Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$0

Total expenses

$0

Contributions and grants received

$0

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$22,615,752

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,291,628

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$17,324,124

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$0

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SELF-DIRECTED HOME CARE: WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC. (WNYIL) OPERATED STATEWIDE SELF-DIRECTED HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE CONSUMER DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CDPAS), VETERANS DIRECTED CARE (VDC), AND EXPANDED IN-HOME SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM (EISEP). THESE PROGRAMS ENABLED OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO REMAIN SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES AND AVOID COSTLY INSTITUTIONAL CARE BY RECEIVING SUPPORTS IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE SETTING POSSIBLE. THROUGH SELF-DIRECTION, PARTICIPANTS EXERCISED CHOICE AND CONTROL OVER THEIR SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, SCHEDULE, SUPERVISE, AND DISMISS THEIR OWN CARE STAFF.

• BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: WNYIL PROVIDED A CONTINUUM OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING RECOVERY, STABILITY, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. SERVICES INCLUDED PEER SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, BENEFITS ADVISEMENT, HEALTH HOME CARE COORDINATION, INDEPENDENT CONSUMER ADVOCACY NETWORK (ICAN) OMBUDSMAN SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, AND TRANSITION SERVICES ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING FROM INSTITUTIONAL CARE TO COMMUNITY-BASED LIVING. WNYIL ALSO OPERATED PEER-RUN RECOVERY AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE RENEWAL CENTER, WHICH PROVIDED CRISIS DIVERSION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AVOID UNNECESSARY HOSPITALIZATION AND MAINTAIN COMMUNITY STABILITY. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WNYIL PROMOTED RECOVERY, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK.

• INDEPENDENT LIVING: WNYIL PROVIDED CORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES, INCLUDING PEER COUNSELING, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING, TRANSITION SERVICES FROM INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS TO COMMUNITY-BASED LIVING, YOUTH TO ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES, INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS ADVOCACY, AND INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. WNYIL ALSO PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, BENEFITS ADVISEMENT, AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ACCESS NEEDED RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

• OTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS - ERIE COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS ENROLLED IN TREATMENT PROGRAMS), OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (FULLY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, FOR FAMILIES WITH INDIVIDUAL WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY LIVING WITH THEM), NYS DEPT. OF HEALTH - MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON (ASSIST PWD TRANSITION FROM INSTITUTION TO COMMUNITY), NYS DOH AGED BLIND AND DISABLED CONTRACT TO OBTAIN MEDICAID/MEDICARE HEALTH COVERAGE, EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER AGREEMENTS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 August 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202612299349301736

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