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Empowering People with Disabilities

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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

  • Change Happens: Finding the Good in New Beginnings with LTDL of Mercer
    Change Happens: Finding the Good in New Beginnings with LTDL of Mercer
    Sep 01, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    PCIL Mercer, 3635 Quakerbridge Rd #40, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619, USA
    Participants will explore the different types of change we experience throughout life, including changes in seasons, relationships, and personal growth. The group will discuss the challenges that can come with change while focusing on healthy was to cope and finding positive opportunities.
  • PCIL Midweek Mixer at UNO
    PCIL Midweek Mixer at UNO
    Wed, Sep 02
    UNO Pizzeria & Grill
    Sep 02, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:50 PM
    UNO Pizzeria & Grill, 225 Sloan Ave, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619, USA
    Join us as we celebrate 30 years of empowering people with disabilities to live independently throughout Mercer County and Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Anyone dining at UNO on this date will help build our Fraser Fund!
  • PCIL Midweek Mixer at Buffalo Wild Wings Flemington
    PCIL Midweek Mixer at Buffalo Wild Wings Flemington
    Sep 09, 2026, 12:00 PM – 11:59 PM
    Buffalo Wild Wings, 144 NJ-31 Suite 100, Flemington, NJ 08822, USA
    Join us as we celebrate 30 years of empowering people with disabilities to live independently throughout Mercer County and Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Anyone dining at Buffalo Wild Wings on this date will help build our Fraser Fund!
  • PCIL Midweek Mixer at Buffalo Wild Wings Princeton
    PCIL Midweek Mixer at Buffalo Wild Wings Princeton
    Sep 09, 2026, 12:00 PM – 11:59 PM
    Buffalo Wild Wings, 3465 US-1, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
    Join us as we celebrate 30 years of empowering people with disabilities to live independently throughout Mercer County and Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Anyone dining at Buffalo Wild Wings on this date will help build our Fraser Fund!
  • Letter to My Future Self with Hunterdon Peer Group
    Letter to My Future Self with Hunterdon Peer Group
    Mon, Sep 14
    Sep 14, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    PCIL Hunterdon Office, 1220 Highway 31, Suite 14, Lebanon, NJ 08833
    Writing a letter to oneself can be a meaningful reflective activity! Please join us to discover more about yourself and engage in themes that will lead us to observing our experiences, using our imagination and helping with a growth mindset.

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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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