Federal Grant Award Summary

Paraquad Inc., a Centers for Independent Living (CIL) provider headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, received a formula grant of $528,086 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). The award was obligated on September 30, 2025, with a performance period extending through September 29, 2027.

Under this grant, Paraquad Inc. delivers five core independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities throughout Missouri: 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 provided through a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit organization structure designed to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration. The funding supports continuation of Paraquad's established statewide CIL network in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 standards and assurances, reflecting the program's statutory priority to maintain existing compliant centers at prior-year funding levels with cost-of-living adjustments.