FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

Society For Equal Access/ILC received a $231,154 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432), effective September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2027. This award supports the organization's operations as a Centers for Independent Living (CIL) provider serving individuals with significant disabilities throughout Ohio.

Under this funding, Society For Equal Access/ILC delivers core independent living services including information and referral, peer support and counseling, advocacy, independent living skills training, and transition assistance designed to help individuals with disabilities transition from institutional settings to community-based living arrangements. As a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability entity, the organization provides these services to promote self-determination, equal access, and full community integration for individuals with disabilities across the state of Ohio. This award represents a continuation of formula-based funding the organization has consistently received annually since 2021 under the statutory priority framework that maintains support for existing centers operating within state independent living networks.