IDPH: Office of Preparedness and Response

The purpose Cities Readiness Initiative Program is to provide funding to certain certified, local health departments located in federally-designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (called MSAs) in Illinois, outside of the City of Chicago, to prepare for public health events involving the distribution and mass dispensing/ mass vaccination of emergency medical countermeasures. These jurisdictions in Illinois are as follows: Chicago MSA, Peoria MSA, and St. Louis MSA. The geographical boundaries of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas are as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

CFDA number: 93.069

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The Department is authorized to make this grant pursuant to section 319C-1 of the PHS Act (47 USC 247d-3a), as amended

The overall goal of the Cities Readiness Initiative Program is to provide additional dollars to the State Public Health Department and to the above Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)- designated CRI jurisdictions for the purposes of assessing, prioritizing, building, training, and exercising the necessary resource element and capabilities needed to save lives in the event of an emergency that requires the rapid deployment of emergency medical countermeasures via the Strategic National Stockpile. The Strategic National Stockpile is a federal repository containing the nations’ largest supply of emergency medical countermeasures for use in a public health severe enough to cause local supplies to be depleted. Local health department planning considerations should include the CDC's 15 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Capabilities with special emphasis on Capability 8- Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Capability 9- Medical Materiel Management and Distribution.

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07/01/2025 - 06/30/2027

Government Organizations;

Only the 27 local health departments in Illinois, within the 3 federally- designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Chicago MSA (outside of the City of Chicago), Peoria MSA, and St. Louis MSA that are certified pursuant to 77 IAC 600 are eligible to apply. This does not include the City of Chicago as it receives direct federal funding for this purpose. To be eligible for CRI funding, the local health department must also execute a separate PHEP Cooperative Agreement.

Illinois citizens

Non-competitive

Public Safety

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All grantees are required to register with the State of Illinois through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) website, www.grants.illinois.gov, complete a prequalification process, and be determined "qualified" as described in Section 7000.70. Registration and prequalification is required before an organization can apply for an award. The entity is "qualified" to be an awardee if it: 1) has an active UEI number; 2) has an active SAM.gov account; 3) has an acceptable fiscal condition; 4) is in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, if the Illinois Secretary of State requires the entity's organization type to be registered. Governmental entities, school districts and select religious organizations are not required to be registered with the Illinois Secretary of State. Refer to the Illinois Secretary of State Business Services website: http://www. cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html; 5) is not on the Illinois Stop Payment List; 6) is not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List; 7) is not on the Sanctioned Party List maintained by HFS.

Applicants will utilize IDPH EGRAMS database to submit their grant application. https://idphgrants.com/ Please utilize the instructional guide. https://idphgrants.com/admin/ViewAppDocs.aspx?fnam=EGrAMS%20Instructional%20Guide%20-%20Initiate%20Grant%20App%20YBD.pdf

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Grant will be awarded upon acceptance of the Notice of State award by signing the Uniform Grant Agreement by the grantee and the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health

06.03.2025

30 business days

Merit-Based Review Appeal Process For competitive grants, only the evaluation process is subject to appeal. Evaluation scores or funding determinations/outcomes may not be contested and will not be considered by the Department's Appeals Review Officer. To submit an appeal, the appealing party must: o Submit the appeal in writing and in accordance with the grant application document through IDPH's Merit-Based Review Appeal Request Form available in the following link https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/ed4d113385de41feb38964a8005ce72b. Appeals must be received within 14 calendar days after the date that the grant award notice was published. Appeals must include the following information: The name and address of the appealing party, Identification of the grant, A statement of reasons for the appeal, If applicable, documents or exhibits to support statement of reason The IDPH Appeals Review Officer (ARO) will consider the grant-related appeals and make a recommendation to the appropriate Deputy Director as expeditiously as possible after receiving all relevant, requested information. The ARO must review the submitted Appeal Request Form for completeness and acknowledge receipt of the appeal within 14 calendar days from the date the appeal was received. o The ARO will utilize an Appeal Review Tool to consider the integrity of the competitive grant process and the impact of the recommendation. The appealing party must supply any additional information requested by the agency within the time period set in the request. The ARO shall respond to the appeal within 60 days or supply a written explanation to the appealing party as to why additional time is required..

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This application requires a 10% match from non-federally funded resources in compliance with 2 CFR 200.306.

All grant funds must be used for the sole purposes set forth in the grant proposal and application and must be used in compliance with all applicable laws. Grant funds may not be used as matching funds for any other grant program unless specifically allowed under grant program guidelines. Use of grant funds for prohibited purposes may result in loss of grant award and/or place the grantee at risk for repayment of those funds used for the prohibited purpose. Regardless of the source of funding (federal pass-through or State), all grant-funded expenses must be compliant with Cost Principles under Subpart E of 2CFR200 unless an exception is noted in federal or State statutes or regulations.

Workplan updates and Grant expenditure and reimbursement reports are to be submitted monthly in EGrAMS. Grant Performance Metrics and Narrative Progress Reports are to be submitted quarterly in CEMP. The narrative report is due one (1) month following the end of each calendar quarter. More information will be sent to awardees on how to do this after the awards are made.

Article XV Audit Requirements: Audits Grantee shall be subject to the audit requirements contained in the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 USC 7501-7507) and Subpart F of 2 CFR Part 200, and the audit rules and policies set forth by the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. See 30 ILCS 708/65(c); 44 Ill. Admin. Code 7000.90.

Grantee shall maintain for three (3) years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report, adequate books, all financial records and, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to this Award, adequate to comply with 2 CFR 200.333, unless a different retention period is specified in 2 CFR 200.333 or 44 Ill. Admin. Code §§ 7000.430(a) and (b).

FY 2024: 063-48270-1900-0200 FY 2025: 063-48270-1900-0200

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$60,331.00 - $207,332.00

Annual Plan Updates, Annual Training and Exercising of Pertinent Staff

Public Law NO. 116-22 Pandemic and All - Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities

7 IDPH Regional Offices

Springfield

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Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement; Hospital Preparedness Cooperative Agreement

Annually, review and update public health all- hazards response plans to include request, receipt, distribution, mass dispensing and administration of emergency medical countermeasures. Train staff and pertinent partners on plans. Exercise plans.

4/5/2021

FY 2017 : $1,466,389
FY 2018 : $1,414,320
FY 2019 : $1,400,174
FY 2020 : $1,404,253
FY 2021 : $1,411,496
FY 2023 : $1,872,539
FY 2024 : $2,073,201
FY 2025 : $2,073,200