IDPH: Office of Health Protection

These grants are to the two local health departments (Cook and DuPage) with the greatest proportion of infants born to hepatitis B carriers in IL. The Department has provided additional funding to support case identification and infants case management services over the course of the infants’ first two years of life to ensure that the infant is age-appropriately vaccinated against hepatitis B and tested to ensure that the infants was not perinatally infected. Service demands are particularly high within the DuPage and Cook County areas due to the number of foreign-born hepatitis B carriers living within this area. It is essential to ensure that high risk infants are aggressively case-managed to complete their vaccination series and to acquire testing to determine the infant’s serostatus. In addition, these two grantees routinely assist the Department in identifying and validating the number of HBsAg+ mothers within their counties and sharing “best practices” to ensure improved responses with high risk families.

FAIN: NH23IP922637 CFDA: 93.268

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30 ILCS 708, TITLE 44: CHAPTER I: Section 7000 Funding for the program is approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and allocated through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC then partners with each state to provide funding for Perinatal Hepatitis B coverage in Illinois.

GOALS Collaborate with health care providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to identifying pregnant women infected with hepatitis B (HBsAg+) and managing the preventive care of their infants and household contacts. Assist the Department in identifying and validating the number of hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) pregnant women mothers within the jurisdiction and assessing their household contacts and newborn infants ‘susceptibility status. Utilize the Illinois National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS) to document surveillance and follow-up initiatives and findings, including telephone correspondence, counseling, field visits and referral(s) provided. Produce reminders of scheduled immunizations, conduct follow-up on infants who have not completed the vaccination series and facilitate post vaccination screening of infants once they have completed the immunization series. Assure that each HBsAG+ mother within their jurisdiction has the mother’s lab results, contacts and infant information documented correctly and completed within the I-NEDSS. Prepare and submit MONTHLY Perinatal Progress Reports to the Department, summarizing the number of women and infants identified for case management intervention by the outreach and tracking specialist during the quarter. Describe any local initiatives planned or provided to enhance perinatal hepatitis B prevention initiatives. Each report is due to the Department within 20 days of the end of the previous month. Submit MONTHLY details of expenditures of designated assessment staff to the Immunization program’s grants Administrator on the Request for Reimbursement form within 20 days of the end of the previous month. OBJECTIVES Conduct surveillance for HBsAg-infected pregnant women, providing case management to their infants and submit required documentation to IDPH. Task – Collaborate with area providers through consultation or educational programming to ensure a comprehensive approach to reducing incidence of perinatally acquired hepatitis B within the jurisdiction. Task – Submit infant and contact case management documentation to IDPH through INEDSS Task – Submit reimbursement certification forms to the IDPH monthly, identifying appropriate and approved expenditures. Task – Submit the MONTHLY Activity Summary Report, identifying monthly, quarterly and year-to-date progress in key outcome measures for surveillance, case management and tracking, infant prophylaxis/vaccination and post-vaccination testing.

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• Work with local hospitals throughout statewide Illinois to support case identification and infants case management services over the course of the infants’ first two years of life to ensure that the infant is age-appropriately vaccinated against hepatitis B and tested to ensure that the infants was not perinatally infected. • Some areas of Illinois are particularly high risk areas and are a priority due to the number of foreign-born hepatitis B carriers living within this area. It is essential to ensure that high risk infants are aggressively case-managed to complete their vaccination series and to acquire testing to determine the infant’s serostatus. • Routinely assist the Department in identifying and validating the number of HBsAg+ mothers within their counties and sharing “best practices” to ensure improved responses with high risk families. • Collaborate with health care providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to identifying pregnant women infected with hepatitis B (HBsAg+) and managing the preventive care of their infants and household contacts. • Assist the Department in identifying and validating the number of hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) pregnant women mothers within the jurisdiction and assessing their household contacts and newborn infants ‘susceptibility status. • Utilize the Illinois National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS) to document surveillance and follow-up initiatives and findings, including telephone correspondence, counseling, field visits and referral(s) provided. Produce reminders of scheduled immunizations, conduct follow-up on infants who have not completed the vaccination series and facilitate post vaccination screening of infants once they have completed the immunization series. • Assure that each HBsAG+ mother within their jurisdiction has the mother’s lab results, contacts and infant information documented correctly and completed within the I-NEDSS. • Prepare and submit quarterly Perinatal Progress Reports to the Department, summarizing the number of women and infants identified for case management intervention by the outreach and tracking specialist during the quarter. Describe any local initiatives planned or provided to enhance perinatal hepatitis B prevention initiatives. Each report is due to the Department within 15 days of the end of the previous quarter. • Submit monthly details of expenditures of designated assessment staff to the Immunization program’s grants Administrator on the Request for Reimbursement form."

Nonprofit Organizations;

Public Health Departments

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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 the IDPH EGRAMS database to submit their grant application. https://idphgrants.com/ Please utilize the instructional guide. https://idphgrants.com/misc/ViewTutorials.aspx#:~:text=EGrAMS%20Instructional%20Guide%20%E2%80%93%20Application%20Entry%20and%20Submission

This is a non-competitive grant. All eligible applicants will receive a grant award. There are no merit-based review criteria for evaluating the applications. Each application will be reviewed for completeness and accuracy. Applications lacking any required information will be returned to the applicant for correction and re-submission.

Upon final approval by IDPH of the EGrAMS grant application, the applicant will be sent a grant agreement through EGrAMS. Each applicant will be required to print the grant agreement, sign it and return it to IDPH for execution. After execution, a copy of the executed grant agreement will be provided to the applicant. 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

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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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Outreach funds to conduct hospital in-services within Cook and DuPage counties to maintain a comprehensive perinatal record-keeping system capable of identifying the status of women infected with hepatitis B, their infants and household contacts. Additional funding to support cases-management services, nurses to perform home visits for screening and immunization as needed, follow-up activities and conduct post vaccination screening of infants that have completed the immunization series. In addition, professional healthcare staff perform screening and vaccination for household contacts. Investigative staff perform in-office tracking and data management, telephone and mail correspondence, educational counseling and assistance with protocol development and update. Staff at both agencies produce reminders of scheduled immunizations, conducted follow-up of clients who have not completed the vaccination series and perform post-vaccination screening of infants that have completed the immunization series 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. Allowability Allowable – All grant funds must be used for items that are necessary and reasonable for the proper and efficient performance of the grant and may only be used for the purposes stated in the grant agreement, work plan, and budget. Items must comply with all applicable state and federal regulations. Allocable – Grant-funded costs must be chargeable or assignable to the grant in accordance with relative benefits received. The allocation methodology should be documented and should be consistent across funding sources for similar costs. Reasonable – The amounts charged for any item must be reasonable. That means the nature and amount of the expense does not exceed what a prudent person under the same circumstances would expend; and that the items are generally recognized as ordinary and necessary for the performance of the grant.

Monthly Reimbursements and progress Reports are required, and must be received by the IDPH no later than 5pm of the 20th of the month following.

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.

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.

063-48-250-1900-0000

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525 W. Jefferson, 2nd. Floor, Springfield, IL 62761

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7/21/2021

FY 2018 : $70,000