Administration for Community Living (ACL)

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is headed by the Administrator, who reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACL’s Principal Deputy Administrator serves as Senior Advisor to the HHS Secretary for Disability Policy.



ACL is structured to provide general policy coordination while retaining unique programmatic operations specific to the needs of each population served.      ACL is comprised of the following units:

•Office of the Administrator

•Administration on Aging (AoA)

•Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)

•Center for Disability and Aging Policy (CDAP)

•Center for Management and Budget (CMB)