income_security_and_social_services · HHS-ACL
Centers for Independent Living Competition - American Samoa
Administration for Community Living · HHS-2026-ACL-AOD-IL-0013
Award Range
$159.762K – $159.762K
Total Program Funding
$319.524K
Expected Awards
1
Deadline
August 3, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
ACL is funding one Center for Independent Living (CIL) specifically in American Samoa. This is a territory that currently lacks adequate independent living services for people with disabilities. The award is $159K/year to establish or expand a CIL that provides the 5 core services: information/referral, IL skills training, peer counseling, advocacy, and transition services. If you're not already operating in American Samoa, this probably isn't for you.
Who Should Apply
Consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit organizations in American Samoa that serve people with disabilities. Must be majority-governed by people with disabilities.
Who Should NOT Apply
Organizations outside American Samoa, residential facilities, government agencies, for-profit entities, or organizations not controlled by people with disabilities.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must be a private nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status
- •Must be consumer-controlled (majority of board must be people with disabilities)
- •Must be community-based, cross-disability, and non-residential
- •Must operate in American Samoa
- •Must provide 5 core IL services: info/referral, skills training, peer counseling, advocacy, transition services
- •No cost-sharing required
💡 GrantQuick Tip
This is essentially a sole-source opportunity for American Samoa. If there's already a disability services organization operating there, they're the presumptive winner. If you're a mainland CIL thinking about expanding to territories — this could work, but you'd need to demonstrate genuine community ties in American Samoa. The bar is less about your proposal quality and more about whether you can actually deliver services in this specific remote territory.
Competitiveness: Low — 1 award for a very specific territory (American Samoa). Extremely limited applicant pool.
What This Grant Funds
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Who Can Apply
Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Minimum Award
- $159.762K
- Maximum Award
- $159.762K
- Total Program Funding
- $319.524K
- Expected Number of Awards
- 1
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- grant
Key Dates
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Agency Contact
Peter Nye peter.nye@acl.hhs.gov
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