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Advancing Independence, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.

Advancing Independence Inc. is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law (herein, the "Code"). The specific and primary purposes of this corporation are to provide the means for youth and adults to develop independence and achieve their individual life goals, by providing culturally, individually, and developmentally-appropriate support

and access to resources including housing assistance, educational development, employment development, health care, life skills training, and counseling services. Consistent with these purposes, the corporation is authorized to receive contributions and to make donations to, dispense contributions to, and otherwise aid and support those organizations which have established their tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, and which are organized and operated exclusively for the above-stated purposes.