Community Integrated Living Arrangements

Loving homes where adults with developmental disabilities can live with support, independence, and community connection

Caritas CILA Program

Everyone deserves a safe, welcoming home and the opportunity to live with dignity, belonging, and as much independence as possible. Caritas Family Solutions’ Community Integrated Living Arrangements, or CILA, program provides residential support for adults with developmental disabilities in community-based settings across southern Illinois.

Our CILA residences are designed to feel like home. Residents live in comfortable community settings, share daily life with others, and receive the level of support they need from caring staff who are present around the clock. Each person has their own bedroom, and each home is built around encouragement, consistency, and respect for individual needs, goals, and routines.

Today, Caritas offers 13 residences that accommodate up to 62 residents in Caseyville, Fairview Heights, Swansea, O’Fallon, Belleville, Columbia, Hecker and Waterloo. These homes help adults with developmental disabilities live in the community rather than in an institutional setting, while still receiving the support needed to thrive.

What CILA Provides

CILA gives adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to live in a supportive home environment while building independence, relationships, and everyday life skills. Residents share responsibilities within the home, participate in their communities, and receive personalized support based on their unique strengths and needs.

Our staff are there at all times to provide care, guidance, and encouragement. Support may include help with daily living, building routines, strengthening relationships, and connecting to opportunities in the community. Across every residence, the goal is the same: to create a home where each person feels safe, valued, and supported.

how to help

Support CILA

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Join Our Team

We are in need of Direct Support Personnel in our CILA program. Get Info.

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A Home and Community of Their Own

Caritas CILA homes are located in residential neighborhoods and community settings so residents can experience the comfort of home while staying connected to the world around them. We believe home should be more than a place to live. It should be a place where people can grow, build relationships, and feel a true sense of belonging.

By offering personalized support in community-based residences, CILA helps residents move toward greater independence while honoring their individual pace, preferences, and goals.

I’ve been having a hard time since I lost my mom. My mom was sick with cancer, and I lost her. All I have is my brother. I like living there. I want to keep my room for good!

Everyone deserves an opportunity to live within the community. Or an opportunity to have paid employment. Everyone deserves the opportunity to build healthy relationships. Each individual has a story and with our staff and support systems, our residents are destined for success.

We cater our services to our resident’s individual needs. We become the family they want and need. They’re thriving and other people see the change in what we do. Our families are happy. They respect what we’re doing.

We truly are a step above here. We want to integrate these residents into the community with the same type of environments that we all enjoy. We focus on the fact that this is their home and we are always there for them. People with developmental disabilities deserve to know that, and feel it.

Learn how CILA benefits our community

Success Stories

Finding a Happy & Safe Home

Abuse and obstacles followed James throughout his life. And after seven schools and six homes in five years, he needed a happy, safe home. James found support and security in one of our CILA homes. Now, he works five days a week and enjoys his new-found independence