Independent Living Options, Inc.

Independent Living Options, Inc., doing business as Center For Independent Living Options, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that acts as a federal grant recipient delivering permanent supportive housing, rental assistance, case management, and independent living services to individuals with disabilities experiencing homelessness across Ohio and Kentucky. The organization operates as both a prime recipient (67% of awards) and a sub-recipient under HUD and Department of Health and Human Services funding streams, with no federal contracting activity.

Independent Living Options serves two primary federal grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) funds permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families with disabilities. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living operates the Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432), a formula grant supporting core independent living services including information and referral, peer counseling, skills training, individual and systems advocacy, and transition assistance from institutional to community settings. Recent prime grants include a $279,968 HUD Continuum of Care award (August 2026, through July 2027) and a $330,082 ACL Centers for Independent Living formula grant (September 2025, through September 2027). The organization also held prior-year Continuum of Care funding and multiple formula grants running through fiscal 2026, with awards obligated totaling $16.5 million across fifty-two awards since 2003.

Customer concentration is extreme: HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for thirty awards (58% of the portfolio), while the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living holds fourteen awards combined across formula-grant cycles. Combined, these two agencies represent 85% of all awards. Activity has accelerated sharply — two awards in 2023, five in 2024, fourteen in 2025 — with only two awards facing completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure near term. As a sub-recipient, Independent Living Options receives funding through Kentucky Housing Corporation and Strategies To End Homelessness Inc., with multiple sub-awards dated 2024–2026 delivering permanent supportive housing, rental assistance, security deposits, utility deposits, case management, employment assistance, life skills training, and transportation support across Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Grant, Gallatin, Owen, Pendleton, and Carroll Counties in Kentucky and multiple Ohio counties. The organization partners with Kentucky Housing Corporation and Strategies To End Homelessness Inc. to execute scattered-site housing programs using a Housing First model, with emphasis on chronically homeless individuals and those fleeing domestic violence.