Division of Mental Health

Program Summary • Geographic Front Door Diversion Program (GFDDP) services are to be provided to an eligible person, 18 years of age or older who, without such services, might be referred and/or admitted to a Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility (SMHRF). Eligible persons who have been assessed by Illinois' PASRR vendor and determined 'SMHRF Eligible-Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' are engaged by a GFDDP provider to determine appropriate community-based needs and services. The GFDDP provider will provide an offer for diversion to the consumer and provide those services outlined in the offer to maintain individuals in the most integrated community-based setting in lieu of a SMHRF admission. • The pilot project is projected to serve those counites of Adams, Coles, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Madision, Marion, McHenry, Saline, Sangamon, St. Clair, Whiteside & Winnebago that have minimal referral volumes but serves to satisfy a Williams Consent decree requirement to expand this program more statewide. Funding Priorities or Focus Areas • IDHS is working to counteract systemic racism and inequity, and to prioritize and maximize diversity throughout its service provision process. This work involves addressing existing institutionalized inequities, aiming to create transformation, and operationalizing equity and racial justice. It also focuses on the creation of a culture of inclusivity for all regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Project Description • Geographic Front Door Diversion Program (GFDDP) services are to be provided to an eligible person, 18 years of age or older who, without such services, might be referred and/or admitted to a Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility (SMHRF), and who have been assessed as appropriate for community-based services. Services are provided to maintain individuals in the most integrated community-based setting. Persons eligible for GFDDP services are defined as: a. All Medicaid eligible persons except for those with private insurance coverage and/or Medicare only, and b. Persons who have received a SMHRF Preadmission Assessment from the PASRR vendor contracted with HFS, * and c. The SMHRF Preadmission Assessment disposition must contain the outcome of 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral. ** 1) Engagement into the GFDDP: Engagement may be initiated at different "intercept points." This includes engagement by any vendor contracted with HFS to fulfill Illinois' PASRR responsibilities and/or by the Geographic Front Door Diversion grantee with focused action to include, but not be limited to, the following: i. Hospital inpatient psychiatric units. ii. Other community-based settings, as approved by DMH. iii. DMH reserves the right to assign any other consumer referral. * PASRR is interpreted to mean a screening assessment completed by the HFS contractor in support of the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities (SMHRF) pre-admission assessment process. ** Receipt of referrals is interpreted as the date/time at which the HFS contracted vendor places a case deemed 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' into the contractor's (vendor contracted with HFS) website's queue. 2) Service Program Details: a. Grantee must within twenty-four (24) clock hours of receipt of the referral** complete an assessment of need, then recommend and offer a discharge/ treatment plan which provides for alternative community-based behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment care options, housing opportunities, as needed, and support services, as needed, for the referred person to secure a diversion, herein defined as Engagement/Outreach Services. This program must fund Grantees in the manner displayed in 'Exhibit C: Payment' as noted below. b. Grantee must provide quarterly outreach visits to assigned referring entities for the benefit of providing program education and ensuring ease of referral process for consumers, including effective and timely discharge planning. c. Grantee must directly provide or secure, each referred person with access to the full array of all Rule 140 behavioral health services to address the individual needs, including without limitation, Peer Recovery services, and SOAR and employment services for persons that have accepted diversion. (see also ‘ i ’ below) d. Grantee staff must be fully and appropriately trained and credentialed to provide all services, including to meet the assessment and service needs of those with serious mental illness or with serious mental illness and other co-occurring disorders with distinct team-based services (CST, ACT), and other support services as needed to effectively support consumers in community-based clinical care. e. Grantee must complete the IDHS approved assessment tool, such as the Illinois-Medicaid Comprehensive Assessment of Needs and Strengths (IM+CANS), should the consumer express an interest in proceeding with diversion services. Completion timelines are as required by Rule 140. f. Grantee must have the capacity to provide continuing outreach and treatment contacts with consumers following diversion, in the community or other settings, to maintain engagements with the consumers to support them in the community, including the provision of supportive services for the consumer(s) as provided in their agreed to treatment plan and completing subsequent re-evaluations or re-assessments after the initial diversion. g. Grantee must provide and make fully available to potential and existing Front Door consumers access to all of their agency's DHS and DMH funded services or programs Narratives must fully detail the full array of these agency-based services. Agencies which provide an affirmative contract or letter of agreement with another provider, as acceptable to DHS/DMH, must also guarantee admission/access to all of that subcontractor's DHS and DMH funded services or programs. An offer is defined as a formal, written statement presented to the potential consumer that must include: i. the full array of behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and ii. the full array of housing site/services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and iii. the full array of supportive services as defined below, including SOAR or employment services, needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer. This offer is considered a preliminary plan of care only to serve until a formal treatment plan is completed and agreed to by the participant as required as part of Rule 140. It is assumed that service needs can change and will be formally updated as necessary. h. Grantee must be expected to provide an offer for diversion to all consenting referrals received from PASRR contracted vendor with HFS as the default action. Likewise, it is the predominant purpose of the program to secure diversions into community-based services so that consumers can live successfully in the most integrated community-based setting appropriate to their needs. i. Diversion is defined as: A person who has received and accepted an offer from the grantee which provides: i. the full array of behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and ii. the full array of housing site/services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and iii. the full array of supportive services as defined below, including SOAR or employment services, needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and iv. the person physically occupies a temporary housing/residential setting, and*** v. upon and after discharge or diversion start date the person is receiving billable services. *** The Grantee is responsible for ensuring the safety and stability of the consumer post diversion in the identified temporary housing/residential setting. Housing may be agency provided or consumer provided. Excludes Shelters. j. Grantee must establish and maintain capacity to also serve each of the below referenced populations with serious mental illness, including: i. persons with co-occurring SUD, and ii. DHS/DMH-identified forensically involved persons serving this specialty population includes provision of all mandated court reporting requirements, and iii. court involved persons, and iv. persons registered as sexual offender status, and v. persons aging out the care and custody of DCFS, and vi. persons who are homeless, and vii. persons with co-occurring physical disabilities, and viii. persons without verifiable income such as access to SSI/SSDI, or other federal or State income subsidies. k. Grantee must notify DMH, at minimum, twenty (20) State business days prior to any change, planned or unplanned disruption in service delivery. Upon such notification to DMH the Grantee must provide a contingency plan to provide adequate program coverage for all SMHRF Preadmission Assessment referrals received with a determination of 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' and for all related activities thereafter when the grantee is unable to fulfill program obligations. DMH reserves the right to accept, deny, or accept with modifications the written alternative coverage plan. l. Grantee may either directly provide all activities, services, and supports, or utilize subgrantee relationships, either in whole or in part, but Grantees will remain entirely responsible for ensuring all activities, services, and supports are provided in a seamless manner and consistent with all program requirements and expectations. These Front Door activities complement the treatment support, housing options and support services that Front Door eligible persons or actual consumers will be provided to move toward individual recovery and to live successfully in the community. While subgrantee relationships are permitted under this grant, to ensure seamless service delivery, grantee may utilize subgrantees to deliver the full complement of Front Door activity which are relevant for consumer engagement and outreach, assessment and offer for diversion, and the continuation of community-based care post diversion. Grantees may separately elect to use subgrantee relationships to support housing location and transition coordination (3a below), peer services, SOAR, employment, and SUD or other integrated health care services. m. Grantee will assist consumers with all applications for state and/or federal financial and/or medical benefits, including re-determinations and appeals. n. Grantee must achieve XX diversions (A2i above) in FY25. 3) Housing Service Details: a. Grantee must create immediate housing capacity using grant funds as per the approved contract budget. This housing must be used to provide access to safe community housing immediately upon acceptance of an offer for diversion, either by i. A comprehensive Housing First proposal whose services are all directly provided by applicant or with an affirmative letter of agreement/subcontract with another provider, as acceptable to DHS/DMH. Proposals must advise: a. admission, exclusion, and discharge criteria, if applicable. b. how the grantee will maintain occupancy management and secure new housing stock. c. how the grantee will ensure and maintain consumer's access, linkage, and engagement to all treatment services. d. These programs must provide in the narrative and budget how they will comply with all other requirements specifically how the proposed model ensures engagement to all treatment services, as identified in the consumer's treatment plan. AND / OR ii. The leasing of a transitional studio or one (1) bedroom furnished apartment(s), or other such units as accepted by DHS/DMH which a consumer may use temporarily to support their stabilization. The consumer and the agency must actively attempt to secure mid to longer term permanent housing using all options. These transitional units will be expected to be re-used with subsequent consumers. a. Length of stay in such immediate transitional housing should be ninety (90) calendar days or less. Extensions can be approved by the DMH GFDDP Program Contact if it facilitates the desired outcome of securing safe, affordable housing of choice for the consumers(s). b. The use of transitional studio or one (1) bedroom furnished apartment(s), or other such units as accepted by DHS/DHS should align with the Housing First model. If the Grantee is unable to provide Housing First components within current immediate transitional housing services, please provide an outline as to how the grantee will proceed with providing linkage to Housing First options to support a consumer's recovery needs. This may include sub-contracting. b. Grantee must clearly display in budget allowable costs: lease cost, cost to initially furnish and replenish supplies, application fees, utility costs, security deposits (unit and utilities) or insurance costs. Costs must be based on clearly defined estimated volumes of usage. Other costs may be requested for approval from the GFDDP Program Contact person on an as-needed basis. c. Grantee must register consumers(s) placed into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing into the PAIRS or other local housing database modules for potential access to the SRN, 811 housing waitlists and matching processes. This is to be accomplished within the first thirty (30) days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing. The requested approval for a consumer's housing extension may be dependent upon their enrollment into the PAIRS or local modules as this is a requirement of the consumer to utilize immediate temporary housing options. d. Those consumers needing housing at any time during their participation must also be placed into the PAIRS or local modules for potential access to the SRN, 811 housing waitlists and matching processes or a Bridge Subsidy. e. Grantee must assist consumers with all applications, tenancy services and housing search activities as well as all possible housing program options to progress towards independent Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), including use of GFDDP Bridge Subsidy Program, PAIRS, State Referral Network, 811 Vouchers, all federal, state, or local subsidized housing opportunities etc. Grantee must educate consumers on all program requirements. The grantee must also provide the necessary transportation services to and from, as appropriate, to navigate an in-person apartment viewing(s) and other support services that help the consumer navigate the housing search. f. Grantee must specifically and continuously work with consumers receiving a Bridge Subsidy to transition them into all federal, state, or local subsidized housing opportunities. This must occur even if the consumer is no longer receiving clinical services as defined by Rule 140.The grantee must demonstrate their ability to provide a one (1) time per month housing support visit, at minimum, to ensure a consumer's compliance with the Bridge Subsidy Program and to pursue longer-term housing opportunities to exit the Bridge Subsidy Program. g. Grantee must advise how they propose to use, if any existing, DMH funded residential programs, - 860, 830, 832, 820, 620 under their direct agency control or as secured through sub-contract or an affirmative letter of agreement with another provider, as acceptable to DHS/DMH. Proposals must include written admission, exclusion, and discharge criteria (policies) for each level of care proposed. h. Grantee must demonstrate the ability to interface with landlords and/or property management entities who must have potential rental properties available and can conduct preliminary visits across vast geographic areas as a means of scouting appropriate rental units for transitional housing and/or consumer specific supportive housing. 4) Support Service: a. Grantees must use contract funds to provide for the emergent support needs of consumers. Those allowable supports must include transportation vouchers/cards, emergency clothing, emergency food, emergency medications, and emergency communication (cell phones/minute cards). Grantees must first utilize any available governmental or community resources for these needs, and transition consumers to these other support options as soon as is possible. Any unique instances must be addressed with DMH in advance of any actions for consultation and authorization decisions. b. Transition funds to support PSH placements costs is an allowable cost as within each agency's approved budget. This is a one-time per person allowance not to exceed $2,800 per consumer. Specific details on allowable expenses are also outlined in policy. Any unique instances must be addressed with DMH in advance of any actions for consultation and authorization decisions. c. Landlord Incentives: as other allowable expenses, with approval in advance and in writing by GFDDP Program Contact person, may include: i. The security deposit may be increased by an additional (third) months' rent. It must be refundable to the payor of the deposit as stipulated in the lease agreement as an additional incentive for the program's consumer to care for the property, and/or ii. A one-time, non-refundable signing bonus that is equal to no more than 2 month's rent, and/or iii. Paying the cost to repair damages or remediate conditions (such as infestations incurred/caused by the program consumer) that are clearly documented and not covered by the security deposit and/or that are incurred while the program consumer is still residing in the unit, program consumer has been evicted or program consumer has recently abandoned the leased unit. d. Subsistence allowance, as defined in policy. e. Grantee must provide either directly or through the use of subgrantee relationships as outlined in support services, employment services, preferably IPS Supported Employment, and SOAR services for consumers that either, 1) wish to secure employment to supplement other monthly income or, 2) require participation in one or both services to secure a monthly income. Consumers are required to secure one or both services if the consumer does not have an income as the subsistence allowance is available as a temporary service as defined in policy. The grantee is responsible for providing documentation of these services for all program consumers to demonstrate compliance with the delivery of support services either directly by the grantee or through the use of a subgrantee. f. Other support needs may be requested for approval from the GFDDP Program Contact person on an as needed basis. 5) Non-Allowable Costs: Use of grant funds must not include any costs associated with the delivery and billing of any other available service reimbursable by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), DHS/DMH, Medicare or other insurance. 6) Data Management and Exchange: a. As requested by IDHS, grantee must provide IDHS, an IDHS Business Associate and/or another IDHS vendor, such as, but is not limited to, UIC-College of Nursing, UIC-Jane Adams College of Social Work, consumer information that constitutes as PHI under HIPPA for the purposes of implementing regulations to perform data management/aggregation services and other program related performance management activities. b. Such entities, as identified by IDHS, may use and/or disclose consumer protected health information (PHI) as permitted or required by the program in accordance with any agreement, or as required by law. c. IDHS' and the entities' use and disclosure of PHI for the proper management and administration of the program is required to adhere to the obligations and activities as identified by IDHS, the Williams Consent Decree, and outlined in any such agreement.

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• 59 Ill. Admin, Code 132 (Rule 132), Section 132.150g • Mental Health Community Services Act (405 ILCS 30/ Section (f))

• Illinois Administrative Code Part 7000 Grant Accountability and Transparency Act

Performance Requirements 1. Responding to referrals from identified settings: a. Grantee must have the capacity available with appropriately trained and credentialed staff to meet the assessment and service needs of those with serious mental illness or with serious mental illness and other co-occurring disorders to respond to referrals made by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS at identified local community hospitals or State hospitals or approved sites as indicated in Exhibit A: Project Description. b. Grantee must perform, within twenty-four (24) clock hours of receipt of the referral, including holiday and weekends, i. a review of SMRHF Preadmission Assessment materials, including online reports, and ii. a face-to-face assessment by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP ****, and iii. recommend and offer alternative behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) and community-based treatment care options, housing, or residential placement, as needed, and support services, as needed. c. Grantee must provide continued services and supports for persons accepting diversion (alternative care options) until a hard hand-off is accomplished at the next level of community-based care, as identified in the consumer's agreed to discharge/preliminary offer for diversion with their agency or other psychiatric service providers or by another DMH/SUPR agency. d. Grantee must provide continuing treatment and care management for consumers (alternative care options) with their agency utilizing all clinically appropriate Rule 140 services as defined in the agreed-to discharge / master treatment plan (or as amended) until the consumer terminates care. e. In order to secure payments as defined below Grantee must provide first billable outreach/engagement within twenty-four (24) hours or forty-eight (48) hours, via telephone or face-to-face, following the consumer's exit (discharge date) from the hospital unit, or other approved site as indicated, or the diversion start date *****. f. Grantee must register all consumers using the unique Geographic Front Door Diversion Program identifier in accordance with the requirements of the Provider Manual and must report consumers served through the submission of billing claims according to requirements prescribed by the HFS Rule 140 or other payor standards. g. Grantee must exhaust all other resources, including but not limited to Medicaid, MCO, Medicare or other insurance, to ensure that DHS/DMH is the funding source of last resort for these levels of care/services. Grantee must comply with all other requirements of the Provider Manual, including but not limited to Grantee monitoring and utilization management. h. Grantee must submit registration data and Rule 140, FFS or MCO, billing claims information on a weekly basis. 2. The Division of Mental Health (DMH) may require additional monthly reporting requirements which must identify consumers at all levels of engagement and their statuses at those stages and/or costs of services which may be proposed as in Sections above. **** The state reserves the right to modify the face-to-face requirement to confirm with Illinois' Department of Public Health standards, directives, or requirements. ***** The "diversion start date" is the date which that consumer accepts an offer for Front Door new service delivery ONLY for DMH Approved non-hospital sites or those DMH approved referrals submitted by a Front Door grantee for the agency's current clientele who need a SMHRF Preadmission Assessment and who are deemed 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral.' Performance Measures • Number of persons referred by HFS' PASRR contracted vendor that are determined SMHRF eligible by the SMHRF Preadmission Assessment. • Number of referrals who consent to the program assessment. • Number of completed assessments to establish baseline. • Number of completed assessments performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP that were completed within twenty-four (24) clock hours after receipt of • the referral. • Number of completed assessments that were performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP which were completed face-to-face. • Number of completed assessments that received an offer (A2g) which includes specific details on treatment and housing services, for recommended diversion. • Number of offers accepted. • Number of completed assessments who were diverted (see definition A2i above) after receiving an offer for diversion. • Number of persons accepting diversion and placed into temporary transitional housing and who were homeless or deemed to have unstable housing at the time of the SMHRF Preadmissions Assessment, as noted by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS. • Number of persons accepting diversion and placed into temporary transitional housing who were homeless or deemed to have unstable housing at the time of the SMHRF Preadmission Assessment, as noted by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS, who were registered into PAIRS within thirty (30) calendar days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing. • Number of diverted persons who were admitted to any DMH funded short-term crisis (860) stabilization or residential treatment (820, 830, 832, 620) program(s) for short-term stabilization as part of their diversion plan. • Number of diverted persons who were admitted to any SUPR funded short-term crisis stabilization or residential treatment program(s) for short-term stabilization as part of their diversion plan, to establish baseline. Performance Standards • 95% of the completed assessments performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP were completed within twenty-four (24) clock hours after receipt of the referral. • 95% of completed assessments that were performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP were completed face-to-face. • 90% of the completed assessments received an offer which includes specific details on treatment and housing services, for recommended diversion. • 85% of consenting persons who have accepted an offer were diverted after receiving an offer (see definition above). • 100% of persons placed into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing were registered into PAIRS within thirty (30) calendar days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing.

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(Grantor-Specific Terms) • This Notice of State Award (NOSA) is not an agreement nor a guarantee of an agreement. IDHS will publish its agreements in the CSA Tracking System after the NOSA is accepted. A signed hard copy is not needed. You also have the option to decline. • If your response(s) to the ICQ questions indicate a weakness in the identified area below, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) is required to be submitted to your cognizant agency. If IDHS is your Cognizant Agency, please send an email to DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov to begin communicating the direction and requirements of the CAP. (Program-Specific Terms) • The eligibility and program requirements outlined in this funding opportunity must be adhered to as the funded project is implemented. Grantees must comply with the milestones and deliverables, performance standards, performance measures, performance data collection and specific conditions as reflected in the grant agreement, DMH Attachment B and Program Manual. Additional terms and/or conditions may be applied to this award if outstanding financial or programmatic compliance issues are identified by IDHS.

Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Organizations;

• This non-discretionary funding opportunity is limited to applicants that meet the following requirements: o More than one application per entity is not permitted. o Be Certified or eligible for certification by IDHS as a Community Mental Health Provider or a Community Mental Health Center who shall directly provider or secure access to the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services, residential and other services. Non-certified (Eligible Only) applicants must submit a projected timeline acceptable to IDHS/DMH for achieving certification, OR i. Be certified or licensed to provider mental health services that may include, but are not limited to outpatient programming, care coordination services, who shall directly provide or secure access to the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services, residential and other services. AND ii. Be enrolled or be eligible to be enrolled with HFS in order to provide the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services. (Eligible only) applicants must submit a projected timeline acceptable to DHS/DMH for achieving enrollment. o Applicant must be able to serve 1 or more of the following counties: Adams, Coles, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Madison, Marion, McHenry, Saline, Sangamon, St. Clair, Whiteside, and Winnebago. o The applicant has met the Prequalification and Mandatory Requirements listed in this funding opportunity.

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Direct Payments for Specific Use

Human Services

• Be certified or eligible for certification by IDHS as a Certified Mental Health Provider (CHMP), Managed Care Organization (MCO), or a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) who shall directly provide or secure access to the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services, residential and other services. Non-certified (Eligible only) applicants must submit a projected timeline acceptable to DHS/DMH for achieving certification. • For purpose of assessment responsibilities, applicant must be a Mental Health Provider (MHP) and/or have access to a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).

Prequalification • Applicant entities will not be eligible to apply for a grant award until they have prequalified through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal. Registration and prequalification are required annually. During prequalification, verifications are performed including a check of federal Debarred and Suspended status on the Illinois Stop Payment or the Illinois Debarred and Suspended List and good standing with the Secretary of State. An automated email notification is sent to the entity alerting them of "qualified" status or providing information about how to remediate a negative verification (e.g., inactive UEI, not in good standing with the Secretary of State). A federal Debarred and Suspended status cannot be remediated. • For assistance navigating government application prequalification procedure, refer to Grant Applicant Pre-Qualification and Pre-Award Requirements (state.il.us). • Applicants must be prequalified; therefore, applications from entities that have not prequalified prior to the due date of this application will NOT be reviewed until applicant is prequalified. • The following information is required to complete registration: o Organization's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); For additional information on UEI, refer to Section Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) below; o Organization's Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN); o Organization type; o Illinois Secretary of State File ID (required for non-profits, for-profits and limited liability corporations); o Organization's name; o Organization's mailing address; o Organization's primary email address; o Organization's primary phone number; o Organization's fiscal year-end date • Applicants will not receive an award if pre-award requirements are not met. Indirect Cost Rates • Indirect Costs may be applied to this grant award. Indirect cost rates must be approved. Indirect Cost Requirements and Restrictions • In order to charge indirect costs to this grant, the applicant organization must have a Federal or State annually negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA) or must elect to use the De Minimis Rate. • Every organization that receives a state award must make an indirect cost rate proposal or election in the State of Illinois Grantee Portal, Centralized Indirect Cost Rate Election System, including organizations that are choosing not to claim payment for indirect costs. • Indirect Cost Rate Election: o Federally Negotiated Rate: Organizations that receive direct federal funding may have an indirect cost rate that was negotiated with the Federal Cognizant Agency. Illinois will accept the federally negotiated rate. The organization must provide a copy of the federal NICRA and submit an Indirect Cost Rate Proposal in the Illinois Centralized Indirect Cost Rate System. o State Negotiated Rate: The organization must negotiate an indirect cost rate with the State of Illinois by completing an indirect cost rate proposal in the Illinois Centralized Indirect Cost Rate System if they do not have a Federally Negotiated Rate and would like to negotiate a rate with the State of Illinois. o De Minimis Rate: An organization may elect a De Minimis rate of 10% of modified total direct cost (MTDC)**. Once established, the De Minimis rate may be used indefinitely. If programs elect to use the De Minimis rate, it is critical that program budgets accurately calculate the MTDC base. Please see the regulation below and note the exclusions to MTDC. **2 CFR § 200.68 Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC). MTDC means all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel, and subawards and subrecipient s up to the first $25,000 of each subaward or subcontractor (regardless of the period of performance of the subawards and subrecipients under the award). MTDC excludes equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward and subcontractor in excess of $25,000. Other items may only be excluded when necessary to avoid a serious inequity in the distribution of indirect costs, and with the approval of the cognizant agency for indirect costs. o No Rate: Grantees have discretion not to claim payment for indirect costs. Grantees that elect not to claim indirect costs cannot be reimbursed for indirect costs. The organization must record an election of "No Indirect Costs" into the Indirect Cost Rate Election System. o State Funded Universities/Institutions: Maximum reimbursement for indirect costs is restricted to 10% Off Campus and 20% On Campus with MTDC base. • The Illinois Centralized Indirect Cost Rate System will allow your organization to document your already established federally approved indirect cost rate or complete an indirect cost rate proposal (see State Negotiated Rate above). Submission requirements are located on page 2 of the Uniform Budget Template as well as 2 CFR 200 Appendices IV, V & VII. • Organizations which have not previously made an indirect cost rate election must submit an election (and indirect cost rate proposal, if necessary) immediately and no later than 3 months after receiving an award notification. If the organization elects to submit a Federally Negotiated Rate or a State Negotiated Rate, they will receive an invitation to submit their proposal in the Illinois Centralized Indirect Cost Rate System. • Organizations that have previously established an indirect cost rate election and would like to continue with a Federal or State Negotiated Rate must submit a new indirect cost rate election immediately and no later than 6 months after the close of their organization's fiscal year. • Organizations that do not make a submission inside the Illinois Centralized Indirect Cost Rate System within the required timeframes will not be allowed to claim indirect cost reimbursement. • For more information, see: Centralized Indirect Cost Rate User Manual GATA Registration in CSA • The CSA Tracking System is the system the IDHS utilizes for approving budgets and issuing grant awards. It is strongly recommended that if an applicant entity is not already registered in the CSA Tracking System, they should begin the registration as soon as possible so they may submit a signed budget in CSA. While registration in CSA is not part of the prequalification process, successful applicants will NOT be issued an award without a fully approved budget in the CSA System.

Address to Request Application Package • The complete application package (this Notice of Funding Opportunity, including links to required forms) is available through the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance (https://gata.illinois.gov/grants/csfa.html) and at the Mental Health Grants – FY 2025 (https://intranet.dhs.illinois.gov/oneweb/page.aspx?item=160099) website. • Each applicant must have access to the internet. The Department's website will contain information regarding the materials necessary for submission. • Additional copies may be obtained by contacting the Division of Mental Health by emailing DHS.DMHGrantApp@illinois.gov. Content and Form of Application Submission Required Content • Applications must include the required documents and demonstrate that the program eligibility requirements have been met. The Department will not contact applicants for missing items listed below. Applicants that do not include all the following documents will be considered substantially incomplete and will not be considered for funding. • All Application Materials should be submitted in one email (size permitting), as separate pdf documents: o Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance o Project Narrative o Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure o Subcontractor Budgets, if applicable o Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form, if applicable Required Forms • The Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance is a three-page document used to formalize organization's request to apply for funding. The document requires the signature and email address of the organization's authorized representative. • Page one of the application is pre-populated with the appropriate information. Applicants must not complete anything on Page one. The correct application must be used. • On Page three, applicants will need to include the amount for which they are applying and sign. • The applicant submission email address will be used for official communication between the Department and the applicant organization for matters regarding this application. Budget Requirements • Deadline for submission of the budget, in the CSA Tracking System, is the same as the application deadline. • The CSA Tracking System is where the IDHS requires all applicants to enter their GATA Budget information. It is also where IDHS staff will review and take action on the proposed budget. The CSA Tracking system requires that you have different credentials than what you have for the Illinois GATA Grantee Portal. • A budget and budget narrative must be completed, electronically signed, and submitted in the CSA tracking system with the status as “GATA Budget signed and submitted to program review”. A copy is not to be submitted along with the application packet. There is space when preparing the budget on each line item for the budget narrative. For each line in the budget the applicant will describe why each expenditure is necessary for program implementation and how the amount was determined. Please include cost allocations as necessary. The Budget narrative (including MTDC base exclusions as appropriate) must clearly identify indirect costs, direct program costs, direct administrative costs, and describe how the specified resources and personnel have been allocated for the tasks and activities within each line item. See instructions for the CSA Tracking System and Budget Information. The budget should be prepared to reflect 10 months. • A Budget Template can be used as a tool to assist in determining expenses; however, the final budget must be completed in the CSA Tracking System. The pdf budget or paper copy will not be accepted. Applicants will NOT be issued an award without the applicant’s fully approved budget in the CSA System. • Instructions for the Budget Template can be found at https://intranet.dhs.illinois.gov/oneweb/page.aspx?item=84585 Subcontractor budget(s) • If applicant is planning to use a subcontractor, a pdf copy of the subcontractor budget must be submitted as a separate pdf document with the other application materials. • Subcontractor budgets shall be submitted on the GATA Uniform Grant Budget Template (GOMBGATU—3002). Grant Fund Use Requirements • All applicants will use grant funds according to the guidelines, conditions, and parameters set forth in this funding notice and in compliance with federal statutes, regulations and the terms and conditions of any applicable federal awards. • Please refer to 2 CFR 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, PART 200 Subpart E - Cost Principles to determine the appropriateness of costs. • Allowable costs are those that are necessary and reasonable based on the activity(ies) contained in the scope of work, are justified in the Budget Narrative, and are allowable under Subpart E of 2 CFR 200. It is expected that administrative costs, both direct and indirect, will represent a small portion of the overall program budget. Any budget deemed to include inappropriate or excessive administrative costs will not be approved. Program budgets and narratives must detail how all proposed expenditures are necessary for program implementation. • Unallowable costs: Please refer to 2 CFR 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, PART 200 Subpart E - Cost Principles to determine the appropriateness of costs. In addition, and specific to this grant, the following costs will be unallowable without specific prior written approval from IDHS: o Entertainment costs, except where specific costs that might otherwise be considered entertainment have a programmatic purpose and are authorized in the approved budget (2 CFR 200.438). o Capital expenditures for general purpose equipment, including any vehicle regardless of cost, buildings, and land (2 CFR 200.439). o Capital expenditures for improvements to land, buildings, or equipment which materially increase their value or useful life (2 CFR 200.439). o Food, and other goods or services for personal use of the grantee's employees, contractors, or consultants of the grantee unless authorized as per diem under the State of Illinois Governor's Travel Control Board (2 CFR 200.445). o Deposits for items, services, or space. Pre-Award Requirements • All applicants are required to complete a risk assessment prior to execution of a grant award. The Internal Controls Questionnaire (ICQ) is the instrument used to assess risk of grantees by identifying an organization's potential weaknesses. The ICQ is accessed through the Grantee Portal. • The deadline to submit the ICQ is the same as the application deadline. Unique Entity Identifiers and SAM Registration • 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: o Be registered in SAM.gov (https://sam.gov/content/home) before the application due date. o Provide a valid unique entity identifier (UEI) in its application. o Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal, Federal pass-through or State award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal or State awarding agency. o The Department may not make an award until applicant has fully complied with all UEI and SAM requirements. o The Department may determine that an applicant is not qualified if they have not complied with requirements and use that determination as a basis to award another applicant. Application Due Date and Time: • The Department must receive the Full Application: o Due on September 23,2024 at Noon Central Time. • Applicants must electronically submit the complete application including all required narratives and attachments to DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov. • Documents must NOT include a password nor be encrypted. • Subject to appropriation, the grant period will begin no sooner than October 1, 2024, and will continue through June 30, 2025. • IDHS cannot guarantee a start date of October 1, 2024, if application submissions are received after the due date referenced in the Program Summary above. • Emails into this box are electronically date and time stamped upon arrival. For your records, please keep a copy of your email submission with the date and time it was submitted, along with the email address to which it was sent. The email of the original sender of the application will be used for official communication between the Department and the applicant organization for matters regarding this application. • If an applicant experiences technical difficulties, an email must be sent to DHS.DMHGrantApp@illinois.gov prior to the submission deadline. If State systems are deemed to be working properly, it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their application materials arrive at the appropriate email address before the submission deadline date and time. • IDHS/DMH is under no obligation to review applications that do not comply with the above requirements. • Applicants will receive an email to notify them that the application was received. The email reply will be sent to the original sender of the application materials. • The subject line of the email MUST state: o Your Entity’s name o Program 801 Geographic Front Door Diversion Program Intergovernmental Review • Not applicable to Illinois State Awards. Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosures • Every grantee and subcontractor must disclose in writing any actual or potential Conflict of Interest as part of the grant application packet using the Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form IL444-5205. • Grantee Conflicts of Interest include, but are not limited to: o Grantee has an employee, board member, trustee, or immediate family member who: ? Holds an elected or appointed office in Illinois. ? Holds a seat in the Illinois General Assembly. ? Is an officer or employee of any State board, commission, authority, or holds an elected or appointed position or is employed in any of the offices or agencies of State government. o Grantee has a financial interest, including ownership of stocks or bonds, in a firm which is a vendor or contractor. o Grantee has outstanding financial commitments to any vendor or contractor. o Grantee has a close personal relationship. such as a spouse, dependent child, or member of the technical advisor's household, that may compromise or impair the fairness and impartiality of the technical advisor and grants officer during the solicitation development, proposal evaluation, award selection process, and management of an award. o Grantee has any negotiation of employment with current or potential subcontractor or vendor. • Additional examples of Grantee Conflicts of Interest can be found in the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Website Resource Library. Mandatory Forms • Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance • Project Narrative • Uniform Grant Budget Templatehttps://intranet.dhs.illinois.gov/oneweb/page.aspx?item=85366 (Submit in CSA)| Instructions https://intranet.dhs.illinois.gov/oneweb/page.aspx?item=84585 • Subcontract Budget, if applicable submit as a separate attachment • Conflict of Interest Disclosure Conflict of Interest Disclosure submit as a separate attachment • Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form (IL444-4985) https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=31637 submit as a separate attachment (no submission will result in default to Reimbursement Method)

Project Narrative • A Project Narrative is required to support the Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance (GA) for non-competitive grants. The purpose of the Project Narrative is to describe the organization’s program activities and design for implementing and administering the program for the upcoming State Fiscal Year (SFY). This Project Narrative will include information that is specific to your organization’s proposed program services and be considered part of your grant agreement. Submission of this Project Narrative is required to fulfill contractual obligations.

State Award Notices • Applicants recommended for funding under this non-discretionary opportunity will receive a Notice of State Award (NOSA). This notification is sent to the main contact listed in the Grantee Portal; therefore, it is important to keep contact information in the Grantee Portal updated. The NOSA shall include: o Grant award amount o The terms and conditions of the award o Specific conditions, if any, assigned to the applicant based on the fiscal and administrative risk assessment (ICQ). • Note: The Department cannot issue a NOSA until the successful applicant has an approved budget entered into CSA. The applicant shall receive the NOSA through the Grantee Portal. The NOSA must be Accepted or Declined by the grants officer (or equivalent). This acceptance of the NOSA effectively accepts the state award amount and all conditions set forth within the notice. This accepted NOSA is the document authorizing the Department to proceed with issuing a grant agreement. The NOSA must be Accepted or Declined through the Grantee Portal. A hard copy is not required. • The NOSA is NOT an authorization to begin performance (to the extent that it allows charging to State awards of pre-award costs at the non-State entity's own risk). • After the Uniform Grant Agreement is published in the CSA Tracking System, it must be signed, and the signature page submitted to the Office of Contract Administration at DHS.DHSOCA@Illinois.gov. • An award is NOT considered to be fully executed until both parties have signed the grant agreement. IDHS/DMH is not obligated to reimburse applicants for expenses or services incurred prior to the complete and final execution of the grant agreement and filing with the Illinois Office of the Comptroller. Simplified Acquisition Threshold – Federal and State Awards • Potential grantees under this funding announcement may receive an award in excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (currently $250,000) (Refer to 2 CFR 200 Section 200.1 Definitions). Therefore, the grantee is subject to Simplified Acquisition Threshold and related requirements. o IDHS prior to making an award with a total amount greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, is required to review and consider any information about the applicant that is in the designated integrity and performance system accessible through SAM (currently FAPIIS) (see 41 U.S.C. 2313); o That an applicant, at its option, may review information in the designated integrity and performance systems accessible through SAM and comment on any information about itself that a State or Federal awarding agency previously entered and is currently in the designated integrity and performance system accessible through SAM; o IDHS will consider any comments by the applicant, in addition to the other information in the designated integrity and performance system, in making a judgment about the applicant's integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under State and Federal awards when completing the review of risk posed by applicants as described in § 200.206. • (From 2 CFR 200.1 Definitions): Simplified Acquisition Threshold means the dollar amount below which a non-Federal entity may purchase property or services using small purchase methods (see § 200.320). Non-Federal entities adopt small purchase procedures in order to expedite the purchase of items at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. The simplified acquisition threshold for procurement activities administered under Federal awards is set by the FAR at 48 CFR part 2, subpart 2.1. The non-Federal entity is responsible for determining an appropriate simplified acquisition threshold based on internal controls, an evaluation of risk, and its documented procurement procedures. However, in no circumstances can this threshold exceed the dollar value established in the FAR (48 CFR part 2, subpart 2.1) for the simplified acquisition threshold. Recipients should determine if local government laws on purchasing apply. Administrative and National Policy Requirements • The agency awarded funds shall provide services as set forth in the IDHS grant agreement and shall act in accordance with all state and federal statutes and administrative rules applicable to the provision of the services. • You can find a sample of the grant agreement at IDHS Uniform Grant Agreement. Payment Terms • Grantees will receive payment by one of the three payment methodologies (Advance Payment, Reimbursement or Working Capital Advance). Grantees will automatically be paid via Reimbursement Method unless a request for Advance Payment Method or Working Capital Advance Method is made using the IDHS Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Template (Cash Budget). • Advance Payment Method (Advance and Reconcile) o An initial payment will be processed in an amount equal to the first two months' cash requirements as reflected in the Advance Payment Requirements Forecast (Cash Budget) Form submitted with the Grantee's application. The initial payment will be processed upon execution of the grantee's Uniform Grant Agreement. o Grantees must submit monthly invoices in the format and method prescribed in the Grantee's executed Uniform Grant Agreement. Invoices must be submitted no later than 15 days following the end of any respective monthly invoice period, or as indicated in their UGA Exhibit F - Payments. Invoices must include only allowable incurred costs that have been paid by the Grantee. For programs that have Grantee matching requirements, allowable costs are only reimbursable when matching costs have also been incurred. o Subsequent monthly payments will be based on each monthly invoice submitted by Grantee to Grantor, and will be adjusted up or down, based on a comparison of actual cumulative expenditures to cumulative advance payments, to date. o Grantees that do not expend all advance payment amounts by the end of the Award term or that are unable to demonstrate that all incurred costs were necessary, reasonable, allowable, or allocable as approved in their respective budget, must return the funds within 45 days. o Grantees may be required to submit supporting documentation for their requests at the request of and in a manner prescribed by the Grantor. o Failure to abide by advance payment governance requirements may result in grantee losing their right to advance payments. • Reimbursement Method o IDHS will disburse payments to Grantee based on actual allowable costs incurred as reported in the monthly financial invoice submitted for the respective month, as described below. o Grantees must submit monthly invoices in a format prescribed by Grantor. Invoices must include all allowable incurred costs for the first and each subsequent month of operations until the end of the Award term. Invoices must be submitted no later than 15 days following the end of any respective monthly invoice period, or as indicated in their UGA Exhibit F - Payments. As practicable, Grantor shall process payment within 30 calendar days after receipt of the invoice, unless the State awarding agency reasonably believes the request to be improper. o Grantees may be required to submit supporting documentation for their requests at the request of and in a manner prescribed by the Grantor. • Working Capital Advance Method o IDHS Grant Program Managers will advance working capital payments to the grantee to cover their estimated disbursement needs for an initial period not to exceed two months of grant expenses. Startup costs may be approved if determined by IDHS Grant Program Managers to be allowable. o Grantees must submit monthly invoices for each of the one or two months covered by the Working Capital Advance in the format and method prescribed by the Grantor. Invoices must be submitted no later than 15 days following the end of any respective monthly invoice period, or as indicated in their UGA Exhibit F - Payments. Invoices must include only allowable incurred costs that have been paid by the grantee. For grant programs that have grantee matching requirements, allowable costs are only reimbursable when matching costs have also been incurred. o Grantees may be required to submit supporting documentation for their requests at the request of and in a manner prescribed by the Grantor. o Working Capital Advance Payments are limited to a single occurrence per grant term. o Following the initial working capital advance payment, grantees will be paid via advance or reimbursement method as appropriate. • Grantees selecting the Advance Payment Method, or the Working Capital Advance Payment Method must complete the Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Template as described in the procedures above. In addition, please note: If you will be submitting the Advance Payment Request Cash Budget, it must be submitted with the application materials as a separate document. • Rate-based services (Pay for Performance) ****** will be reimbursed as follows: o Milestone 1 Outcome Payment: ? Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed for each person diverted (A2i) and who have received: • one (1) billable encounter within twenty-four (24) hours of discharge from the hospital or the diversion start date. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. Billable rate shall be $5,000, OR • one (1) billable encounter within forty-eight (48) hours of discharge from the hospital or the diversion start date. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. Billable rate is $2,500. These payments only apply to referrals from designated hospital assignments and referrals received as instructed by DMH. This payment excludes those cases self-referred by the agency for current consumers. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. o Milestone 2 Outcome Payment: ? Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $3,000 for each person diverted (A2i) who remains in community placement and who is also engaged in treatment services at day ninety (90) from the hospital discharge date or diversion start date and with no admission to any type of long-term care facility. This payment only applies to referrals from designated hospital assignments and referrals received as instructed by DMH. This payment excludes those cases self-referred by the agency from their current caseload. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. o Milestone 3 Outcome Payment: ? Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $1,500 for each person diverted (A2i) and who physically occupies the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) unit, defined as a leased unit in the person's name. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. o Milestone 4 Outcome Payment: ? Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $1,000 for each person(s) diverted and who have received a M1 payment in excess of their negotiated diversion target number (A2n above). Determined and reimbursed annually on attainment. o Milestone 5 Assessment Payment: ? Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed for completed assessments performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP that were completed • within twenty-four (24) clock hours after receipt of the referral. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. Billable rate is $1,500 OR • within forty-eight (48) clock hours after receipt of the referral. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. Billable rate is $750. o Milestone 6 SOAR payment: • Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed for completed and approved SOAR applications. Reimbursed once in the attainment month. Billable rate is $2,000. • Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed for completing an appeal for an initially denied SOAR applications. Reimbursed once in the attainment. month Billable rate is $2,000. • NOTE: The date of hospital or diversion start date is equal to day one (1). • ******These claiming actions rely on the good faith knowledge and actions of the grantees when they assert to these and when they bill under these Milestones. DMH may use HFS claiming history or other such data to verify these claims. • Expense based services will be reimbursed as: o Emergency Support Needs: Grantee must submit monthly invoices utilizing the prescribed DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described in Exhibit A4a above. o Temporary Residential Housing Option(s): Grantee must submit monthly invoices, outlining allowable costs for the proposed unit(s) by utilizing the DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described in Exhibit A: Project Description. o Transition funds to support for PSH placements costs is an allowable cost as within each grantee's approved budget. This is a one-time per person allowance not to exceed $2,800 per specific details on allowable expenses are also outlined in policy. o Staffing and Administrative Support Costs: Grantee must submit monthly invoices utilizing the DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described in Exhibit A. • Penalties o If at any time during the grant agreement period the Department determines that the Grantee has/is failing to provide the deliverables identified in the grant agreement, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to institute the following actions: ? The Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to provide notice of grant performance deficiencies and to work with the Grantee to identify the reasons for the underperformance and provide direction on remedying the deficiencies within a reasonable time, with demonstrable progress and improvement within sixty (60) days of said notice. ? If the Grantee fails to demonstrate improvement within sixty (60) days of the notice of deficiencies, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to require a written Corrective Action Plan. The Corrective Action Plan must identify with specificity the actions and outcomes necessary to bring the Grantee into compliance with the grant agreement deliverables and be approved by the Department. The Grantee will have a maximum of sixty (60) days from the date of the approval of the Corrective Action Plan to achieve compliance with the grant agreement deliverables and remain in good standing with the Department. ? In the event the Grantee fails to perform the actions and meet the outcomes contained in the Corrective Action Plan, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to adjust the budget of the Grantee. This action includes, but is not limited to, reassigning one or more of the hospitals and/or other Department approved referring entities by the Grantee to another Front Door Diversion Grantee. Reassignment of hospitals (i.e., partial termination of the agreement) and/or other referring entities as approved by the Department may be done at any time either as part of or after a Correction Action Plan is agreed upon, in the event circumstances warrant such action to ensure targets, performance measures, and performance standards are met. Any such reassignments will include agreement and budget amendments to reflect the same, that will be proportional to the reduced anticipated diversions as a result of the reassignment. ? If the Grantee continues to underperform, in addition to all other termination rights identified in the grant agreement, the Department reserves the right to immediately terminate the grant agreement without penalty to the Department. This does not preclude the Department from terminating all or part of a grant for any other reason, as provided for in the grant agreements. In the event a grant agreement is terminated either in whole or in part, the Grantee must work cooperatively with the Department to transition records and data relevant to the Geographic Front Door Diversion Program grant services. This includes, but is not limited to case records, medical information, and service data for all individuals supported and served by the grant agreement. • The Monthly Invoice IL444-5257 Template must be used for all DMH programs and submitted no later than 15 days after the end of the month. All invoices shall be HIIPA compliant and encrypted utilizing DHS approved encryption software and emailed to DMH at the email address listed above. • Invoice and PFR Email Address for General Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@illinois.gov • Invoice and PFR Email Address for Williams Consent Decree: DHS.DMHWilliamsInvoices@Illinois.gov • Invoice and PFR Email Address for Colbert Consent Decree: DHS.Colbert.Invoices@illinois.gov • Payment Forms o Monthly Invoice (IL444-5257) o Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form (IL444-4985) Only if requesting an advance payment

• September 23, 2024 at Noon Central Time

• 60 - 90 days

• NA

• This program will be awarded as a 9-month term agreement. • Renewals are at the sole discretion of IDHS and are contingent on meeting the following criteria: o Applicant has performed satisfactorily during the most recent past funding period. o All required reports have been submitted on time, unless a written exception has been provided by the Division. o No outstanding issues are present (i.e. in good standing with all pre-qualification requirements); and o Funding for the budget year has been appropriated in the state's approved fiscal year budget.

Cost Sharing or Match Requirements • Providers are not required to participate in cost sharing or provide match. • Serves as Maintenance of Effort to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Community Mental Health Block Grant.

Procurement Contract Allowability • Subcontract Agreement(s) and budgets must be pre-approved by the Department and on file with the Department. Subcontractors are subject to all provisions of this Agreement. The applicant Agency shall retain sole responsibility for the performance and monitoring of the Subcontractor. • The release of this funding opportunity does not obligate the Illinois Department of Human Services to make an award. Funding Restrictions Pre-Award Costs • Pre-award costs are not allowable. • IDHS grants are governed by 2 CFR. Part 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles and 30 ILCS 708 which include information on allowable costs, audit requirements, and financial records.

• Upon execution of the grant agreement, reporting shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Uniform Grant Agreement and related Exhibits which includes, but is not limited to the following: o Periodic Financial Reports. o Close-out Reports. o Periodic Performance Reports. o Close-out Performance Reports. o Other Unique Programmatic Reporting Requirements: Additional annual performance data may be collected as directed by the Department and in a format prescribed by the Department. • If the State share of any State award may include more than $500,000 over the period of performance, applicants are also subject to the reporting requirements reflected in Appendix XII to 2 CFR 200. • Non-compliance with any of the identified reports may lead to being placed on the Illinois Stop Payment List (SSPL). • Grantee shall submit these reports) to the appropriate email address listed below. Reported expenses should be consistent with the approved annual grant budget. Any expenditure variances require prior Grantor approval in accordance with Article VI of the UGA to be reimbursable. o PFR Email Address for General Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@illinois.gov o PFR Email Address for Williams Consent Decree: DHS.DMHWilliamsInvoices@Illinois.gov o PFR Email Address for Colbert Consent Decree: DHS.Colbert.Invoices@illinois.gov o PPR and PRTP Email Address for All Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@illinois.gov • DMH reporting templates and detailed instructions for submitting reports can be found in the Provider section of the IDHS website.

• See JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.90 Auditing Standards

• See JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.430 Record Retention

• State Funded

• Anticipated Availability: $991,345

Number of Grant Awards • The Department anticipates funding approximately 4 grant awards to provide this program. Expected Amounts of Individual Grant Awards • The Department anticipates that grant awards will be between $89,000 and $525,150.

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• Title 59: Mental Health of the Administrative Code

• NA

• IL Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health

• Program Websites o https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=160099 o https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=85526 o IDHS website: www.dhs.state.il.us o Community Service Agreements (CSA) Tracking System: https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=61069 o Centralized Repository Vault (CRV): https://vault.dhs.illinois.gov/crvsecure/crv o GATA Learning Management System (LMS): https://gata.illinois.gov/training.html

• Program 215 Housing First PSH • Program 220 Housing MI Supportive • Program 820 Supportive Residential • Program 830 Supervised Residential

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FY 2025 : $659,263