The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded a $234,980 Formula Grant under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) to Appalachian Center For Independent Living, Incorporated (ACIL), a non-profit organization in West Virginia. This two-year grant, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2026, provides funding for ACIL to deliver core independent living services including advocacy, information and referral, independent living skills training, transition assistance, and other support to empower individuals with disabilities and advance the independent living philosophy emphasizing consumer control, peer support, self-help, and self-determination. ACIL has received recurring formula grant awards from ACL to sustain these critical independent living services for the disabled population in West Virginia, and has also secured supplemental CARES Act funding to bolster assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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