Residential Capital Improvement Grants

Residential Capital Improvement Grants is sponsored by Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). These grants support physical facility improvement or acquisition projects for residential service providers, with a priority on increasing bed capacity and/or enabling care for higher needs youth and young adults in Illinois.

CSFA | GATA | Illinois. gov Residential Capital Improvement Grants Residential Services Construction Grant Program Department Of Children And Family Services (418) Office of Grant Management & Accountability (312) 328-2953 These grants support the growing need in Illinois for high quality treatment level care for children and young adults. These grants are intended to support physical facility improvement/ facility acquisition projects.

Priority is given to applications which increase bed capacity and/or enable providers to care for higher needs youth and young adults. Grant applications that assist facilities with projects which maintain current populations will also be considered.

Illinois Statue Authorization Illinois Administrative Rules Authorization State: Title 89: Social Services, Chapter III: Department of Children and Family Services, Subchapter: c: Fiscal Administration, Part 363 Residential Services Construction Grant Program Residential Capital Improvement Grants will provide grant awards to increase the quantity of beds and improve the quality of treatment level care available for youth and young adults in the State of Illinois.

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Nonprofit Organizations; Government Organizations; For-Profit Organizations; To be eligible for a grant under this Part, a recipient must be an existing residential services provider with which the Department contracts for residential/group home services [20 ILCS Credentials / Documentation Preapplication Coordination No prior coordination or approval is required with governmental or non-governmental units prior to the submission of a formal application to DCFS.

Refer to Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Criteria Selecting Proposals In addition to merit criteria, proposals are selected based on the indicated geographic location and/or specialty (e.g., higher needs, medically complicated, etc.) listed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). All applications must be submitted by the posted deadline.

IDCFS staff conducts an initial review of all applications received for eligibility and GATA compliance. All eligible project applications are subject to merit based review. Reviewers may consist of GATA team, Clinical leadership, Operations leadership, and other internal DCFS staff.

Each project has a minimum of three reviewers. Projects may move on to a secondary review process, where the department may contact an applicant with questions/clarification around budget, scope, etc. Candidate projects may not alter their proposal during this time. Project will be approved based on funding available.

While recommendations from the review team will be a key factor in funding decisions, the Department maintains final authority over funding decisions and considers the scores of the review team to be non-binding recommendations. Any internal documentation used in scoring or awarding of grants shall not be considered public information. Final award decisions will be made by the Director (or their designee).

The Department reserves the right to negotiate with successful applicants to adjust award amounts, locations, etc. Funds are disbursed based on the schedule agreed upon and included within the Uniform Grant Agreement. Rolling - Refer to Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Range of Approval or Disapproval Time General expectation of the length of time between the application deadline and when an award is made is 30 calendar days.

Competitive grant appeals are limited to an appeal related to the evaluation process. Evaluation scores may not be protested. An appeal must be submitted in writing in accordance with the grant application document.

An appeal must be received within 14 calendar days of Award denial. The written appeal shall include at a minimum the following: i. the name and address of the appealing party ii.

identification of the grant for which you are appealing the evaluation/review process iii. a statement of reasons for the appeal a. DCFS will acknowledge receipt of an appeal within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the appeal was received.

b. DCFS will respond to the appeal within 60 days or supply a written explanation to the appealing party as to why additional time is required. c.

The appealing party must supply any additional information requested by DCFS within the time period set in the request. This grant program is not subject to extensions nor renewals. Formula Matching Requirements Match: Matching funds are NOT required for this grant.

Refer to Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for further information. Per 20 ILCS530/20, Awardees grant award support one or more of the following: (1) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose of delivering licensed residential services; (2) Construct or renovate new or existing licensed residential services sites; and/or (3) Support capital rate enhancements for licensed residential services sites' capital projects.

All funded grants will be spent within the same fiscal year of financial assistance. Grant awards will only support physical improvements within the state of Illinois. Administrative Costs: Reimbursement of administrative costs may not exceed 20% of the costs of other services (20 ILCS 505/5a).

Funding allocated under this grant is intended to provide direct services to clients. It is expected that administrative costs, both direct and indirect, will represent a small portion of the overall program budget and should NOT exceed 20%.

Administrative means those activities performed by staff and costs which are supportive of and required for project implementation for which there is no direct client contact such as fiscal staff; audit; clerical support; office rent, utilities, insurance; general office equipment etc. Program budgets and narratives will detail how all proposed expenditures are directly necessary for program implementation and will distinguish between Indirect/Direct Administrative and Direct Program expenses.

Any budget deemed to include inappropriate or excessive administrative costs will not be approved. Reporting: Vendor must submit monthly itemized actual expenses incurred to their program/contract monitor and the IDCFS Residential Improvements Grants Coordinator. The program/contract monitor will review the information submitted and process a reimbursement voucher through the Illinois Comptrollers office.

Awarding vendors must submit within 60 days of award notification a progress report and an itemized expenses document which corresponds with their application budget.

Per 20 ILCS 530/25, the Department may assist each grant recipient in meeting the goals and objectives stated in the original grant proposal submitted by the recipient, in ensuring that grant moneys are being used for appropriate purposes, and in ensuring that residents of the community are being served by the new residential services sites established with grant moneys. (Source: P. A.

96-1192, eff. 7-22-10.) Periodic Performance Report (PPR) and Periodic Financial Report (PFR): Grantees funded under this program through this NOFO are required to submit in the format required by the Grantor, at least on a quarterly basis, the PPR and PFR electronically to the IDCFS Residential Improvements Grants Coordinator.

Pursuant to 2 CFR 200. 207, Periodic Financial Reports shall be submitted no later than 30 calendar days following the period covered by the report. Pursuant to 2 CFR 200.

328. Periodic Performance Reports shall be submitted no later than 30 calendar days following the period covered by the report. Any additional reporting requirements will be disclosed in the Notice of State Award (NOSA).

Monitoring: Grantees funded through this NOFO are subject to fiscal and programmatic monitoring visits by the Department in accordance with 2 CFR 200. 336. They must have an open-door policy allowing periodic visits by Department monitors to evaluate the progress of the project and provide documentation upon request of the monitor.

Program and fiscal staff will also maintain contact with the participating businesses and monitor progress and performance under the terms of the agreement(s). The Department may modify grants based on performance. Audit Grantees shall be subject to Illinois’ statewide Audit Report Review requirements.

Terms of the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 USC 7501-7507), Subpart F of 2 CFR Part 200, and the audit rules set forth under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act shall apply. (See 30 ILCS 708/65(c)). All grantees must follow Title 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.

90 (Auditing Standards) Range and Average of Financial Assistance Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature Title 89: Social Services, Chapter III: Department of Children and Family Services, Subchapter: c: Fiscal Administration, Part 363 Residential Services Construction Grant Program https://www2. illinois. gov/dcfs/aboutus/notices/Documents/rules_363.

pdf 20 ILCS 520 DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program Act http://www. ilga. gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.

asp? ActID=3254&ChapterID=5 Regional or Local Assistance Location 406 East Monroe St.

, Springfield, IL 62701 Remodeling: projects which have the primary objective of changing the function of areas, modifying capacity for the number of persons who can be accommodated by the area for purposes of the currently assigned programmatic function, and/or altering spatial relationships provided by the area for purposes of the currently assigned programmatic function.

Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation means all non-recurring expenditures having the primary purpose of restoring or upgrading an existing area to original operating condition.