State Plan for Independent Living Committee Meeting
February 9, 2026
DRAFT Meeting Minutes
Action items: 
•	The Funding Formula and Equity Workgroup will continue to contact nonresponsive ILCs to attempt to gain consensus on their next steps. 
•	Ms. Hess will share the minutes with official approval of the allocation of funds remaining from last year with DOR. 

1.	Call to Order 

2.	Introductions
Brandi Bluel – SPIL Chair/Executive Director, Resources for Independent Living (RIL)
Jose Solorzano – SPIL Vice-Chair/SILC Member
Susan Rotchy – SILC Member/SPIL Member/Executive Director, Independent Living Center of Solano and Contra Costa County (ILCSCC)
Hector Ochoa – California Resource Services for Independent Living (CRS-IL) 
Chris Fitzgerald – SILC Member
Sarah Harris – Chief, Independent Living, Assistive Technology, and Traumatic Brain Injury Section (ILATS), Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
Anabell Alcaraz – Supervisor of Services, Independent Living Center of Southern California (ILCSC)
Larry Grable – Executive Director, Service Center for Independent Life (SCIL) 
Alejandra Hacker – Interim Executive Director, Community Resources for Independent Living, Inc. (CRIL) 
Kevin Hansen – Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) 
Ted Jackson – CEO, Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL), Disability Organizing Network
Kristy Madden – Systems Change Advocate, Communities Actively Living Independent & Free (CALIF) 
Mike Valencia – Grant Manager, DOR
Carrie England – SILC Executive Director
Danielle Hess – SILC Office Manager 

3.	Public Comment
None

4.	SILC Member Updates
Ms. England shared that at the SILC meeting in March, there will be a small panel presentation on how centers are supporting immigrant or undocumented community members with disabilities. She welcomes anyone working in this capacity to reach out to her.

5.	Approval of Minutes from January 12, 2026, SPIL Committee Meeting
Mr. Solorzano motioned for approval of the Draft Minutes from January 12, 2026, and Ms. Rotchy seconded the motion. This passed unanimously through a roll call vote. 

6.	2025-2027 SPIL Updates
a.	2025-2027 SPIL Updates SPIL Funding Formula and Equity Workgroup Updates
Ms. England shared that an updated survey has been sent to the ILC Executive Directors to determine if there is enough interest to continue moving forward with the Funding Formula and Equity work. There have been nine responses by the deadline, so the next step is for workgroup members to reach out to nonresponsive ILCs to find out barriers to completing the survey and encourage submission. If alignment doesn’t exist on how the ILCs want to move forward, this will be removed as a SPIL goal. 

b.	DOR Updates 
i.	Transition and Diversion
There have been 90 diversions and one transition approved, with five on the waitlist. This has fully encumbered the $290,943 available. 

ii.	Systems Change
The Systems Change Contractor, Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL), has invoiced $52,963.02 out of the $350,000 allocated to them. 

iii.	Tier Augmentation
Six grants, with amounts ranging from $43,000 to $291,000, have been awarded to Community Resources for Independent Living, Inc. (CRIL), Disabled Resource Center, Inc. (DRC), FREED Center for Independent Living, Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL), Service Center for Independent Life (SCIL), and Tri-County Independent Living, Inc. (TCIL). $142,410.52 has been spent to date out of a total of $920,000. 

c.	Funds Remaining from Last Year’s Grant to the SILC
i.	DOR Report of the Dollar Amount of Remaining Funds from Last Year's Grant to the SILC 
Ms. Harris reported that DOR has finalized the remaining amount from last year’s grant, and that there is $22,063.13 available for the Transition and Diversion Fund. This is in addition to the $8,000 already allocated for the SILC, $26,000 for Systems Change, and $13,500 already allocated for Transition and Diversion. 

ii.	SPIL Committee Recommendations for Reallocation of Funds Remaining from Last Year’s Grant
Ms. Rotchy motioned to allocate the remaining $22,063.16 from last year’s grant to the Transition and Diversion fund, and Ms. Bluel seconded the motion. This passed unanimously through a roll call vote.

7.	Summary of Activities Requiring Follow-Up at Next Meeting 
a.	Next Meeting Scheduled for April 20, 2026 

8. Adjourn