FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

New Vistas, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, received a $514,051 formula grant award dated September 30, 2025, through 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, which extends through September 29, 2027, supports New Vistas' operation of a statewide network of centers for independent living throughout New Mexico. Under this funding, New Vistas delivers comprehensive core independent living services designed to empower individuals with significant disabilities to achieve maximum independence and community integration, including information and referral assistance, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living settings.

The formula grant represents a continuation award to an established center that has demonstrated compliance with standards and assurances under Section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. New Vistas operates as a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that maintains consistent federal funding relationships and has received uninterrupted ACL support since at least 2021. This award reflects the statutory funding priority established under the Rehabilitation Act, which prioritizes continuation funding for existing centers at prior-year levels before supporting cost-of-living adjustments or new centers.