Federal Grant Award Summary

Independent Resources, Inc. received a $822,137 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) on September 30, 2025. The award funds the organization's statewide network of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) across Delaware through September 29, 2027. As a prime awardee with no identified subcontractors, Independent Resources, Inc. 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 significant disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 standards and assurances.

The formula grant award reflects the statutory funding priorities established under the Rehabilitation Act, which prioritize maintaining existing compliant centers at previous funding levels and providing cost-of-living increases. Independent Resources, Inc. has demonstrated consistent compliance and program delivery, having received over $5 million in CIL formula grant funding since fiscal year 2019. The organization operates as a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit entity headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, with governance structures and staffing that maintain a majority of board members and key staff with significant disabilities themselves.