Federal Grant Award Summary

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded Disability Resource Center, Inc. a formula grant of $280,716 under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) on September 30, 2025, for a performance period extending through September 29, 2027. This award supports the organization's operation as a Centers for Independent Living (CIL) provider serving individuals with significant disabilities in Florida.

Through this funding, Disability Resource Center, Inc. delivers five core independent living services: information and referral assistance, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance facilitating movement from institutional to community-based living environments. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization, the center operates as a cross-disability service provider governed primarily by individuals with disabilities themselves, emphasizing consumer control and self-determination in advancing maximum independence and full community integration for individuals with significant disabilities. This award represents the organization's continued participation in the nationwide network of federally-supported independent living centers operating under state independent living plans and compliance standards established under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.