FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

Progressive Independence Inc. received a formula grant award of $250,927 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Community Living under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). The award, dated September 30, 2025, supports the organization's role as a Centers for Independent Living (CIL) entity through September 29, 2027, and funds a statewide network of independent living centers serving individuals with significant disabilities throughout Oklahoma.

Under this award, Progressive Independence Inc. delivers comprehensive independent living services including information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transitional assistance from institutional to community-based living environments. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, the awardee provides these federally-supported services through local centers operated by and for individuals with disabilities, with the objective of enhancing independence, self-sufficiency, and community integration. This continuation award reflects the organization's established compliance with program standards and the statutory funding priority established under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to maintain existing centers at prior-year funding levels.