Independence Empowerment Center

Independence Empowerment Center, Inc. (IEC) is a community-based, non-profit, non-residential service and advocacy organization operated by and for people with disabilities in the state of Virginia. Our service area covers Prince William and Fauquier Counties, as well as the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. IEC is a fully registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 1999. IEC promotes disability rights, equal access, and full community participation for persons with disabilities. We work with individuals with disabilities to maintain or take back charge of their own lives and make their own choices and decisions in order to be as self-sufficient as possible. With our consumers' assistance, we lead efforts to break down barriers and prejudices within our communities. When these barriers are removed and prejudices are replaced with positive attitudes, persons with disabilities will have equal access to society. Independence Empowerment Center is associated with a national movement of almost 500 Centers for Independent Living. These Centers are advocacy-based organizations governed and operated by persons with disabilities for persons with disabilities.

IEC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit Center for Independent Living and is one of over 500 Centers in the United States with roots in the civil rights models of the 1960s. All people with disabilities who live in Prince William and Fauquier Counties and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park are eligible for IEC services. The Mission of IEC is to encourage, support, and provide options to people with disabilities. Our Vision is to assist people with disabilities: Access appropriate community services Exercise their civil rights Participate in all aspects of society Advocate their value to society Independence Empowerment Center directly assists persons with disabilities to establish or maintain lives in the community. We serve and support people with disabilities of all ages to increase and maintain independence. We also assist families and communities.