Options is a non-profit organization committed to assisting individuals with disabilities to live independently in the communities of their choice and to eliminate barriers of attitude, architecture and communication from the environment.
Options: Interstate Resource Center for Independent Living (IRCIL) is a Resource Center for Independent Living. We are a private, nonprofit center that provides services to maximize the independence of individuals with disabilities. We are funded by various State and Federal grants, as well as private donations.
We are a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, non-residential center that is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and provide an array of independent living services . Our services are free of charge to individuals requesting them. Since October 1986, Options: IRCIL has worked to make our service area a better place to live, work and play for people with disabilities.
We serve counties in Northeast North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota.
North Dakota counties include: Benson, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Steele, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Wells, Eddy and Foster.
Minnesota counties include: Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater, and Hubbard.