The State Plan committee works on the formulation of the State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for New York State.
ACL Approves NY State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for 2021-2023
Julie Hocker, Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities at the Administration for Community Living (ACL), notified NY SILC Chair Douglas Usiak that the NY State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for 2021-2023 was approved on 9/22/20. Refer to the attached ACL approval letter. The SPIL met the minimum federal requirements. If any situation arises in the future, the SILC can avail itself of the amendment process.
Listed below is a link to the NY SPIL 2021-2023, including links to related Attachments to the document. Also included are the required signature pages by the NY state plan partners and the DSE.
- NY SPIL 2021-2023
- SPIL Attachments:
- Signatures:
- Section 7: DSE Assurances
- Section 8: SILC Assurances
- Section 9: SPIL Signatures
NEW YORK TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS FOR 2020 APPROVED BY ACL EXTENDING CURRENT PLAN FOR ONE-YEAR
Technical amendments were approved by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) on 9/30/19 to extend the current plan one-year through September 30, 2020. Below, find the following links:
- document Updated NY SPIL FY 2020(234 KB)
- pdf ACL approval letter NY SPIL FY 2020(45 KB)
- pdf NY SPIL signatures by SILC Chair, DSE, and NY Federal CIL Directors(1.95 MB)
New York State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) APPROVED
The 2017-2019 New York State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) has been approved by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and will begin on October 1st.
The approval letter is available as a PDF and in the text version below, as well as the MS Word version of the State Plan.
NY STATE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (SPIL) 2014-2016
APPROVED SPIL 2014-2016: On September 23, 2013, the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) notified the New York State Plan partners in writing that the new three-year SPIL for 2014-2016 was approved. A copy of the SPIL 2014-2016 can be viewed by clicking on the link provided below. The previous SPIL 2011-2013 has been archived on the Key Documents webpage.
Based on post-SPIL letter and issues raised by the State Plan partners, the RSA Commissioner responded back in a letter to the concerns and directed the issues to be addressed with technical edits to the SPIL without the need of public feedback or amendment. The technical edits were agreed to by the State Plan partners and the RSA Region II liaison.
SPIL Evaluation
- Outline of Evaluation Methodology
- 2011-2013 Three-Year SPIL Summary Report
- 2011 SPIL Evaluation Report
- 2012 SPIL Evaluation Report
- 2013 SPIL Evaluation Report
- 2014 SPIL Evaluation Report
DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT NY SPIL 2017-2019
Original Draft NY SPIL Posted for Public Comment 2/5/16: Draft SPIL 2017-2019
Second Version/Draft NY SPIL Public Comment Consider by SPIL Committee 3/4/16:
- Track Change Version 2 of Draft NY SPIL: Track Changes SPIL 2017-2019
- Clean Copy Version 2 of Draft NY SPIL: Clean Copy Version Two SPIL 2017-2019
- Direct Link to Objective 2 SSAN: SSAN 2017-2019
Third Version/Draft NY SPIL Review Approval by Federal CIL Directors 3/14/16:
- Track Change NY draft SPIL 2017-2019 v.3: Track Changes NY Draft SPIL 2017-2019v3
- Clean Copy NY draft SPIL 2017-2019 v.3: Clean Copy NY Draft SPIL 2017-2019v3
- Go to Review, select "All Mark Up" to reveal track changes.
Fourth Version/Draft NY SPIL Review Approval by SILC 4/15/16:
- Clean Copy NY draft SPIL 2017-2019 v.4: Clean Copy NY Draft SPIL 2017-2019v4
Fifth Version/Draft NY SPIL Review completed with DSE 5/16/16:
- Copy NY draft SPIL 2017-2019 v.5: Draft SPIL 2017-2019v5
Draft SPIL 2017-2019 Webinar
Link to Power Point and Audio: Draft SPIL 2017-2019 PPT and Webinar
Links to SPIL charts:
Links to 2016 NY Annual 704 Report:
- Description of Community Activities
- Monitoring Review and Evaluate the Implementation of the State Plan
- Progress in Achieving Objective and Goals
- Significant Activities and Accomplishments