Federal Grant Award Summary

Independence Now, Inc., doing business as Access To Independence Now, received a $330,430 Formula Grant award from 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, dated September 30, 2025, supports a two-year performance period through September 29, 2027, and funds Maryland's designated statewide network of centers for independent living serving individuals with significant disabilities.

Through this grant, Independence Now, Inc. delivers five core independent living services: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling and peer support, individual and systems-level advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. As a pass-through entity, the organization distributes portions of federal grant funding to sub-partners across Maryland to expand geographic reach and service capacity. These services are designed to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration while maintaining consumer-controlled governance structures with board members and key staff who have significant disabilities themselves.