
About Us
SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence, Inc. (SADI) is a center for independent living.
Our services are available to anyone in the community who needs support to remain living in their home. Whether the person is elderly and needs some assistance or is living with a disability, SADI can help.
Funding
How is SADI Funded?
In order to provide independent living services to as many people as possible, SADI receives funding from various sources: Missouri Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, fees for service, private donations and fundraising.
Independent Living Services
SADI is grant-funded through Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Vocational Rehabilitation) to provide independent living services in the five counties of Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry, Scott and Mississippi.
The center provides, but is not limited to:
- Information and Referral
- Peer Support
- Life Skills Trainings
- Advocacy
- Assistive Technology
- Client Assistance
- Employment Mentoring
- Transportation (Cape, Jackson, And Scott City Areas Only)
- Transition Services
Personal Care Services
SADI also contracts with Department of Health and Senior Services and Department of Mental Health to provide personal care services in the aforementioned counties as well as surrounding counties.
The center provides, but is not limited to:
- Consumer Directed Services
- In-Home Services
- Private Pay
- Veteran’s Personal Care
- Special Needs Personal Care & Respite
- Transition Services

Service Areas
SADI Serves Five Counties in Southeast Missouri

Donations Accepted
Private and corporate donations are always needed and are tax deductible. Donations of new or used assistive technology (shower chairs, bath benches, walkers, crutches, etc.), are both welcome and needed. These items can be dropped off during business hours and are provided free of charge to persons with disabilities unable to afford necessary equipment.

SADI’s History
Serving Southeast Missouri since 1993

About Us
Our Mission
SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence, Inc. (SADI) is a community-based, non-profit, non-residential center for independent living. SADI serves the counties of Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger, Scott and Mississippi. We’re committed to providing services to persons with disabilities, enabling them to remain in their own home and community, not in an institution.

Consumers Served

Pieces of DME Given From Loan Closest
