DFCS

The Family Connects (TM) program in Chicago Illinois provides evidence-based nurse home visiting and coordinated referral program for families with newborns that will bridge the gap between parents and community resources.

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410 ILCS 212: Illinois Family Case Management Act

Title 77 Illinois Administrative Code Part 630: Maternal and Child Health Services Code

The Chicago Family Connects (CFC) program provides evidence-based nurse home visiting and coordinated referral program for City of Chicago birthing families with newborns that will bridge the gap between parents and community resources. The program is designed to: identify and prioritize family needs by screening mothers and newborns for health, safety, and family well-being; respond immediately to identified needs by providing on-the-spot interventions, education and support; reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing a universal service intervention designed to address factors that contribute to increased risk (consistent with recommendations in the Illinois Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Report issued by IDPH); respond with longer term solutions via appropriate referrals to formal and informal services (including other state funded programs like evidence-based home visiting, including Healthy Families Illinois, Women’s Infant and Children (WIC) and Early Head Start); and improve agency coordination to ensure a seamless experience for participants using follow-up services. This model fills a need to address infant and maternal mortality and the significant racial disparity in these rates in the City of Chicago and Illinois. The Family Connects program is operational in 16 other states, is evidenced based, and shows potential for statewide implementation to provide critical linkages to systems of support and care to reduce the infant/maternal mortality rate which is the primary goal of the Bureau of Maternal Child Health.

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The related Program Manual can be found via the following DHS website: https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=134492

Government Organizations;

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Families who give birth in a participating hospital and reside in the City of Chicago

Project Grants

Human Services

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Applicants must submit a completed Universal Grant Application as well as complete the pre-qualification processes. Each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or Federal or State awarding agency that is exempt from those requirements under 2 CFR § 25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the Federal or State awarding agency under 2 CFR § 25.110(d)) is required to: be registered in SAM before submitting the application; provide a valid DUNS number in its application; and continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which the applicant has an active Federal, Federal pass-through or State award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal or State awarding agency.

2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program.

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MBR excepted; reimbursement based on monthly reporting

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In accordance with GATA Administrative Rules, Section 350, Merit Based Review of Grant Applications, a merit-based application review is required for competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements, unless prohibited by State or Federal statute. The appeals process is set forth in section 7000.350 available here: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/044/044070000D03500R.html

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This program has no cost sharing or matching requirement.

CFC program will review regional and citywide data; address systems-level policy and resource issues; identify areas for improvement for Family Connects and other programming to more effectively and efficiently meets the needs of Chicago families. Funding is intended to review regional and citywide data; address systems-level policy and resource issues; identify areas for improvement for Family Connects and other programming to more effectively and efficiently meets the needs of Chicago families. It is expected that administrative costs, both direct and indirect, will represent a small portion of the overall budget.

Agencies will submit expenditure documentation forms in the format and timeline prescribed by the Department. Quarterly data reports will be submitted to the Department after the end of the quarter to document performance achieved in alignment with contractual expectations. Additional performance data may be collected as directed by the Department in a format prescribed by the Department.

JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.90

Each Local Agency shall maintain full and complete records of Program operations in compliance with Federal and State records retention requirements. All records shall be retained for three (3) years following the close of the fiscal year to which the records pertain. An agency (e.g., any court and all parts, boards, departments, bureaus, and commissions of any county, municipal corporation or political subdivision) shall comply with the Local Records Act, which regulates the destruction and preservation of public records within the State of Illinois.

82001490M 824084400

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975000

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City of Chicago

Springfield

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Family Case Management, High Risk Infant Follow-Up ,Better Birth Outcomes, WIC

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7/1/2021

FY 2021 : $874,000
FY 2022 : $975,000
FY 2023 : $975,000
FY 2024 : $1,675,000