IDPH: Office of Health Promotion

Through Illinois General Review Funds, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) will provide funding to expand the implementation of strategies in the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. At the recommendation of the IDPH director-appointed advisory group, Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance (ISPA), the IDPH Violence and Injury Prevention Section will provide funding to one entity for the purpose to organize and implement a statewide suicide prevention summit, in addition to a Zero Suicide Academy. The project builds upon the following efforts: 1. Under previous funding, IDPH offered a statewide suicide prevention conference for several years. IDPH identified the conference as a strategy to sustain after the funding ended. In following years, a virtual and regional approach was taken. 2. Under previous funding, IDPH offered a Zero Suicide workshop to introduce the Zero Suicide approach to health and behavioral health care systems in Illinois. In a continuous effort to seek funding to support the Zero Suicide model, IDPH sought federal funding (approved but not funded) support systems in Illinois to implement the Zero Suicide model and establish a statewide network to provide technical assistance and support to systems currently or pursuing implementing the model.

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Public Act 101-0331

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• Expand the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan by convening collaborative activities including a statewide summit with stakeholders. o Increased best-practice knowledge and skills on suicide prevention, intervention, and post-vention. o Increase support for resources to build partnerships and coordinate suicide prevention -related strategies. • Expand the Zero Suicide model in Illinois by offering an Illinois Zero Suicide Academy or workshop. o Increased knowledge to provide better care for those at risk for suicide and improve care for those struggling with suicide. o Improve care and outcomes for individuals at risk of suicide in healthcare systems. o Provide a collection of information, tools, resources, and activities for health and behavioral healthcare leaders and leadership teams to assist them in implementing the seven elements of Zero Suicide. • Align and expand current suicide prevention-related projects by collaborating with IDPH, ISPA, and other IDPH grantees implementing suicide prevention-related strategies.

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This is a competitive grant funded through the GRF. The grantee will work in collaboration with the IDPH Office of Health Promotion (OHPm), Division of Emerging Health Issues’ Violence and Injury Prevention Section to ensure alignment with state and federal goals and objectives. Grant period is: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2025

Nonprofit Organizations;

Legally recognized organizations entities are eligible to apply for this funding. Applications from individual persons will not be considered. Eligible applicants include non-profit entities capable of implementing conference and meeting planning. Strong applicants will document past success in conference and meeting planning and the ability to engage stakeholders through the state to participate in the events.

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Project Grants

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 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 Applications will be reviewed and scored on the following criteria outlined in the Criteria section by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Violence and Injury Prevention Sections Suicide Prevention Coordinator.

This grant is competitive. Applications will be reviewed by multiple reviewers. Scoring is based on the evaluation criteria listed above. If criteria are met, then application shall be considered successful. The grantee must work closely with IDPH Office of Health Promotion (OHPm), Division of Emerging Health Issues’ Violence and Injury Prevention Section leadership, attest to meet grant deliverables, provide adequate budget and justification for allocation of project resources.

Eligible applicants will receive a grant award. Each application will be reviewed for completeness and accuracy. Applications lacking any information required will be returned to the applicant for correction and re-submission. The Health Equity Checklist is a scored portion of the IDPH grant application. In public health, health equity is the opportunity for everyone to reach their full health potential, regardless of any social determined circumstance. There are seven questions worth 35 points.

Applications must be submitted through the Illinois Department of Public Health Electronic Grants Administration & Management System (EGrAMS) accessible at idphgrants.com. Applications must be received by the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on (will be updated from the NOFO). If the applicant encounters technical difficulties with the EGrAMS system, the applicant may contact: IDPH Grants Support E-mail: DPH.GrantReview@illinois.gov.

The grant application will be reviewed after grant deadline. Anticipated award announcement is July,2025.

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 or matching are not required.

Use of Funds. 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. Use of grant funds for prohibited purposes may result in loss of grant award and/or place the grantee at risk for recouping of those funds used for the prohibited purpose. Expenditure reports must be submitted monthly. 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. • Not be used for research or clinical care. NOTE: Grantee should prepare a budget that reflects expenses for the grant term. Use whole numbers and round to the nearest dollar. Once approved, the budget will be incorporated into the grant. Using the forms provided in this packet, submit additional information or justification as required in the allowable costs list section. Specific line items listed in the detailed budget must be explained on the budget forms. The grantee may divide employee work time among multiple staff directly involved in the Program development, implementation, and evaluation. The allocation of employee work time in the grant budget must reflect and be commensurate with program activities attributed to the specific program staff in the approved Scope of Work Plan. Program staff members funded 100% from the grant are expected to work solely on this grant program and may not be funded by other IDPH grant programs. Use the Personnel Loading Chart found in the appendix to detail staff. If the grantee is anticipating the use of sub-contractors/sub-grantees, those should be listed under the Contractual Costs section of the Budget Detail Template and the Contractual Services section of the grant application. For such sub-contractors and/or sub-grantees, justification should be of sufficient detail to document the items requested are essential to the achievement of the work plan activities. Complete Subcontractor Table found in the appendix to provide information for each subcontractor that will be used to provide services under this grant. If a vendor is to be determined, indicate so on the table. Contractual Services are costs such as contractual employees, repair and maintenance of equipment, media development and placement, software for support of program objectives, among other costs. Payments (or pass-through) to subcontractors are to be shown in the Contractual Services section of the application (Section 5) as well as in the Budget Detail section. The grantee acknowledges they must expend funds in accordance with the budget approved by the Department and in line with the line item categorical amounts approved in that budget. Ten (10%) of the grant amount shall be distributed upon execution. The grantee is required to submit monthly documentation of actual expenditures incurred for conducting activities through use of the Department's reimbursement certification form. If changes in line item of the approved budget are necessary, the grantee must submit a Budget Adjustment Request in writing on Department forms for approval by the Department prior to making any of the requested expenditure changes. Documentation of actual expenditures incurred for the grant period must be submitted within 15 days after the close of the grant period (Friday, June 30, 2026). Any funds not documented and approved by the Department must be returned to the Department. Allowable costs. Examples of allowable costs are listed below. This is not meant to be a complete list, but rather specific examples of items within each line-item category. Personal Services: • Gross salaries paid to agency employees directly involved in the provision of program services. All salaries to be provided as in-kind need to be documented and noted on the budget sheet as such. • Employer's portion of fringe benefits actually paid on behalf of direct services employees. Examples include FICA (Social Security), life/health insurance, workers compensation insurance, unemployment insurance and pension/retirement benefits. Contractual Services: • Contractual employees (requires prior program approval). • Postage, postal services, overnight mailing, or other carrier costs. • Photocopies. If paid to a duplicating business, list the number of copies and costs. If charged by copy on a leased photocopy machine, list cost per actual copy. • Telecommunications. Allowable charges are monthly telephone service costs for land lines and installation, repair, parts and maintenance of telephones and other communication equipment. • Payments or pass-throughs to subcontractors or sub grantees are to be shown in the Contractual Services section. All subcontracts or sub grants require an attached detail line-item budget supporting the contractual amount. • Printing. Any printing job, e.g., letterpress, offset printing, binding, lithographing services, must be requested as a prior approval item in the budget submission. This expense requires substantive documentation as to its relevance to the work plan before approval will be granted. The cost of the printing may not exceed $1,000 or 5 percent of the total budget, whichever is less. Travel: • Auto travel mileage at no higher than $0.67 per mile - the state reimbursement rate as of January 1, 2024. • Rail transportation expenses. • Lodging. The rate must be in accordance with Illinois Travel Control Board rates or justification must be provided. • Per Diem. Supplies: • Office supplies. • Educational and instructional materials and supplies, including booklets and reprinted pamphlets. The budget narrative must describe the connection between the purchase of these materials and approved work plan before it will be approved. • Paper supplies. • Envelopes and letterhead. Prior Approval ONLY With prior approval, funding may be used for the following: N/A Funding Use Prohibitions Funding may NOT be used for the following: Unallowable Cost List. Unallowable or prohibited uses of grant funds include, but are not limited, to the following: • Political or religious purposes. • Contributions or donations. • Incentives, including but not limited to t-shirts, bags, backpacks, hats, pencils, rulers, coloring books, stress balls, band-aid holders, mugs, and cookware. • 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. • Food, alcoholic beverages, gratuities or entertainment. • 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. • Any expenditure that may create conflict of interest or the perception of impropriety. • Audit expenses. • Equipment. • Prescription drugs. • Conference registration fees, including registration fees to attend or exhibit at events that can be defined as fundraisers. • Exhibit fees. • Subscriptions. • Association dues. • Expenses for credentialing (e.g., CHES certification). • Out-of-state travel. • Airfare.

Grantees are required to submit quarterly performance reports on their work plan objectives and quarterly fiscal reporting in EGrAMS within 30 days after the reporting period. 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: • Progress period 1 – (July 1 – September 30, 2023) Due: October 30, 2023 • Progress period 2 – (October 1 – December 31, 2023) Due: January 30, 2023 • Progress period 3 – (January 1 – March 31, 2024) Due April 30, 2024 • Progress period 4 – (April 1 – June 30, 2024) Due July 30, 2024

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).

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Average of $250,000

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Springfield, IL

Suicide Prevention (illinois.gov)

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3/23/2023

FY 2023 : $750,000
FY 2025 : $250,000