Your answers help shape Hawaiʻi's plan — and the services it pays for.
Every three years, Hawaiʻi writes a State Plan for Independent Living. It decides which services get funded, and where. This survey is how the plan finds out what people actually need.
You do not need to have used any service to take part. If you have never heard of a Center for Independent Living, your answers matter just as much — arguably more.
Short survey
About 4 minutes · 11 questions
The quick version. Covers where you live, what you need most, and the biggest barrier you face.
- Good on a phone
- Nothing is required — skip anything
- No account, no email needed
Full assessment
About 20 to 25 minutes
The complete survey. Covers services, barriers, emergencies, daily needs, and what you would change.
- Stop and come back — your place is saved
- Nothing is required — skip anything
- The version the plan is written from
Other ways to take part
You do not have to fill in a form on a screen. Any of these count exactly the same.
Have someone help you
Book a time and someone will go through the survey with you — on the phone, on a video call, or in person on your island. They read the questions, you answer, they write it down.
Your answers are still yours. Having help does not change how they are counted.
Get it in another format
Large print, Braille, plain text, or a paper copy in the post. Another language, or an ASL interpreter for a session.
Tell us what works for you. If what you need is not on our list, ask anyway.
Come to a talk story
Sessions and public forums on each island. No forms, no writing — a conversation about what independent living is actually like where you live.
Interpreters, transport and attendant care are arranged on request.
Ask us for what you need
The quickest way is to call or text. A person answers, and you do not have to fill in anything.
Call or text [PHONE] Email [EMAIL]
Or build a request here and send it
Nothing on this page is sent anywhere on its own. You choose what you need, then either send it from your own email or copy it and pass it on however you like — text, post, or read it out on the phone.
What happens with the answers
A report will be published here. It is not ready yet — the survey is still a draft and no answers have been collected.
When it is published you will be able to read:
- What people said they need most, by island
- Which services are hard to get, or not available at all, where you live
- What we heard at talk story sessions and public forums, in people's own words
- How many people answered, from where — including who we did not manage to reach
SILC also reports this data at its public quarterly meetings, which anyone may attend.
How we handle your answers
- We do not attach your name to your answers.
- We report group totals — by island or by county. We never report anything that could identify one person.
- Contact details, if you choose to give them, are kept separately from your answers and used only to send you news.
- SILC reports this data at its public quarterly meetings and publishes a summary of what we learned.
Words used in this survey
- Independent living
- The idea that people with disabilities have the right to make their own choices, direct their own services, and take part in community life with the same options as anyone else.
- Center for Independent Living (CIL)
- A local nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live independently — peer support, skills training, advocacy, and information and referrals. Run by and for people with disabilities.
- Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)
- The appointed statewide council that plans and advocates for independent living in Hawaiʻi. Most of its members are people with disabilities. SILC is asking you these questions.
- State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)
- A three-year plan that guides independent living services in Hawaiʻi. Your answers help write the next one.
Statewide Independent Living Council of Hawaiʻi · independentlivinghawaii.org
Draft instrument. Responses are stored only in your browser and are not yet sent to SILC.