dover, Seaford, DE.

Independent Resources, Inc. (IRI) is a Federally funded, private non-profit, non-residential organization providing services to persons with disabilities. IRI is a statewide organization with offices located in Wilmington, Dover and Dagsboro. Each office provides services that consumers consider critical in gaining control over their lives; services they feel will enable them to function in the community of their choosing.

IRI acts as a resource center to persons with varying disabilities as well as a resource for educating the public, organizations that serve persons with disabilities, and policy makers regarding issues that affect the disability community. “Centers for Independent Living”, such as IRI, are not unique to Delaware, and at last count there were well over 300 existing across the country. Like all Centers such as these, IRI provides four core services: Advocacy, Information and Referral, Peer Counseling/Peer Support and Independent Living Skills Training. We go further to provide such other services to the community as: Sensitivity Training, Community Education and Outreach, Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Computer Training for the Blind, a Transition Program, and an Employment Network.