U.S. Department of Education
> Independent Living State Grants for Individuals with Disabilities
Program Description:
This program offers formula grants to states for one or more of the following purposes:
- To provide resources to statewide independent living councils (SILCs)
- To provide independent living (IL) services to individuals with significant disabilities
- To demonstrate ways to expand and improve IL services
- To support the operation of centers for IL that comply with the standards and assurances of Sec. 725 of the Rehabilitation Act
- To support activities to increase the capabilities of public or nonprofit agencies and organizations and other entities in developing comprehensive approaches or systems for providing IL services
- To conduct studies and analyses and gather information, approaches, strategies, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for Federal, state, and local policymakers to enhance IL services for individuals with significant disabilities
- To provide training on the IL philosophy
- To provide outreach to populations that are unserved or underserved by programs under Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act, including minority groups and urban and rural populations
General Program Requirements:
Grants are awarded to eligible entities for planning, conducting, administering, and evaluating centers. Eligible entities are consumer controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private agencies or bordering on a state in which the entities plans to establish a center(s).
Status
Active
Loan Terms:
Not Applicable
Application Process:
For more information on the application process, please contact your state liaison office:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/rsa/smpid-state-liaisons.html
Program Contact Information:
For more information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/rsailstate/index.html
Managing Agency:
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
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