Centers for Independent Living Competition - Kansas | HHS 2025 ACL AOD IL 0017

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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is offering a discretionary cooperative agreement opportunity called the Centers for Independent Living Competition - Kansas (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS 2025 ACL AOD IL 0017; Assistance Listing/CFDA: 93.432). The goal is to strengthen independent living infrastructure in Kansas by funding the operations of four Centers for Independent Living (CILs). These awards are intended to help establish, expand, and improve independent living services and to reinforce the statewide network of CILs, especially in areas the state has identified as unserved or underserved.

This competition will result in four total awards with a combined estimated funding amount of $394,063. Funding is unevenly distributed: one center is expected to receive $300,001, while the other three centers are expected to receive $31,354 each. The project period is 24 months, structured as two 12-month budget periods, meaning recipients should plan for a two-year effort with annual budgeting and performance expectations tied to each budget year. The application closing date is 2025-06-16, and the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates ongoing involvement from the federal agency beyond what is typical in a standard grant (for example, coordination, technical input, or other substantial federal participation during implementation).

Funded centers must, at a minimum, provide the core independent living services required under Part C of Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act and the implementing regulations (including 45 CFR part 1329). These required core services include: information and referral; independent living skills training; peer counseling; and both individual and systems advocacy. In addition to these core services, ACL emphasizes services that help people move out of nursing homes and other institutions and back into the community, services that help individuals who are at risk of institutionalization remain in the community, and services that support youth with disabilities in transitioning to postsecondary life (for example, moving from school-based supports to adult services, employment pathways, and independent community living).

Eligibility is limited to domestic private nonprofit organizations that meet the statutory and regulatory definition of a Center for Independent Living. Applicants must be consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, non-residential, private nonprofit agencies, and must have the authority and capacity to carry out the purposes of Part C and perform the required functions and assurances described in section 725(b) and (c) of the Rehabilitation Act and related regulations. Applicants must also demonstrate they can receive and administer federal funds under the applicable program rules as well as other public or private funds that support a center. A key restriction is that the applicant must either not currently be receiving Part C CIL funds, or must be proposing an expansion that creates a separate, complete center at a different geographic location (with the option for the existing center's board to also serve as the new center's governing board). Applicants also have to propose serving one or more geographic areas identified by the state as unserved or underserved, and they must provide documentation showing the new center aligns with the State Plan for Independent Living and the state design for a statewide network of centers.

Applicants may include domestic private nonprofit entities such as community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and Indian tribal organizations (American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American), as long as they meet the CIL-specific eligibility requirements above. Foreign entities are explicitly ineligible to apply for or receive awards under this announcement.

• The Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Centers for Independent Living Competition - Kansas" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.432.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $394,063.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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