Federal Grant Award Summary

New Horizons Independent Living Center received $335,520 in formula grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). The award, dated September 30, 2025, supports a two-year performance period through September 29, 2027, and funds the delivery of core independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities across a 29-parish service area in North Louisiana.

Under this award, New Horizons provides five mandated services designed to promote independence and community integration: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization, New Horizons operates a cross-disability, nonresidential center governed primarily by individuals with disabilities themselves. The funding enables continued delivery of these essential services to maximize independence and self-sufficiency for individuals with significant disabilities throughout North Louisiana, consistent with the statutory requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.