| Service Provider | Independent Living Centre of Waterloo Region |
| Project | Albert Street Project |
| Category | Supportive Housing Units (SHU) |
| Address | 383 Albert Street |
| City | Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Postal Code | N2L 6E3 |
| Nearest Main Intersection | Albert & Columbia Streets |
| Phone | (519)746-8761 |
| Fax | (519)893-2213 |
| Email | info@ilcwr.org |
| Number of Consumers Served | 9 |
| Population | 3 M. & 1 W. |
| Unit Type | 1 one-bdrm. & 9 two-bdrm. apartments |
| Services to persons with ABI | No |
| Respite Services | No |
| Bowel & Bladder Procedures | Yes |
| Suctioning & Ventilators | Yes |
| G Tube Feeding | Yes |
| Augmented Communications Devices | Yes |
| Other Services | |
| Catchment Area | Waterloo Region |
| Application Process | Apply directly to service provider. |
| Applications - Contact | IL Assistance Program Supervisor |
| Applications - Address | ILC of Waterloo Region, 3400 King St. E., Kitchener, ON N2A 4B2,
(519) 894-8350 |
| Available Spaces Per Year | 5 for 1996/97 |
| Self-Direction of Services Required | Consumers are expected to direct own services. |
| Hiring Attendants | Hiring Board is made up of interested consumers & project supervisor. |
| Training Attendants | Consumers train attendants on own personal routines. |
| Performance Appraisals of Attendants | Consumers fill out an annual evaluation of staff. |
| Choice in gender of attendants | Yes, for personal care. |
| Languages | |
| Consumer Representation on Board of Directors | 29% of Board are consumers & 51% are PWDs. Consumers & PWDs are also represented on the Board Executive. |
| Rent Subsidies Available | Yes |
| Are leases separate from personal support service contracts? | Yes |
| Comments | Currently, the project is working to find a solution to the lack of rent subsidies available. The IL Centre has an IN-HOME RESPITE SERVICE FOR CAREGIVERS, which serves 250 - 500 people in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region. |
