444 (Department of Human Services)

Through statewide prevention education and direct services to survivors, the Illinois Department of Human Services Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program reduces the incidence of rape and other forms of sexual assault and ensures that survivors of sexual assault have access to appropriate crisis intervention, supportive services, advocacy, counseling and medical care. For this program, the Department funds a statewide network of community-based Rape Crisis Centers and the Centers provide prevention education in their communities and comprehensive direct services to survivors of sexual assault and their significant others. Grantee serves as the Department’s prime contractor and administers the grant program by subawarding program funds to local Rape Crisis Centers located throughout the state. The following services are provided: direct crisis intervention through a 24-hour-a-day sexual assault crisis hotline, advocacy through support services to sexual assault victims by trained staff or trained volunteers during the medical examination, police investigation and/or court proceedings, individual and/or group supportive counseling for victims and their families, information dissemination, training of professionals and paraprofessionals, community education, and referrals to social service agencies, private therapists, physicians, etc.

N/A

720 ILCS 5/11

IL Admin Code: Title 89, Part 1100

To provide 24 hr/365 comprehensive response to victims of sexual assault through a network of community-based rape crisis centers.

Yes

In addition to the uniform requirements in PART ONE and Grantor-Specific Terms in PART TWO, Grantor has the following additional requirements for this Project: The related Program Manual, if applicable, can be found via the following DHS website: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=29741 and is hereby incorporated into this Agreement. Program Attachment. The related Program Attachment, if applicable, can be found via the following DHS website: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=29741 and is hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

Nonprofit Organizations;

The specific types of applicants that may apply for the grant award are: not-for-profit agencies with experience in sexual assault services and managing a statewide system. Applicants with an established network of rape crisis centers and a history of sexual assault provision is required. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to begin services immediately upon execution of the uniform grant agreement.

Funding is passed-through to community-based rape crisis centers. Program beneficiaries or program participants must meet the following requirements: Survivors of sexual assault, and those affected family members and friends.

Project Grants

Human Services

The types of applicants that may apply for the grant award are not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizations with experience in sexual assault services and managing a statewide system. Applicants with an established network of rape crisis centers and a history of sexual assault provision is required. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to begin services immediately upon execution of the uniform grant agreement.

All entities are required to register with the State of Illinois through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal, www.grants.illinois.gov/portal to be eligible apply for a grant. An Illinois.gov public account authenticates the relationship between the individual and the organization they represent, How to create an Illinois.gov Public Account. The following information is required to complete registration: 1.Organization's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); 2.Organization's federal employer identification number (FEIN); 3.Organization type; 4.Illinois Secretary of State File ID (required for non-profits, for-profits and limited liability corporations); 5.Organization's name 6.Organization's mailing address; 7.Organization's primary email address; 8.Organization's primary phone number 9.Organization's fiscal year-end date Entities are federally required to have an active SAM.gov entity registration. Illinois uses SAM.gov automation to determine qualification status based on the entity's registration. Refer to GATA Administrative Rules on Grantee Pre-qualification Status: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/044/044070000A00700R.html. An entity may apply for a grant award prior to qualified status. The entity must be in "qualified status" based on the Grantee Portal by the Application Review Date. See #18 in the NOFO Transmittal. The Grantee Portal will indicate in red if a status is not qualified. Links for self-remediation help are provided in the Portal. 1.Current SAM.gov account; 2.Current FEIN 3.Good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State (Illinois Secretary of State Business Services website: https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html 4.Not on the Illinois Stop Payment List; 5.Not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List; 6.Not on the DHFS Sanctioned Party List. State agencies are federally required to evaluate the risk posed by each applicant. Risk assessments are a pre-award requirement and include two components: fiscal and administrative and programmatic. Illinois uses an Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) to complete the fiscal and administrative component and the risk assessment. Entities are required to access, complete and submit the ICQ through the Grantee Portal for the state fiscal year associated with the grant funding. Both the ICQ and the programmatic risk assessment must be accepted by the state and approved before a grant award can be executed.

Application procedures outlined in NOFO: https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=171431

Geographic distribution to support statewide network of rape crisis centers

Merit-based review process, reimbursement based on monthly expenditure reporting, then funds distributed to subcontracts by reimbursement.

03/06/2025 to 04/07/2025

30 days

Competitive grant appeals are limited to the evaluation process. Evaluation scores may not be protested. Only be evaluation process is subject to appeal and shall be reviewed by IDHS' Appeal Review Officer (ARO). Appeal process is outlined in NOFO.

Successful applicants under this NOFO may be eligible to receive two subsequent one-year grant renewals for this program. Grantees are required to update their program plan and submit a current year budget. Renewals are at the discretion of the Department and are based on sufficient appropriation and performance criteria including, but not limited to: - Grantee has performed satisfactorily during the previous reporting period - All required reports have been submitted on time, unless a written exception has been provided by the Division/Department - No outstanding issues are present (e.g., in good standing with all pre-qualification requirements and no outstanding corrective action, etc.)

No match required

Unallowable Costs per 2 CFR 200 Subpart E Cost Principles. No direct payments to victims or their dependents.

Grantees will be required to submit periodic performance report data (PPR) quarterly by the 25th day following the close of the quarter. Grantees will be required to submit periodic financial reports (PFR) quarterly by the 25th day following the close of the quarter. Grantees will be required to submit monthly expenditure reports with expenditure sampling backup documentation monthly by the 25th day following the close of the month. Grantees will be required to submit an annual closeout report no later than 60 calendar days following the end of the Period of Performance for the agreement or agreement termination.

JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.90 Auditing Standards

JCAR Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.430 Record Retention

Appropriation Code: 0001.44480.4400.000200NE Appropriation Code: 0158.44480.4900.000000NE Appropriation Code: 0389.44480.4400.000000NE

$21,200,000

$21,200,000 1 award

Statewide network of rape crisis centers meeting the needs of victims of sexual assault for 40 years.

IL Admin Code: Title 89, Part 1100; 720 ILCS 5/11 https://www.ilga.gov/agencies/JCAR/Sections?PartID=08901100&TitleDescription=TITLE%2089:%20%20SOCIAL%20SERVICES

N/A

Department of Human Services Division of Family and Community Services Bureau of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking 823 East Monroe Street Springfield, Illinois 62701

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=31297

N/A

Comprehensive services for survivors of sexual assault and their dependents.

3/6/2025

FY 2017 : $9,172,401
FY 2018 : $6,721,100
FY 2019 : $7,216,100
FY 2020 : $835,700
FY 2021 : $8,359,700
FY 2022 : $8,359,700
FY 2023 : $10,537,314
FY 2024 : $16,008,424
FY 2025 : $23,045,527
FY 2026 : $21,200,000