Federal Grant Award Summary

The League For Blind & Disabled Inc. received a $386,252 formula grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the Center for Integrated Programs under the ACL (Administration for Community Living) Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). This two-year award, extending through September 29, 2027, supports the organization's operation as a Center for Independent Living (CIL) serving individuals with significant disabilities throughout Indiana. The organization delivers five core independent living services: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. These services are designed to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration within their local communities.

As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, League For Blind & Disabled Inc. operates as a cross-disability, nonresidential entity with governance structures that prioritize individuals with disabilities in leadership and staffing roles. The formula grant represents continuation funding for an established compliant center and reflects the program's statutory priority to maintain and support existing Centers for Independent Living that meet established standards and assurances under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This award is consistent with the organization's sustained federal grant funding history since 2021, during which it has received cumulative awards exceeding $2.5 million through the ACL CIL program.