Resources
Living & Housing Management
A Happy Life - A small grass-roots agency providing the support needed to individuals living with disabilities to live in the community of their choice.
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CCHI - Initiative helping facilitate housing and community engagement to include adults with disabilities.
Poupard Place -Supportive housing project that will be home to low-income households and persons who have a disability or households with a family member who has a disability.
Zion Woods - Welcoming and inclusive environment where families can thrive and individuals with a disability can live independently.
Engage, IL - A grass-roots coalition representing the interests of self-advocates with disabilities and their families who want to create a self-directed, strength-based life in their home community. Through education and outreach, we will build a strong, unified voice to advocate for these interests.
View more resources from Engage
Recent Webinar Resources:
Who Helps Me Decide? Tools for Independence and Support Resources
My Place, My Life: Housing Model that Fits Me
Safe and Strong: Knowing your rights and speaking up
Healthy Relationships
Find Love Safely - Personalized matchmaking for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Free virtual workshop -
The 5 Steps to Finding Your Tribe, Building Friendships, and Dating Successfully
December 11, 2025 6-7 pm
Transportation Support
RAP Program
Pace has a Rideshare Access Program (RAP)
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PLEASE CLICK HERE TO NOTE AN UPDATE TO THE RAP PROGRAM AS OF OCTOBER 2025
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Increasing the TAP and RAP fares to $3.25 per trip (to equal the ADA Paratransit fare)
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Capping the number of TAP and RAP rides to 30 per month per rider
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Pace will subsidize ADA-eligible rider’s Rideshare trip cost up to $30,
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Riders can choose more convenient and less expensive options to get around the community.
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Rides can be scheduled at a moment’s notice, instead of booking rides a day(s) in advance. Booking can be done on a smartphone, just like a regular Uber or UZURV trip scheduled within the company’s app.
Subsidized Taxicab Program
The Northbrook Village's Subsidized Taxicab Program offers residents of incorporated Northbrook who have a disability an affordable transportation option. The program utilizes an electronic swipe card (ESC) to offset the metered fare. At the beginning of each month, 16 ride subsidies are automatically loaded to the participant's ESC. Each ride subsidy has a value of $5. Learn more at northbrook.il.us/taxi
Facebook Group
There is a new Facebook group for parents, families, and support people of TotalLink participants called 'Link2 Families - connecting families of TotalLink.' The group's goal is to build community and connect through hangouts outside of our programs. It was a group created by a few TotalLink parents so everyone can share outing ideas, plan get-togethers, and share resources with others in the TotalLink community. If your adult is on a waitlist for a program, wants to get together with friends outside of programs, or if you are looking for additional resources other families may know, this may be a great place to start. While TotalLink is not running this group, we fully support our participants in fostering friendships outside of programs.
TotalLink Phonebook
Connect with other TotalLink friends and families. The mission of the TotalLink Phonebook is for our young adults and families to connect with one another and build relationships outside of TotalLink. This may be for setting up carpooling to programs, inviting friends to a special occasion, for parent communication, or for connecting with other young adults.