Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

This page is intended to facilitate your efforts to obtain public information about the Administration for Community Living and its programs. Before making a request, first search this website to see if the information is already publicly available.

Please read before you submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

The FOIA allows you to access information from the federal government. ACL, like all federal agencies, must disclose information under the FOIA, unless it falls under one of nine exemptions.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the HHS Freedom of Information Regulations (45 CFR Part 5), it is the policy of the ACL FOIA Office to respond to all written or electronically submitted requests for records that exist at the time that the request is made.

Please Note: Agencies are not required to answer questions posed as FOIA requests, nor are they required to respond to requests by creating records.

Only Freedom of Information Officers have the authority to release or deny records or to waive or reduce fees. 

Electronic Reading Room

Policy Statements

• HHS Policy for Records Management
• ACL Policies and Regulations
• HHS Policy on Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status

Other Resources

• Departmental Appeals Board Final Opinions
• HHS Administrative Manual
• HHS Agency Reading Room
• Federal Register
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Public and Private Laws
• United States Code
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Frequently Requested Records

• None to date

ACL FOIA Reports

All ACL reports are incorporated into HHS Reports from FY 2013 on.

• FY 2012 (DOC, 101KB)
• FY 2011 (PDF, 63KB)
• FY 2010 (PDF, 67KB)
• FY 2009 (PDF, 72KB)
• FY 2008 (DOC, 133KB)
• FY 2007 (DOC, 63KB)
• FY 2006 (DOC, 73KB)
• FY 2005 (DOC, 73KB)
• FY 2004
• FY 2003
• FY 2002
• FY 2001