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).
Your Next Steps
The following information will lead you to the next steps to apply for this benefit.

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