# Independent living services for older blind individuals (RA VII, Chapter 2)

**Agency:** Education  
**Account:** Rehabilitation Services  
**Source document:** Rehabilitation Services · p. 59  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/education/independent-living-services-for-older-blind-individuals-ra-vii  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 33.3 |
| FY2027 | request | 33.3 |

## Education discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $76.50B, FY2026 $79.00B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Provides grants to state vocational rehabilitation agencies for independent living services to individuals aged 55 and older with severe visual impairment, helping them adjust to blindness and live independently.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Education › Rehabilitation Services › Rehabilitation Services › Independent living services for older blind individuals (RA VII, Chapter 2)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*