FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

Opportunities For Access received a $183,311 Formula Grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) program (CFDA 93.432). The grant funds the organization's operation of a statewide network of independent living centers throughout Illinois, providing comprehensive disability services to individuals with significant disabilities. Core services delivered include information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community settings. These services are designed to enhance independence, promote self-determination, and facilitate full community integration for people with disabilities.

As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit operating since 2009, Opportunities For Access serves as a continuation awardee under the program's statutory funding priority structure, which prioritizes existing compliant centers at prior-year funding levels. The grant period extends through September 29, 2027, representing consistent federal support for the organization's disability services mission, with comparable annual allocations ($183,311–$185,455) received in consecutive fiscal years 2023–2025.