The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $1,217,602 to Heightened Independence And Progress, Inc. (doing business as Hip) on September 30, 2025, under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432).
Hip, a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, operates as a Center for Independent Living serving individuals with significant disabilities. The organization delivers peer support, skills training, information and referral, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. Hip functions as a key component of New Jersey's statewide network of Centers for Independent Living.
The award obligates $1,217,602 for the period September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2027, with performance in New Jersey. The Centers for Independent Living program supports consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agencies that enhance independence and productivity of individuals with significant disabilities and promote their full inclusion into American society. Hip has received formula grant funding through this program consistently since at least 2019.