User:CharlieCarr/Northeast Independent Living Program

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The Northeast Independent Living Program (NILP) founded in 1980 was the fourth Independent Living Center (ILC) in Massachusetts. Its founder, Charles Carr, worked closely in the development of the Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL) which is the second ILC in the country. He left BCIL to start his own center which emphasized cross-disability and consumer control to a greater degree. Always controversial, but highly effective in serving many traditionally un/underserved disability groups, NILP flourished and became a national model under Carr's leadership until he was tapped to become commissioner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission in 2007.