IDPH: Office of Health Promotion

The Asthma Education, Policy, and Care Coverage grant program aligns with components of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) EXHALE Technical Package, and the Community Preventive Services Task Force school-based asthma intervention recommendations, which focus on key levers to improve childhood asthma outcomes. The recipient of the award will improve statewide infrastructure and provide asthma self-management education (AS-ME) to students with asthma and their caregivers; provide asthma education and/or training, including on policies and environmental best practices related to asthma control; and conduct evaluation of undesignated emergency asthma medications program implementation in Illinois schools. The recipient will expand access to and delivery of AS-ME to students with asthma and their families and/or caregivers utilizing an evidence-based curriculum. Caregivers may include other partners such as school staff and child care providers. Capacity and training needs of organizations should be assessed prior to implementation. AS-ME may be provided in-person or virtually, dependent upon recipient and partner organization preferences. Asthma education and communication interventions should be tailored to needs of key audiences, including individuals with asthma and caregivers, along with intermediary audiences (e.g., health professionals or school personnel, etc.). The recipient will also work to strengthen systems to improve guidelines-based care, access to asthma medications, and encourage adoption, implementation, and evaluation of asthma policies and best practices. The recipient will provide statewide education and/or facilitate focused training on policies related to asthma control to stakeholders such as public health professionals, community-based organizations, school staff, child care providers, and the public. Utilizing key partners, the recipient will conduct both process and outcome evaluation of undesignated emergency asthma medications program implementation. Evaluation efforts should include a thorough, descriptive assessment of policy implementation, stock albuterol usage and events, and associated health outcomes. By the end of the grant period, the recipient should report on any measurable or meaningful change or impact in health outcomes, behaviors, or practices, such as: • Health outcomes: Health care utilization, clinical asthma measures (including medication use) • Costs: Return on investment, cost savings, absenteeism from work or school • Practices: Practices that support asthma management and/or trigger reduction in homes/schools/workplaces • Policy changes: Policies that affect access to asthma care, self-management education, coverage/reimbursement, linkages/coordination of care, or exposure to environmental triggers • Activities that have been implemented or policy, systems, or environmental changes to advance health equity.

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Illinois Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law, 20 ILCS 2310/2310-25

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Required Activities 1. Meet, at a minimum, quarterly and as needed, with the Illinois Asthma Program via conference call to discuss grant activities and progress. 2. Select and participate on at least one of the Illinois Asthma Partnership (IAP) workgroups. 3. Participate in annual IAP meetings. 4. Report on National Asthma Program performance measures as part of quarterly progress reports and annual CDC performance measures. 5. Provide evidence-based AS-ME to students with asthma. AS-ME must be based on National Asthma Education Prevention Program guidelines, and must include basic pathophysiology, correct usage of medications, monitoring symptoms, avoiding triggers, and return demonstration. 6. Promote asthma policy and best practices and disseminate information to stakeholders. 7. Provide statewide education and/or focused training on policies related to asthma control to public health professionals, school staff, and other stakeholders. 8. Conduct evaluation of undesignated emergency asthma medications program implementation in Illinois schools. 9. By the end of the grant period, report on any measurable or meaningful change or impact in health outcomes, behaviors, or practices.

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FY: 25 09/01/2024 - 06/30/2025 TThe recipient will expand access to and delivery of AS-ME to students with asthma and their families and/or caregivers utilizing an evidence-based curriculum. Caregivers may include other partners such as school staff and child care providers. Capacity and training needs of organizations should be assessed prior to implementation. AS-ME may be provided in-person or virtually, dependent upon recipient and partner organization preferences. Asthma education and communication interventions should be tailored to needs of key audiences, including individuals with asthma and caregivers, along with intermediary audiences (e.g., health professionals or school personnel, etc.). The recipient will also work to strengthen systems to improve guidelines-based care, access to asthma medications, and encourage adoption, implementation, and evaluation of asthma policies and best practices. The recipient will provide statewide education and/or facilitate focused training on policies related to asthma control to stakeholders such as public health professionals, community-based organizations, school staff, child care providers, and the public. Utilizing key partners, the recipient will conduct both process and outcome evaluation of undesignated emergency asthma medications program implementation. Evaluation efforts should include a thorough, descriptive assessment of policy implementation, stock albuterol usage and events, and associated health outcomes.

Nonprofit Organizations;

Respiratory Health Association is the sole, eligible applicant for this grant.

children with asthma, caregivers

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 Excl

All grantees are required to register with the State of Illinois through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) website, https://gata.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. Applications must be submitted via the Illinois Department of Public Health's Electronic Grants Administration and Management System (EGrAMS), accessible at idphgrants.com.

Grants will be reviewed and graded based on a 100-point scoring rubric. Applications will be reviewed for content, work plan activities, budget proposals and required application supplemental material. Applicants must use the health equity checklist questions to identify both the short and long-term impacts to health equity, health inequalities and health inequities of the proposed intervention strategy.

A Notice of State Award (NOSA) shall be issued to the finalists who have successfully completed all grant award requirements and have been selected to receive grant funding. The NOSA will specify the funding terms and specific conditions resulting from applicable pre-award risk assessments. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is exempt from utilizing the standard NOSA issued on the GATA Grantee Portal completed by an authorized representative of the grantee organization and submitted to IDPH. A Notice of Denial shall be sent to the applicants not receiving awards. 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

Applications must be received by the close of business (5:00 pm) on July 8th 2024

Applications must be received by the close of business (5:00 pm) on July 8th 2024. After review, the anticipated award announcement is August 2024.

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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Cost Sharing is not required. Eligible applicants may voluntarily identify indirect costs as a programmatic match, in order to allocate the entire grant award for direct costs.

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. 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. Allowed Uses Funding may be used for the following: Use of Funds. To be reimbursable under the Department/Office of Health Promotion Grant Agreement, expenditures must meet the following general criteria: • 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 applicant. • 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 funds. Allowable costs may include Personnel, Fringe, Travel, Equipment, Supplies, Contractual Services,Telecommunications, and Training and Education. Please see the Budget Glossary for more information on allowable line item categories. With prior approval, funding may be used for the following: Food or refreshments for program-related meetings or events. Funding may NOT be used for the following: •Political or religious purposes •Contributions or donations •Fundraising or legislative lobbying expenses •Payment of bad or non-program related debts, fines or penalties •Contribution to a contingency fund or provision for unforeseen events • Research •Incentives, including but not limited to t-shirts, bags, backpacks, hats, pencils, rulers, coloring books, stress balls, band-aid holders, mugs and cookware. •Entertainment, alcoholic beverages and gratuities •Membership fees, interest or financial payments, or other fines or penalties •Purchase or improvement of land or purchase, improvement or construction of a building •Lease of facility space. •Expenditures that may create conflict of interest or the perception of impropriety •Audit expenses •Gift cards •Exhibit fees of any kind •Subscription costs •Association dues •Expenses for credentialing •Airfare •Out of State Travel Costs

The grantee is required to submit quarterly progress reports on their work plan objectives. Failure to submit required reports in a timely manner will result in delays with approval of reimbursements. The grantee will ensure quarterly reports are submitted in the provided format as follows: 1st/2nd Quarter Report due by: January 30; 3rd Quarter Report due by: April 30; 4th Quarter Report due by: July 30

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.

Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records for a minimum of 3 years after the end of a grant period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the record 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. More detailed information regarding retention requirements is provided in 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92.

733.48230.1900.0100

$555,000.00

555,000.00

asthma self-management education, caregiver education, education on asthma best practices

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Chicago

Springfield

idphgrants.com

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6/4/2021

FY 2020 : $31,646
FY 2021 : $47,000
FY 2022 : $50,000
FY 2023 : $30,000
FY 2024 : $535,000
FY 2025 : $555,000