Celebrate With Us!

🎉 SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18! 🥳

Join us in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at our famous, favorite event of the year — the ADA Picnic!

🎂 Enjoy free birthday cake and lunch on us from Servin’ Thyme.

🎧 Move to the music of a live DJ from KBGA Radio.

🚵🏽 And test out some cool adaptive recreation gear in our demonstration area.

The fun runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Meadowlark Shelter at Fort Missoula Regional Park.

For more information, call (406) 728-1630.

Find an Event Near You!

Did You Know …

Summit hosts more than 50 events all around western Montana every month? For free?

🎨 Arts & Crafts Groups

📖 Book Clubs

🎭 Improv Sessions

🚸 Youth Groups

💸 Life Skills Workshops … and more!

To discover events in your area, just head over to our Calendar and sign up for our monthly newsletters!

We’re Hiring!

Summit Independent Living is looking to fill three important roles to better serve the people of Western Montana.

Independent Living Specialist, Polson

Independent Living Specialist, Kalispell

Peer Advocate, Kalispell

Interested? Just visit our Employment Opportunities page for more information and to apply.

Make Your Voice Heard!

What is the Action Alert System?

The 2025 Montana Legislative Session is over, but we’re still advocating for you and Montana’s many disability communities.

Use our statewide Action Alert system to:

Stay informed about the legislative and executive actions we’re tracking
Find who your local lawmakers are
Discover opportunities to take direct action

The Action Alert system is an email listserv and online portal designed to inform you about current local, state, and national issues that affect the lives of people with disabilities.

The Action Alert system is administered by The Montana Centers for Independent Living, which serves as a strong collective voice on a wide range of issues such as housing, employment, transportation, communities, recreation, and health and social services.

How does it work?

Just sign up by clicking the button on the right and we will email you about important opportunities to advocate on behalf of Montanans with disabilities locally, statewide, and nationally.

You may also visit the MTCIL Action Alert system website to learn more about our advocacy efforts and to take action on various issues right now.

Why should you join?

Now more than ever, we need to join forces to improve and preserve the services that keep people healthy, active, productive, and involved in their communities.

Remember, democracy is a participatory sport. We all have tremendous power to bring about positive change, but only if we get involved, speak out and demand that our elected officials do the right thing.

Our Action Alert system offers many opportunities for you to get involved, follow our advocacy efforts, and look up and contact your elected officials.

Become an Advocate

Who We Are

Summit Independent Living is a consumer-driven, non-residential, private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing peer-delivered services that are unique in the world of human services designed to give people with all types of disabilities the tools and resources that are needed to improve independence, self-confidence, knowledge, skills and access to community resources. Summit serves people with all types of disabilities.

Summit provides consumer and advocacy services to residents of Missoula, Ravalli, Mineral, Lake, Sanders, Flathead, and Lincoln Counties as well as works on a systemic level nationally and across Montana to improve the lives of individuals living with disabilities. Summit’s primary office is located in Missoula, Montana and has branch offices located in Hamilton, Ronan, and Kalispell.

We believe that people with disabilities have the right to control their own lives and enjoy the same opportunities as all other citizens.