GA-TANF Employment & Training Program -Special Projects Program - Parent Mentor Program (24-444-80-0700)

FY24 Continuation Application CFSA 444-80-0700

Due Date: May 10, 2023 @ Noon

Program Description:  Parent Participants in this program can receive (as funding permits) a maximum of two stipends for the completion of the required number of hours of tutoring and mentoring services in their local community schools or the schools that their children attend. Participants assist as needed in the school to promote a healthy learning environment for children and may assist teachers in classrooms, students who need extra assistance or one-on-one assistance, monitor the playground, halls or lunchrooms to create a safe environment or in many other way as deemed by the provider and the school were service is being done.

Eligible parents must be TANF customers or TANF-eligible individuals with minor dependent children. The TANF-eligible individual's income must be verified as being at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) prior to being eligible for this program.

Eligibility is limited to Bureau of Employment & Training grantees currently funding under CFSA 23-444-80-0700.

To be eligible to apply, all current grantees must be registered in the Illinois GATA Grantee Portal, meet the Pre-Qualification Process, and complete the FY24 Internal Control Questionnaire (in the GATA Grantee Portal). See Grant Application Information and Instructions webpage for more detail.

At the time of application, all Bureau grantees must submit for each grant program the following documents:

The completed documents are to be emailed by May 10, 2023, 12:00 pm (noon) to the Bureau email address Kathy.L.Jackson@illinois.gov with the subject line stating:

  • Last 4 digits of CSFA #0700
  • Provider Organization Name

For Example: 0700 - ABC Agency

The Bureau of Employment and Training reserves the right to request additional information from the applicant to assist in FY24 funding and programmatic decisions.