Who wouldn’t like to expand their services and their budget at the same time? If your CIL is willing to do its homework, a fee-for-service program could provide you with just that opportunity. Join us in February for this two-part series on developing fee-for-service programs at centers for independent living. You’ll learn how you can research, build, and implement fee-for-service programs the right way. You’ll learn from a center that’s built several successful programs that have expanded and supported their core services. Participants will learn: • The role of planning to identify the community’s needs, the CIL’s capacities, and the steps forward toward providing fee-based services • The kind of research that will be helpful in decision making and ideas for doing it • The questions to ask about personnel needed and how to support them • Some of the potential purchasers of services that are appropriate for CILs and how to approach them • Community relationships to create or expand • Some of the barriers and solutions to offering fee-based services • How to think more like a business • How to stay true to IL philosophy in a business environment • Organizational steps to take to build the right infrastructure • What financial planning needs to take place • Legal considerations when charging fees and working under contract