Each year, Centers for Independent Living (CILs) help more than 200,000 individuals with disabilities continue living in their communities with the support they need to live, work and learn outside of an institutionalized setting. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently released Program Year 2019 Annual Report on Centers for Independent Living, a report highlighting key services, activities and achievements of CILs from September 2018 to September 2019. Click on the graphic below to read the full report to learn what CILs have accomplished in just one year, including how CILs have provided more than one million services and generated more than $600,000,000 to expand services beyond ACL funding.
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