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Empowering People with Disabilities

Find a Program for You

Programs designed to help people living with disabilities or their care providers.

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Our Mission

Who We Are

The Progressive Center for Independent Living, Inc., (PCIL), founded by individuals with disabilities and family of people with disabilities, is a private not-for-profit community-based organization dedicated to the mission of providing programs and services to people with disabilities and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities since 1996. Through promotion of choice, self-direction, and inclusion, PCIL partners with people with disabilities and their families to achieve and maintain independent lifestyles and to ensure the same freedoms and civil liberties as everyone else. 

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Do you live in Mercer or Hunterdon County New Jersey? 

Do you or someone you know have a diagnosed disability and you want to find out more about what PCIL has to offer? 

 

Click the GET HELP button below and get connected to one of the trained specialists. Or choose View All Programs to browse all we have to offer. 

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Upcoming Events

  • Give Back Night - LTDL Peer Support Group
    Give Back Night - LTDL Peer Support Group
    Tue, Jan 20
    Jan 20, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    PCIL Mercer Office, 3635 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619, USA
    Join us as we assemble care packages and giveaways for those in need—a night of giving, teamwork, and community spirit.
  • Heart Healthy Month - A Hunterdon Peer Group Session
    Heart Healthy Month - A Hunterdon Peer Group Session
    Feb 09, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    PCIL Hunterdon Office, 1220 NJ-31, Lebanon, NJ 08833, USA
    Join our Hunterdon Peer Support Group this February for an engaging session discussing heart healthy food choices. Guest speaker nutritionist Claudia Shore will guide participants through recipes and even make a healthy snack together.
  • “Chilly” Cook-Off and Community Choice Night, Mercer Recreation Event
    “Chilly” Cook-Off and Community Choice Night, Mercer Recreation Event
    Thu, Feb 26
    Feb 26, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Progressive Center for Independent Livin, 3635 Quakerbridge Rd #40, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619, USA
    Join us for a chili cook-off! Staff will prepare their signature chili dishes, while you take on the role of taster, scorer, and voter to select the winning chili recipe!

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Progressive Center for Independent Living

MERCER LOCATION

3635 Quakerbridge Rd.,

Suite 40

Hamilton, NJ 08619

Email: info@pcil.org

Phone: (609) 581-4500

Fax: (609) 581-4555

HUNTERDON LOCATION

1220 State Highway 31,

Suite 14

Lebanon, NJ 08833

Email: info@pcil.org

Phone: (908) 782-1055

Fax: (908) 782-1081

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