Service Center for Independent Life - SCIL

Service Center for Independent Life - SCIL Stop DIS-ing your ABILITIES!!! Seek. Grow. Succeed. Our goal is simply to encourage people to make good choices and exercise control over their own lives.

To do this we will expand their access to information and resources, increase their independence, and improve the quality of their lives. We will work with anyone who comes to us regardless of disability, race, gender, life style, or religious persuasion. At present, 90% of our staff and 60% of our Board of Directors have significant disability. This gives us a unique insight into what our consumers face each day and permits us to effectively guide them in addressing their concerns, issues, and problems.

  at SCIL Thank you   for hosting a nutrition workshop. Clients learned about serving, portion sizes, and nutrition labe...
01/15/2026

at SCIL

Thank you for hosting a nutrition workshop. Clients learned about serving, portion sizes, and nutrition labels.

Thank you, VIP, Inc., Anthesis, OPARC, .inc_services, and for attending

First art therapy session of 2026A sunrise painting symbolising a new year and a new beginning ☀️🌅Thanks to VIP, Inc., O...
01/08/2026

First art therapy session of 2026

A sunrise painting symbolising a new year and a new beginning ☀️🌅

Thanks to VIP, Inc., OPARC and for participating

SCIL‘s Christmas partyThe SCIL team wishes everyone a very blessed holiday seasonLooking forward to an amazing new year
12/23/2025

SCIL‘s Christmas party

The SCIL team wishes everyone a very blessed holiday season

Looking forward to an amazing new year

Final wellness hour of the yearSCIL participated in Paul Eugene's  . Clients loved that it incorporated multiple styles ...
12/18/2025

Final wellness hour of the year

SCIL participated in Paul Eugene's .

Clients loved that it incorporated multiple styles of dance for the workouts
Thank you, OPARC and VIP, Inc., for participating
We'll see you all next year

SCIL’s December art therapy classThe best part is that we always make it holiday-themedClients used a Christmas tree out...
12/11/2025

SCIL’s December art therapy class

The best part is that we always make it holiday-themed
Clients used a Christmas tree outline to colour and decorate a tree with beads and glitter.

We love seeing our clients express themselves through creative outlets
Thank you, OPARC, VIP, Inc., and for attending.
Happy holidays

SCIL‘s December cooking classArroz con leche. Our clients learned how to make Mexican rice pudding.Thank you , and OPARC
12/11/2025

SCIL‘s December cooking class

Arroz con leche. Our clients learned how to make Mexican rice pudding.

Thank you , and OPARC

SCIL would like to thank Tri-City Mental Health Services for hosting us for a very special event.  . Clients enjoyed pla...
12/09/2025

SCIL would like to thank Tri-City Mental Health Services for hosting us for a very special event. .

Clients enjoyed planting succulents and exploring the garden
Getting outside for a class is always a nice treat

Thank you APEX CIT, VIP, Inc. and

Art therapySomething a bit different: working with chalk. Thank you, OPARC and VIP, Inc., for participating.
11/13/2025

Art therapy

Something a bit different: working with chalk.

Thank you, OPARC and VIP, Inc., for participating.

SCIL's clients always ask for different types of workouts for wellness hour.They all love dance, so thank you, Cavikas, ...
11/06/2025

SCIL's clients always ask for different types of workouts for wellness hour.

They all love dance, so thank you, Cavikas, for teaching us the healing power of dance and Tango
Our clients had an absolute blast.

Thank you, OPARC, , and VIP, Inc. for attending.

We plan on hosting this again sometime next year.

In yesterday‘s life skills workshop, we took our clients into the community and had them use the Claremont Village map t...
11/05/2025

In yesterday‘s life skills workshop, we took our clients into the community and had them use the Claremont Village map to develop navigational skills.

Thank you, APEX CIT, .inc_services, OPARC, and Anthesis for participating.

Round 2 of October's art therapy class!sugar skullsThank you, .inc_services and VIP, Inc., for attending.
10/23/2025

Round 2 of October's art therapy class!

sugar skulls

Thank you, .inc_services and VIP, Inc., for attending.

Address

107 S Spring Street
Claremont, CA
91711

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19096216722

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Service Center for Independent Life - SCIL posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Service Center for Independent Life - SCIL:

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram

Our Story

Service Center for Independent Life (SCIL) works with persons with disabilities of all ages. Since 1980 SCIL’s sphere of influence encompasses 22 cities in South East Los Angeles County, and the East San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. Services include but are not limited to: self-advocacy training, assistive technology, housing information, independent living skills training, peer counseling, benefits planning and information & referral services. All services are provided at no cost to SCIL consumers.

No other resource offers the same array of services and cross disability expertise provided by SCIL. The goal of SCIL is simply to encourage and support people to make good choices and exercise control over their own lives and provide expanded access to information and resources to assist them in increasing their independence. SCIL will work with anyone who comes to us regardless of disability, race, gender, life style, or religious persuasion. At present, 100% of our staff and 65% of our Board of Directors are people with disabilities, giving us a unique insight into what our consumers face each day permitting us to more effectively serve our consumers.