IDPH: Office of Preparedness and Response

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Office of Preparedness and Response (OPR) has been collaborating with the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in strengthening the State of Illinois' response readiness and that of Local Health Departments (LHDs) for public health emergencies since 2002. With the start of the new PHEP Cooperative Agreement (2024 - 2028), IDPH will build and sustain statewide public health and healthcare readiness across the three core public health strategies. The IDPH program will be implemented over a five-year period with a start date of July 1, 2024, and will work with established state and local partners to strengthen core emergency preparedness and response initiatives. These efforts will be guided by meeting the milestones and performance measures described in the CDC Response Readiness Framework and the CDC Public Health and Response Capabilities: National Standards for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health. In this effort IDPH, as well as the organizations and agencies that make up the emergency preparedness and response enterprise, will become better able to save lives and reduce morbidity during emergencies.

Section 247d–3c of the PHS Act and 207(b) of PAHPAI (42 U.S.C. 247d-3a(b)(2)(A)(iv)

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Public health emergency preparedness and response capacity continues to be tested at national, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Since 9/11, CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program has collaborated with state, local, and territorial health departments to prepare and plan for emergencies, resulting measurable improvement. However, ongoing risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents as well as cyberattacks further underscore the importance of updating and modernizing jurisdictional all-hazards public health preparedness and response strategies to address emerging technologies and new 21st century threats. To address these challenges, PHEP recipients must increase or maintain their levels of effectiveness across six key public health preparedness domains and focus efforts on strengthening preparedness and response capabilities to prevent or reduce morbidity and mortality. As additional public threats continue to emerge, CDC must ensure that state, local, tribal, and territorial public consequences of incidents or events whose scale, rapid onset, or unpredictability stresses the public health system.

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Payments to the Grantee are subject to the Grantee’s submission and certification of actual and necessary eligible costs in conformity with approved Budget and any documentation as required by the Department. Payment shall be initiated upon the Department’s approval of actual and necessary eligible costs and cash amount requested for reimbursement of those costs.

Government Organizations;

Certified Local Health Departments.

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Non-competitive

Public Safety

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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/admin/ViewAppDocs.aspx?fnam=EGrAMS%20Instructional%20Guide%20-%20Initiate%20Grant%20App%20YBD.pdf Since high-speed internet access is not yet universally available for downloading documents or accessing the electronic application, and applicants may have additional accessibility requirements, applicants may request paper copies of materials by contacting: Andrea Dos Santos, Deputy Director, Illinois Department of Public Health - Office of Preparedness and Response, 422 S. 5th Street, Springfield IL 62701, Phone: 217-836-6265

The application will have a team review at which time all questions above in the above section will be taken into consideration. Those reviewers must be in agreement in order for funding to be awarded. If there are questions or disagreements between the reviews, it will be reviewed by the Deputy Director if necessary. Applications that are not correctly completed or need clarification will be returned to the applicant for correction and resubmission.

Once an application is reviewed and approved by IDPH staff, the applicant will receive an email from EGrAMS with instructions on how to print, review, sign, scan and email back to IDPH for signature and execution by the Director of Public Health. The grantee must also electronically sign the grant agreement in EGrAMS.

Application Deadline is July 5th 2024.

15 - 30 days

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..

Project period of performance is 1 to 5 years. After initial awards, and subject to availability of funds, projects may be continued non-competitively contingent upon satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required reports) and the determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the Federal government.

A 10% match is required for all PHEP funds. The Grantee will make available non-federal contributions in the amount of 10% ($1 for each $10 of federal funds provided in the grant agreement) of the award. Match may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment or services. Please refer to 45 CFR 75.306 for match requirements, including descriptions of acceptable match resources. Documentation of match, including methods and sources, must be included in the Budget Section of EGrAMS, follow procedures for generally accepted accounting practices, and meet audit requirements.

Please see NCFI for allowable/unallowable costs

Quarterly Performance Measures, Quarterly Work Plan Report, Monthly Reimbursement, Yearly Performance Measure, Survey of Training and Exercise Performance Measure

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).

75-0958-1-1-550

Funds must be obligated at the Comptroller's office before dispersement.

Low: $32,114, High: $973,840

Grantees must build, refine, and sustain program strategies and activities in accordance with expectations and requirements within this funding opportunity. Grantees must achieve the PHEP logic model’s outcomes during the five-year performance period.

Enabling Legislation: Section 247d–3c of the PHS Act and 207(b) of PAHPAI (42 U.S.C. 247d-3a(b)(2)(A)(iv). Guidelines: Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-TP19-1901

IDPH Springfield

422 S. 5th Street, Springfield IL 62701

http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/emergency-preparedness-response

Cities Readiness Initiative, Healthcare Preparedness Cooperative Agreement

MRC community events, revision of isolation and quarantine orders, mass vaccination in IC structure

4/8/2021

FY 2018 : $7,503,325
FY 2019 : $14,084,477
FY 2020 : $7,300,521
FY 2021 : $7,300,521
FY 2022 : $7,399,880
FY 2023 : $7,195,967
FY 2024 : $16,906,455
FY 2025 : $7,195,965