Federal Grant Award Summary

Independent Living Options, Inc. (doing business as Center For Independent Living Options) received a $330,082 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) on September 30, 2025. The award supports a two-year performance period through September 29, 2027, and funds the organization's operation as part of Ohio's statewide network of centers for independent living.

Under this award, Independent Living Options, Inc. delivers five core independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization, the center empowers individuals with physical, sensory, cognitive, and psychological disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration. The formula grant supports continuation of the center's established operations, consistent with Ohio's State Plan for Independent Living and in accordance with compliance standards under Section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.