FY 2025 ilcl ~ state plan independent living centers

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $315,375 to Living Independently IS For Everyone At Rcil Inc. on September 30, 2025, under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432).

The recipient, a tax-exempt nonprofit centers for independent living facility based in Utica, New York, delivers core independent living services including information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community-based living. The award funds performance through September 29, 2027, with place of performance in New York.

The ACL Centers for Independent Living program supports a statewide network of consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agencies operated by individuals with disabilities. These centers provide an array of services designed to enhance independence and productivity of individuals with significant disabilities and promote their full inclusion and integration into mainstream American society. Awards are made based on a population-based formula and statutory funding priorities that support existing centers at the level of prior-year funding, provide cost-of-living increases, and fund new centers to the extent appropriations allow.