Notice of Award for SAPP RFP

The Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Community Services, is seeking community-based organizations and governmental units across the state to provide services under one or more of its substance abuse prevention sub-grants. These sub-grants are: Local Capacity Building, Direct Service, Strategic Prevention Framework and Statewide Capacity Building.

Sub-Grant A: Local Capacity Building (LCB) Grant

This grant is designed for providers with little or no experience in delivering substance abuse prevention services. Funds will support assessment and limited delivery of 'universal' and 'selected' services for youth ages 11-18 and their families, schools and/or communities.

The purpose of this grant is to broaden the network of communities receiving substance abuse prevention services and thereby assist local providers in building the organizational and community capacity to administer a Direct Service grant or a Strategic Prevention Framework grant. Applicants will only be awarded an LCB grant once and will be expected to apply for a new grant type at the end of the grant cycle.

Note: Applicants for the LCB grant are not eligible for any other type of grant funding under this RFP.

There are four main focus areas:

1. Local Capacity Assessment - Required: Grantees must work with the Department to complete an assessment of community readiness to engage in substance abuse prevention services/activities.
2. Limited Service Delivery - Required: Grantees must submit a plan that outlines the selected evidence-based substance abuse prevention services(s) that were identified through the Local Capacity Assessment. These services will be delivered in a limited number of community or school-based settings.
3. Create or Enhance a Coalition - Required: Grantees must create a new substance abuse prevention coalition or enhance an existing substance abuse prevention coalition in the community.
4. Community Readiness to Implement Illinois Youth Survey - Required: Grantees must recruit local schools for participation in the 2012 Illinois Youth Survey.

Sub-Grant B: Direct Service (DS) Grant

The goal of the Direct Service Sub-Grant is to increase the availability of high-quality prevention services that have the greatest potential to impact factors that contribute to alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) consumption and consequences of 11-18 year olds.

There are three main focus areas:

1. Delivery of Direct Services Targeting Individuals and Families - Required: The Direct Service grant is designed to support evidence-based substance abuse prevention direct services that target individuals and families. Applicants must deliver services using one or more of the following four (4) core Direct Service approaches: Youth Prevention Education, Parent/Family Education, Mentoring and Communication Campaigns.
2. Create or Enhance a Coalition and Conducting the First Three Steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework (Assessment, Capacity Building and Development of a Strategic Plan) - Required: Grantees may elect to conduct mobilization activities to create a new substance abuse prevention coalition or to enhance an existing substance abuse prevention coalition in the community.
3. Optional Activities - Optional: Applicants may also elect to engage in one or more of the following two (2) optional activities: Recruitment of schools for participation in the 2012 and 2014 Illinois Youth Survey administration and/or Supplemental activities.

Note: Providers may apply for more than one direct service grant, however the grants need to target separate communities. Provider is not eligible for the Local Capacity Building Grants.

Sub-Grant C: Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) Grant

This grant is designed to support the use of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). The Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) was developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SPF is a structured planning process consisting of a five components based in cultural competency and sustainability that can be applied to prevention systems at local level. This process is an effective way for coalitions to address substance abuse issues within the community.

There are main components:

1. Grantees must partner and work with a multi-sector coalition that has been in existence for at least one year.
2. Grantees must present local self-report and other data to justify need. Those grantees whose proposal includes limited data will be expected to conduct an assessment including administration of the Illinois Youth Survey or Core Survey/National College Health Assessment in 2011. Bonus points will be awarded to applicants that select underage drinking as a priority.
3. All SPF grantees will implement evidence-based services using the Strategic Prevention Framework as designed by the federal SAMHSA.
4. Providers and their partner coalitions will be expected to start at the Assessment phase (step 1 below). Illinois Youth Survey or Core/National College Health Survey participation is required from at least 50% of the schools and/or students.

Sub-Grant D: State Capacity Building (SCB) Grant

This grant is designed to target unique audiences throughout the state of Illinois or the greater Chicago area: chambers of commerce/business, physicians, institutions of higher education, judicial/States Attorneys, senior citizens, immigrants and youth leadership (in using data driven decision making). The applicants would be responsible for delivery of services that develops capacity of the sector and engages the respective sector at the local level to address substance abuse prevention.

This grant will support 'universal' and 'selected' prevention services serving a unique population. For the State Capacity Building Grant, the geographic boundary must be the state of Illinois or the city of Chicago and surrounding area.