IDPH: Office of Women's Health

Postpartum depression is depression occurring after the birth of a child, and adversely affects the health of a new mother and her infant. The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System reports 1 in 5 new moms in Illinois experience postpartum depression, equating to 30,000 women each year. However, only 3 in 10 women with postpartum depression are diagnosed and only 2 in 10 receive treatment. All types of depression can negatively impact pregnancy, birth outcomes, and adjustment to caring for a new baby. Perinatal mental health education and training for providers, patients, and families is important to address this issue. In addition, continuing and enhancing a state depression hotline increases the resources available to women and family members during a time of crisis and connect them to credentialed mental health professionals. The MCH Perinatal Mental Health Program seeks to provide perinatal depression crisis interventions, consultations, resources, and referrals for women who have screened positive for symptoms of perinatal depression throughout the State of Illinois.

Title V - 93.994

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30 ILCS 708, TITLE 44: CHAPTER I: Section 7000

• Maintaining a 24-hour telephone consultation for crisis intervention. • Providing resources for referrals and other health care services as needed. • Increasing the awareness of perinatal mental health resources across the state. • Increasing the knowledge of health care providers and the public on perinatal mental health disorders. • Partnering with other organizations that are working on initiatives in the field of perinatal mental health, to increase knowledge of resources and share best practices. • Collecting and analyzing data on perinatal mental health for purposes of quality assurance, evaluation, dissemination, and informed decision-making. • Conducting quality assurance activities and implementing recommendations. Examples of quality assurance activities include consumer satisfaction surveys, aligning program with standards of care for crisis intervention, researching best practices for hotline program implementation and recording/reviewing of calls for quality assurance. • Developing, maintaining, and promoting an MCH Perinatal Health webpage that includes educational material and resources for a statewide audience.

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07/01/2025-06/30/2027

Nonprofit Organizations; Individuals;

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Non-competitive

Healthcare

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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 are 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.

The application format is provided via the online grant management system, which must be completed in its entirety. Please note that “Instructions” boxes appear on screens throughout the online application, and it is suggested that applicants click on these for additional guidance and tips for completion.

Good standing status with the Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Women’s Health and Family Services shall be assessed upon receipt of application. Good standing must be maintained throughout the grant cycle. Proposals will be reviewed by program staff.

Upon completion of the submission and review process, each successful applicant will receive a grant agreement to be signed by the entity’s authorized official. The grant agreement is not binding on the parties until it has been fully executed by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

04/30/25

3-6 months

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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Matching funds (cash/in-kind contributions) are not required by the applicant. If applicant receives cash/in-kind contributions, these need to be included in the total operating budget reported in the online grant management system and specified in the grant budget summary.

No indirect costs allowed. Only 10% of the grant may be allocated to Direct Administrative Costs. State of Illinois Grant Awards will not allow reimbursement of pre-award costs, or construction costs To be reimbursed under IDPH/OWHFS Grant Agreement, expenditures must meet the criteria below: • Be necessary and reasonable for proper and efficient administration of the program and not be a general expense required to carry out the overall responsibilities of the agency • Be authorized or not prohibited under federal, state or local laws or regulations • Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in the applicable rules, program description or grant agreement • Be accorded consistent treatment through application of generally accepted accounting principles appropriate to the circumstances • Not be allocable to or included as a cost of any state or federally financed program in either the current or a prior period • Be net of all applicable credits • Be specifically identified with the provision of a direct service or program activity • Be an actual expenditure of funds in support of program activities, documented by check number and/or internal ledger transfer of f Allowable costs include the following. This is not meant to be a complete list, but rather specific examples of items within each line item category. Personal Services: Gross salary paid to agency employees directly involved in the provision of program services; Employer’s portion of fringe benefits paid on behalf of direct services employees; examples include FICA (social security); life/health insurance; Workers Compensation insurance; Unemployment insurance and pension/retirement benefits. Contractual Services: Conference registration fees; Contractual employees (requires prior program approval from the Office of Health Care Regulation); Repair and maintenance of furniture and equipment; Postage, postal services, UPS or other carrier costs; Software for support of program objectives; subscriptions related to the program training and education costs. Payments (or pass-through) to subcontractors or sub-grantees are to be shown in the Contractual Services section – all subcontracts or sub-grants require an attached detail line item budget supporting this contractual amount. Allocation of the applicable portion of the following costs is allowable only if approved by the program and the allocation methodology is approved as part of the application process. 10% Administrative Cost Travel: Mileage (at State rate unless specifically noted otherwise); airline or rail transportation expenses; lodging; Per-Diem and meal costs; operation costs of agency owned vehicles. Commodities (Supplies): Office supplies; medical supplies; education and instructional materials and supplies; including booklets and reprinted pamphlets; household; laundry and cleaning supplies; parts for furniture and office equipment; equipment items costing less than $100.00 each; printing (including Letterpress, offset printing, binding, lithographing services, photocopy paper, other paper supplies, envelopes, letterhead, etc.). Equipment (requires prior written approval): Items costing over $100.00 each with a useful life of more than one year. Equipment costs shall include all freight and installation charges; office equipment and furniture; allowable medical equipment; reference and training materials and exhibits; books; and films. Telecommunications (included in Contractual services): Telephone services; answering services; installation; repair; parts and maintenance of telephones; other communication equipment. Unallowable costs include, but are not limited to: Indirect cost plan allocations, bad debts, contingencies or provisions for unforeseen events, contributions and donations, entertainment, food, alcoholic beverages and gratuities, fines and penalties, interest and financial costs; Legislative and lobbying expenses; real property payments and purchases.

Monthly Reimbursement Forms will be due on the 15th of the following month; Quarterly Progress Reports will be due on the 30th of the month following the closure of the quarter; and End of Grant Report will be due forty-five days from the last date of the grant period. All reports and monthly reimbursement forms shall be submitted through the online grants management system

Audit requirements per JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code7000.90 or alternative audit requirements specific to program.

Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR). If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later

872-48260-1900-0000 (Title V)

FY26 $100,000.00; FY27 $100,000.00

Total award amounts range from $200,000.00 (for the total 2-year grant cycle)

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Division of Maternal and Child Health, Illinois Dept of Public Health, 122 S. Michigan, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60603

https://dph.portal.illinois.gov/owhfs/Pages/default.aspx

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7/1/2021

FY 2020 : $255,613
FY 2022 : $100,000
FY 2023 : $100,000
FY 2024 : $100,000
FY 2025 : $100,000
FY 2026 : $100,000
FY 2027 : $100,000