Community Access Center
Welcome to the Community Access Center (CAC) Web Site, an Independent Living Center. Community Access Center has been providing services to people with disabilities in Riverside County since 1995.
Mission Statement
The mission of Community Access Center is to empower persons with disabilities to control their own lives, create an accessible community and advocate to achieve complete social, economic, and political integration.We implement this vision by providing information, supportive services and independent living skills training.
The primary purpose of Community Access Center is to empower consumers with disabilities by providing services and information to support them in making choices that will positively affect their independence and productivity in society.
Community Access Center will accomplish this through a social-rehabilitation model. The Center serves all people with physical and mental disabilities regardless of race, ancestry, color, religion, age, marital status, sexual preference, gender and/or income.
Examples of People We Help
- Several people who are blind or have low vision are using computers with assistive technology in our Computer Lab.
- Twenty students who are deaf or hard of hearing take health classes in ASL.
- A veteran who is a quadriplegic and works in an office benefits from the qualified caregiver that he found through us.
- A person with low income and disabilities receives our list of available housing.
- A widow who is elderly and paraplegic meets our systems advocate at the Social Security Office to get help with filing her claim.
- Thirty five parents of children with disabilities attend our annual seminar to learn how to advocate within the school system.
- One woman with a mental health disability is glad that the Peer Support Group meets at her apartment complex.
- A high school teacher who is a wheelchair user applies for assistance with a threshold ramp through our Residential Accessibility Modification Program.
We Advocate for you!
Investigation of discrimination claims and mediation on behalf of people with disabilities in order to resolve conflicts that impede the attainment of needed benefits and services.
Consumer Rights Notification
Every consumer of the Community Access Center has the right to appeal any decision which denies you service. (NOTE: The appeal must follow certain guidelines and time limitations; ask your service provider for a copy of the procedure).
If you desire representation in addressing your concerns/dissatisfaction with the Community Access Center (CAC), you have the right to contact the Client Assistance Program (CAP) for assistance. Contact the CAP at 1-888-574-5339 and you will be referred to a Client Assistance Program not connected with CAC. This will prevent any potential conflict of interest.
