IDPH: Office of Women's Health

Breastfeeding has many health benefits for infants, children, and mothers. Breastfeeding is a key factor to improving public health, as the benefits stretch throughout the lifespan for mom and baby. The Illinois breastfeeding initiation rate increased from 84% in 2017 to 85% in 2019. During the same time period, the rate of breastfeeding through six months increased from 24% to 28%. Breastfeeding goals to increase the portion of infants that are breastfed exclusively through 6 months of age continues to increase and remain on-track with the 2030 Healthy People Objectives. Illinois’ Title V (IL Title V) Program recognizes the importance of offering programs and initiatives that will continue these positive trends throughout Illinois. Accordingly, the Enhancing and Expanding Breastfeeding – Illinois (EEB) has established the following activities to be accomplished/continued by the end of State Fiscal Year 2027

Title V - 93.994

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

• Convene Medicaid managed care organizations and home visitors, doulas, lactation support providers and other birth equity workers that will soon be covered by Illinois Medicaid in a roundtable discussion about the coming changes and the programs/services/assets the new providers bring to the health care system. • Develop and launch a pilot with two hospitals in two separate regions to embed community doulas and lactation support into care teams and referral systems. IPHI will work with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative to engage hospitals to participate in the pilot. • To take the 2-3 pathways from activity 1, the 2 workflows created in activity 2 and the past policy, systems and environmental changes completed over the last two rounds of Title V to update and highlight success stories and strategies in IPHI’s Improving Lactation Support and Continuity of Care: Strategy examples for Institutions, including healthcare, community organizations, schools, worksites, and more. • Work with HFS and align efforts on their Transforming Maternal and Child Health grant. • IPHI will continue to share access to the Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar series hosted by the Michigan Breastfeeding Network and will continue to share information and resources in the monthly Breastfeeding Digest and web page. o These communications will also include a continued push of information related to the rollout of Medicaid reimbursement for lactation support services from doulas and those providing lactation consulting services to support awareness building of new opportunities/coverage. The intended impact overall is to continue to promote connection and continuity of care among perinatal services that support healthy pregnancies to improve birth and infant outcomes. • Improve the continuity of care and support for breastfeeding throughout Illinois. • Program development will be discussed among the vast network groups of local and community organizations. IPHII will utilize our breastfeeding support and equity workgroup from IPHI’s Illinois Alliance to Promote Opportunities for Health (IAPOH) coalition to garner further feedback on tools, messaging and overall processes of health equity and lactation support in the clinical space. • Enhancing workforce development through training and the dissemination of tools for healthcare professionals who provide services to pregnant individuals. • Implementing programs that promote health equity in lactation support.

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07/01/2025-06/30/2026

Government Organizations; Education Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations;

Illinois Public Health Institute

Illinois Public Health Institute

Non-competitive

Education

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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.

Applications must be submitted via the Illinois Department of Public Health's online grant administration and management system, accessible at idphgrants.com. The application format is provided online and 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

Proposals will be reviewed by program staff, only the named organization is eligible for award

Upon completion of the submission and review process, each successful grantee 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. Funds will be disbursed based on monthly financial reports.

Varies

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.

There are no renewal awards for this grant program. Grantees must submit a new application for each grant cycle.

None

Only 10% of the grant may be allocated to Administrative Costs

four quarterly reports and a final report.

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

FY24 (196,00.00) and FY 25 (196,000.00)

$362,720.00 per 2-year grant cycle

The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Office of Women’s Health and Family Services (OWHFS) receives federal Title V funding each year to improve maternal, child, and infant health outcomes across the state. Funded activities align with the state’s action plan and selected priority needs. In alignment with IDPH’s MCH Action Plan for 2021-2025, this program supports healthy pregnancies to improve birth and infant outcomes across Illinois. Fy 22 was the first year of this grant and

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Illinois Department of Public Health 535 W. Jefferson St., 5th Floor Springfield, IL 62761

www.idph.state.il.us

four quarterly reports and a final report.

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7/2/2021

FY 2021 : $23,970
FY 2022 : $181,360
FY 2023 : $181,360
FY 2024 : $196,000
FY 2026 : $32,000
FY 2027 : $196,000