Formula Grant 2502NYILCL

Grant Award Summary

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded Westchester Independent Living Center, Inc., a formula grant of $713,732 on September 30, 2025, under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) for the two-year performance period through September 29, 2027. The funding supports the center's continued operation as a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization serving individuals with significant disabilities in New York. As a compliant center within New York State's independent living network, Westchester Independent Living Center delivers five core services: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living arrangements.

These federally funded services are designed to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration while promoting their inclusion in mainstream American society. The center operates as a cross-disability, nonresidential entity with governance structures that prioritize board and staff representation of individuals with disabilities. This formula grant award reflects the statutory funding priority established under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to support existing centers that comply with applicable standards and assurances, and it demonstrates sustained federal investment in the center's capacity to provide mandated independent living services to its service area.