Federal Grant Award Summary

Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago received a $299,660 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) on September 30, 2025. The grant supports a two-year performance period through September 29, 2027, to continue operations as a consumer-controlled, community-based Center for Independent Living (CIL) serving individuals with significant disabilities in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Under this award, Access Living delivers five core independent living services: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. These services are designed to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve maximum independence, self-sufficiency, and full community integration. The organization's service delivery model maintains governance structures with a majority of board members and key staff members having significant disabilities themselves, reflecting the consumer-controlled operational standards required by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.