IDPH: Office of Disease Control

The Harm Reduction Community Linkages Project is to support capacity building at harm reduction organizations statewide to expand their client base and develop more comprehensive linkages to prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including prescription opioids as well as illicit drugs such as heroin. This project is funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action – States (OD2A-S) Cooperative Agreement and Illinois General Revenue Funds. Organizations selected for this funding will need to demonstrate success in engaging individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including prescription opioids as well as illicit drugs such as heroin; have experience in linking individuals to opioid use prevention, OUD treatment and injection harm reduction services through community referral networks; and show capacity to cover large geographic regions in Illinois focusing on communities that demonstrate a high burden of opioid overdose. These funds will be used to strengthen partnerships between injection harm reduction community stakeholders and providers of OUD treatment and other needed social services to improve local coordination, connect more individuals to the appropriate support services and treatment for OUD, and provide case management as needed among persons who use opioids.

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Increase linkages to harm reduction services in Illinois

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09/01/2024 - 08/31/2025

Nonprofit Organizations; Government Organizations;

Agencies may apply to serve as a harm reduction agency for more than one region; however, a different application must be submitted for each region to be served. Agencies may apply only if they meet the following criteria. • The agency must be based in Illinois. • The agency must have at least 3 years of experience conducting harm reduction services OR delivering opioid treatment services. • The agency must employ a Harm Reduction Coordinator (HRC) with at least 2 years of experience providing harm reduction services to individuals who use substances OR who has at least 2 years of experience both managing an IDPH grant that specifically supports and funds harm reduction work. If an HRC with adequate experience providing harm reduction services is not available, the agency must agree to provide training to their HRC on Syringe Services Programs (SSP) and Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) within 6 months of the project period start date. The HRC will have experience conducting Quality Assurance for the performance of other staff in related public health work. • The agency must have an established network of new and returning individuals who use substances illicitly with whom they can engage immediately upon grant agreement execution. • The agency’s board and chief executive officer must be willing to conduct or support syringe exchange, injection supply provisions, safer use supplies, and naloxone/Narcan distribution targeted to people who use drugs.

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Project Grants

Healthcare

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Applications must be submitted via the Illinois Department of Public Health's Electronic Grants Administration and Management System (EGrAMS), accessible at idphgrants.com.

Grant funds will be made available based on the objective review of the applicant's grant application. Applications with budgets submitted which are higher than the maximum Total FY2025 Harm Reduction Community Linkages Project for the Region will be DISQUALIFIED (see Table 2 for amounts). Application scoring is broken out as follows: A. Organizational capacity and experience (10 points) B. Project Description (15 points) C. Project Staffing (15 points) D. Work Plan (15 points) E. Health Equity (35 points) F. Project Budget Narrative (10 points)

An objective individual grant review and evaluation process will be conducted to determine grant award recipients. Each grant applications will be scored by a panel of Office of Disease Control Staff. Applicants with the highest consolidated panel scores will be selected for funding. Scoring is based on the following categories: • The State awarding agency may not make a Federal pass-through or State award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable DUNS and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time the State awarding agency is ready to make a Federal pass-through of State award, the State awarding agency may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a Federal pass-through or State award and use that determination as a basis for making a Federal pass-through or State award to another applicant.

10/09/2024

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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: • Submit the appeal in writing and in accordance with the grant application document through IDPH's Merit-Based Review Appeal Request Form available here: 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. • 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. Documentation of the appeal determination shall be sent to the appealing party and must include the following: • Standard description of the appeal review process and criteria • Review of the appeal • Appeal determination • Rationale for the determination • In addition to providing the written determination, the grant-making office may do the following: • Document improvements to the evaluation process given the findings and re-review all submitted applications. • Document improvements to the evaluation process given the findings and implement improvements into the following year's grant evaluation process. • Provide written notice to the appealing party as to how the identified actions will be remedied. Appeals resolutions may be deferred pending a judicial or administrative determination when actions concerning the appeal have commenced in a court of administrative body.

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No change from previous program year

Monthly reimbursement report and quarterly work plan report

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).

063-48220-1900-0000

$847,488.98

27,605.14 - 240,961.00

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Springfield, IL

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HRCL-22

9/1/2021

FY 2019 : $459,000
FY 2020 : $270,026
FY 2021 : $270,026
FY 2022 : $3,600,000
FY 2023 : $1,706,513
FY 2024 : $688,709
FY 2025 : $847,488
FY 2026 : $847,488
FY 2027 : $847,488