Federal Grant Award Summary

Independent Living Resource Center, Inc., operating as Mainstream, received a Formula Grant award of $867,724 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). The award was obligated on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2027. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Mainstream delivers five core independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities across central Arkansas: information and referral assistance, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance for individuals transitioning from institutional to community-based living environments.

This Formula Grant represents continued federal support for Mainstream's role as a critical component of Arkansas' statewide network of Centers for Independent Living. The funding enables the organization to sustain and enhance its mission of empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence and full community integration. As an established, compliant center with a demonstrated history of federal grant performance since 2021, Mainstream's award reflects the ACL program's statutory priority to maintain funding for existing centers and provide cost-of-living increases, ensuring the continuity of essential independent living services in the state's designated service area.