IDHS

This Funding will be used to provide debt-free scholarships and comprehensive wraparound support to every student in five high schools—without applications or GPA requirements—and offer parallel opportunities for one parent of each Scholar. Scholars receive coverage of tuition, fees, housing or commuter meals, books, technology, and emergency support across a broad network of Illinois institutions, along with coaching through college or workforce programs. Parents receive tailored coaching and access to GED/ESL, workforce programs, and tuition-based and tuition-free educational options. This model aims to demonstrate the statewide impact of dramatically expanded college access and the support needed for first-generation students and adult learners to succeed.

NA

PA 103-0006, FY24 Legislative Add-On; PA 103-0589, FY25 Legislative Add-On; PA 104-0003, FY26 Legislative Add-On

NA

Program will make postsecondary education accessible for low-income families through a two-generation, whole-school model.

Yes

This program will (a) show the social and economic impact of policies that dramatically increase college access for both first-time freshman and returning adult students, and (b) identify and encourage the postsecondary support necessary for low-income, first-generation students to succeed.

Nonprofit Organizations;

Organizations specifically named in legislation.

Beneficiaries will be identified in each Program Plan, specific to each award

Project Grants

Human Services

N/A - Direct Appropriation

All entities are required to register with the State of Illinois through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal, www.grants.illinois.gov/portal to be eligible apply for a grant. An Illinois.gov public account authenticates the relationship between the individual and the organization they represent, How to create an Illinois.gov Public Account. The following information is required to complete registration: 1.Organization's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); 2.Organization's federal employer identification number (FEIN); 3.Organization type; 4.Illinois Secretary of State File ID (required for non-profits, for-profits and limited liability corporations); 5.Organization's name 6.Organization's mailing address; 7.Organization's primary email address; 8.Organization's primary phone number 9.Organization's fiscal year-end date Entities are federally required to have an active SAM.gov entity registration. Illinois uses SAM.gov automation to determine qualification status based on the entity's registration. Refer to GATA Administrative Rules on Grantee Pre-qualification Status: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/044/044070000A00700R.html. An entity may apply for a grant award prior to qualified status. The entity must be in "qualified status" based on the Grantee Portal by the Application Review Date. See #18 in the NOFO Transmittal. The Grantee Portal will indicate in red if a status is not qualified. Links for self-remediation help are provided in the Portal. 1.Current SAM.gov account; 2.Current FEIN 3.Good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State (Illinois Secretary of State Business Services website: https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html 4.Not on the Illinois Stop Payment List; 5.Not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List; 6.Not on the DHFS Sanctioned Party List. State agencies are federally required to evaluate the risk posed by each applicant. Risk assessments are a pre-award requirement and include two components: fiscal and administrative and programmatic. Illinois uses an Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) to complete the fiscal and administrative component and the risk assessment. Entities are required to access, complete and submit the ICQ through the Grantee Portal for the state fiscal year associated with the grant funding. Both the ICQ and the programmatic risk assessment must be accepted by the state and approved before a grant award can be executed.

Applicants are required to submit a Program Narrative with required attachments, and a current year budget.

Organizations specifically named in legislation.

Awards are direct appropriations. This program/awards are exempt from the merit-based review process, and publishing of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). See GATA Exception section below for details. Reimbursement based on monthly expenditure reporting.

FY26 UGA application deadline is 12/01/2025.

N/A - GATA Exception

N/A - GATA Exception

NA

There is no cost-sharing requirement for this program.

NA

Successful applicant will be required to submit: a) Monthly expenditure reports in the format prescribed by IDHS. b) Monthly program/service provision reports in the format developed jointly with IDHS. c) End of contract fiscal and program reports as required by IDHS

JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.90 Auditing Standards

JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.430 Record Retention accordance with GATA rules.

NA

$8,000,000.00

$8,000,000.00

TBD

GATA rules and regulations.

Statewide

Department of Human Services Division of Family and Community Services Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services 401 S Clinton St Chicago, il 60607

NA

NA

TBD

FY 2026 : $8,000,000