FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Community Living awarded Options Interstate Resource Center For Independent Living $169,364 under the ACL (Administration for Community Living) Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) on September 30, 2025. This formula grant, with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2027, supports the organization's operation as a consumer-controlled, community-based center serving individuals with significant disabilities across North Dakota and Minnesota. The funding supports core independent living services including information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based settings.

The award enables Options to maintain general operating expenses for its center in compliance with Rehabilitation Act standards while continuing to address emerging community needs. Recent programmatic activities funded through this grant series have included deploying social isolation specialists, distributing COVID-19 supplies and vaccine information, and providing personal care services. Options operates both as a direct grant recipient and through sub-grant arrangements with partners including the North Dakota Department of Human Services and the Minnesota State Department of Employment & Economic Development, positioning the center as part of the statewide network of centers for independent living mandated under the program.