IDHS Home Visiting Expansion (25-444-84-2889-02)

Summary Information


Awarding Agency Name	Illinois Department of Human Services
Awarding Division Name	Division of Early Childhood
Agency Contact	DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov
Announcement Type	Competitive
Funding Opportunity Title	IDHS Home Visiting Expansion
Funding Opportunity Number	25-444-84-2889-02
Application Posting Date	April 11, 2024
Application Closing Date	May 13, 2024 (and a non-binding Letter of Intent is due on April 22, 2024)
Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) Number	444-84-2889
Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) Popular Name	IDHS Home Visiting
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)	93.870
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)	21.027
Award Funding Source	Federal/State
Estimated Total Program Funding	$2,500,000-$3,000,000
Anticipated Number of Awards	Estimated 7-9 awards
Award Range	Estimated average award: $320,000
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement	No
Indirect Costs Allowed	Yes
Restrictions on Indirect Costs	There are no restrictions on indirect costs, but an organization must have a negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA) or elect to use the Federal 10% de minimis rate to be reimbursed for any indirect costs within a program. For more information, see IDHS guidance on Indirect Costs.
Technical Assistance Session	Session Offered: Yes Session Mandatory: Yes Date/Time: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 1:00 CST Link: https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/j.php?MTID=m3017cdacf1bea5f485488f5582e96806 Click here for TA Session Recording Click here for TA Session Slides Additional Optional TA Office Hours will be offered on the following days from 2:00 to 3:00 pm CST: Wednesday April 24, Wednesday May 1, and Monday May 6, 2024. Link: https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/j.php?MTID=m5cc091f39a69f86777a9e483eb2c0a6a

A. Program Description

Program Summary

The IDHS Home Visiting Program supports pregnant people and parents with young children ages 0-5 who live in communities that face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes. Families choose to participate in home visiting programs, and partner with health, social service, and child development professionals to set and achieve goals that improve their health and well-being.
This expansion NOFO is limited to applicants serving the following priority geographic areas: Cass and Morgan Counties; Douglas, Coles, and Moultrie Counties; DuPage County; Lake County; Rock Island County.

The IDHS Home Visiting Program consists of two funding streams: state general revenue funds for IDHS-DEC Home Visiting (formerly known as Healthy Families Illinois) and federal funding from the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV). IDHS will determine how these funding sources will be allocated for each grant, and the allocations will be noted in each grant.

Program Goals and Objectives
- The goals of the IDHS Home Visiting program are to:
  1. Improve maternal and child health
  2. Prevent child abuse and neglect;
  3. Reduce crime and domestic violence;
  4. Increase family education level and earning potential;
  5. Promote children's development and readiness to participate in school; and
  6. Connect families to needed community resources and supports.
- Home visitors and families develop strong relationships and trust through meeting regularly and addressing families' needs. Home visitors:
  1. Support healthy pregnancy practices
  2. Provide information on topics such as breastfeeding, safe sleep, preventing unintended child injuries, and nutrition
  3. Encourage early language development and early learning at home
  4. Teach positive parenting skills like reading, playing, and praising good behaviors
  5. Work with caregivers to set goals for the future, continue their education, and find employment and child care solutions
  6. Connect families to other services and resources in their community

Program deliverables

This section describes Expected Performance Goals, Indicators, Targets, Outcomes, Baseline Data, and Data Collection.
Programs funded by this NOFO will provide evidence-based home visiting services to pregnant persons and families with young children aged 0-5 years, provide screenings and assessments, and refer families to services as needed. The program deliverables, performance measures, and performance standards are described in the sections that immediately follow.

The IDHS Home Visiting program requires service providers to use its designated data system to collect family-level data on the demographic measures and benchmarks shown in Form 1 and Form 2. Training and technical assistance will be provided to funded programs, to support data collection and reporting.

Deliverables--Home Visiting Programs

Home visiting model
1. Implement one of the following evidence-based home visiting models with fidelity
  1. Early Head Start Home-Based (EHS)
  2. Healthy Families America (HFA). Note: Successful applicants must request the HFA child welfare protocol from the HFA National Office within 6 months of the contract start date
  3. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
  4. Parents as Teachers (PAT).
2. Programs must be in good standing with their national model.
3. Prior approval from the Department must be secured prior to any anticipated change to the program model.
Program policies and procedures
1. Maintain written local program policies and procedures that are consistent with the program standards set by one of the four home visiting models noted above.
2. Review and incorporate all policies and procedures found on the igrow Illinois website. Including those related to breastfeeding. safe sleep. child welfare. substance use issues. cultural and linguistic responsiveness, and dual enrollment.
3. Maintain written policies and procedures for connecting referred families to other available services when your program has no openings.
4. Assure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
5. For educational institutions, assure compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Hiring and compensation

Recruit. hire, and retain home visitors who mirror the cultural, ethnic, and linguistic characteristics of the families served.
Fill any staff vacancies without delay.

Assure that all home visitors and supervisors join the Gateways to Opportunity Registry. Assure that home visitors receive the salaries shown in the table below, at minimum. The indicated minimum salaries for supervisors are strongly recommended. If it is not feasible to implement the minimum salary requirement for home visitors in SFY23. applicants can propose to incrementally raise salaries in order to reach the minimum salary by SFY25.

Position	Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (Chicago, Cook, and Collar Counties)	Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (rest of the state)
Home Visitor	$46,000	$37,485
Home Visiting Supervisor	$59,598	$48,058

Professional development
1. Assure that home visitors receive program-specific training and ancillary training according to the standards specified by the home visiting model.
2. Assure that all staff participate in trainings required by IDHS.
3. Maintain documentation of the training received by each direct service staff and supervisor.
Reflective supervision and reflective practice
1. Follow the home visiting model's required supervisor/home visitor ratio to ensure adequate supervision.
2. Provide home visitors with the individual reflective supervision hours required by the model.
3. Maintain documentation of supervision, team meetings, field observations, training, and other staff development led by the supervisor.
4. Utilize Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) as described in the Illinois model for IECMHC. To find a consultant, use the Illinois Registry of IECMH Consultants.
Program capacity
1. Maximum service capacity is the largest number of families that could potentially be enrolled at a point in time. if the program were operating with a full complement of hired and trained home visitors funded by this program. This number does not change if the program is not fully staffed (for example, if there is a vacancy). The maximum service capacity number per 1.0 FTE home visitor is as follows:
  1. Early Head Start: 10 families
  2. Healthy Families America: 12 families
  3. Nurse-Family Partnership: 25 families
  4. Parents as Teachers: 15 families
2. Programs that have been active for a year or longer will maintain at least 85% of their maximum service capacity.
3. Programs must have a plan in place for maintaining continuity of services to home visiting families if their home visitor is on extended leave or leaves the agency.
Priority population
1. Prioritize the MIECHV priority populations for enrollment (see section A2 above).
  1. At least 80% of enrolled families must meet at least one of the 8 MIECHV priority population criteria.
  2. Therefore, no more than 20% of enrolled families may meet none of the 8 MIECHV priority population criteria. These remaining families must represent at least one Early Learning Council Priority Population OR have a mental health concern.
2. If there are open slots in the program, the program must accept all referrals of model-eligible families with child welfare involvement and model-eligible families experiencing homelessness, regardless of family income
Service plans, assessments, and screenings
1. Develop and update a service plan or goal plan for each participant within the timeframe required by the model.
2. For each participant, complete any model-required assessments within the timeframe required by the model.
3. For child participants, conduct developmental screenings using a screening tool approved by the Department and refer to services as indicated.
4. For adult participants, conduct intimate partner violence screening, mental health screening, and substance use screening using tools approved by the Department, and refer to services as indicated.
5. For adult participants, provide education on topics including breastfeeding, safe sleep, well child visits, and postpartum care, and refer to services as needed.
Culturally responsive program services
1. Provide model-specific home visiting services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to the populations served. For guidance, see the Guiding Principles for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness from the Erikson Institute.
2. Provide culturally and linguistically responsive program materials (e.g., brochures, curricula, handouts, etc.) for the major groups within the population to be served.
Screening, enrollment, and coordinated intake
1. Participate in the local All Our Kids (AOK) Network, Integrated Referral and Intake System (IRIS), or other coordinated intake and referral initiative, where such a system exists. (If there is no such initiative in your program's geographic area, this requirement does not apply to your program.)
2. Engage in community public awareness and outreach activities to support program enrollment.
3. Avoid dual enrollment in more than one intensive home visiting program.
4. Avoid waitlisting families when there are open home visiting slots offered by another local program (for example, by establishing referral partnerships with the other program).
5. Respond to all referral sources with the status of referrals and timeline for enrollment within two (2) business days of receiving the referral.
6. Respond to all follow-up inquiries from referral sources) within two (2) business days of receiving the inquiry.
7. Track trends related to the population served, and adjust program plans to assure that families from priority populations are prioritized for services.
Community systems development and cross-program referral
1. Dedicate a portion of a designated staff member's time to participate regularly as a member of at least one local community collaboration to support the goals and principles defined in the 2021 Joint Statement on Community Systems, Coordinated Intake, and IRIS.
  1. Share with the collaboration available, relevant, aggregated program data that contribute to community needs assessment, setting a common agenda, or other local initiatives.
  2. Promote shared messaging and materials from the collaboration among families and staff.
  3. Participate in at least one local collaboration initiative, such as developmental screening tracking using the ASQ Enterprise, or the use of the Integrated Referral and Intake System (IRIS)
2. Assist participating families in connecting with Early Intervention (El), using the protocols and forms developed by the Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics.
3. Assist participating families in connecting with medical providers and with ancillary services such as mental health services, the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program, and intimate partner violence services, with support from the Department.
Data and data systems
1. With written consent from participants, use the information management system designated by the Department to record information on program participants, and the activities of program staff.
2. Maintain an individual case record for each family enrolled in the home visiting program. Record required demographic data, including but not limited to participant age, race, ethnicity, primary language, and income. Information for each month must be entered in the data system by the fifth (5th) day of the following month.
3. Collect and report the MIECHV benchmark data, with support and technical assistance from the Department.
4. Participate in regular data calls coordinated by the Department, to assure data quality and completeness.
Quality assurance and program improvement
1. Implement a plan for quality assurance, as specified by the home visiting model.
2. Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) efforts offered by IDHS.
Family Voice
1. Regularly incorporate input from home visiting families to improve program quality, as specified by the home visiting model.
2. Invite families to participate in local collaborations and advisory bodies.
Partnership with IDHS
1. Participate in required regular programmatic and fiscal monitoring reviews. Programmatic monitoring will include use of the HOVRS (Home Visit Rating Scale).
2. Participate in required monthly provider calls and other required meetings as scheduled by IDHS.
3. Participate in the Department's efforts to improve the health and well-being of families enrolled in program services.

Deliverables - Doula Services (OPTIONAL--only for home visiting programs that opt to include doulas)
- While doula services are not required as part of the IDHS-DEC Home Visiting program, doula services may be supported through this funding stream if they are offered as an integrated part of a long-term, evidence-based home visiting model. These doula services are not intended to be stand-alone services. Ideally, doula services should commence at the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy. The doula and long-term home visitor should work together to introduce services to expectant families. The doula and home visitor must coordinate home visits in the perinatal period to avoid duplication of services while ensuring that the long-term home visitor begins a relationship with the family early enough to ensure a smooth transition from doula/home visitor services to just home visiting services.
- There is a readiness factor that should be considered if your program is considering integrating a doula component into your home visiting program. The home visiting program must be large enough to be able to serve most pregnant women who desire a doula, and the program must be able to take on all the roles and responsibilities of doula services. In general, at least two doulas are needed as part of a program's staffing pattern, In addition, a ratio of at least two (or more) home visitors for every doula will ensure that there will be enough home visitors to serve all participants who are finishing doula services.
  1. Core program services
    1. Promote active engagement of new program families in long-term home visiting services through initial prenatal and intrapartum program experiences
    2. Provide seamless transitions from doula to home visiting-only services
    3. Promote a parental sense of confidence, competence, and comfort in the mother's physical, emotional, and social transition into parenthood
    4. Promote positive health practices for developing baby and new parent
    5. Promote a growing sense of emotional availability, attunement, and engagement with the developing and new infant
    6. Prepare for labor and delivery and provide intrapartum doula support in an effort to bring about positive birth outcomes for infant and parent
    7. Support newborn care and feeding
    8. Organize and facilitate prenatal groups
  2. Hiring and compensation
    1. Recruit, hire, and retain doulas who mirror the cultural, ethnic, and linguistic characteristics of the families served.
    2. Fill any staff vacancies without delay.
    3. The program must maintain two (2) full time equivalent (FTE) home visitors for every one (1) FTE doula. The goal is to have all doula participants transition into the long-term home visiting program. Because doula services are time-limited, doulas serve more families over the course of a year than a home visitor. Generally, a ratio of at least two (or more) home visitors for every doula will ensure that there will be enough home visitors to serve all participants who are finishing doula services. Consider family retention in your home visiting program when thinking about the addition of doulas.
    4. Doulas must have flexible schedules because it is crucial that they be present during labor and delivery, and births often happen outside of normal working hours, so they should be available on-call 24/7. This expectation should be made clear to candidates for doula positions, and programs should keep this requirement in mind in deciding how they will grade and compensate doula positions.
    5. Generally, about 10 percent of a doula's time is spent facilitating prenatal groups. Prenatal groups offer an efficient way for parents-to-be to learn about prenatal care and the birthing process while connecting with a peer group and continuing to build a relationship with their doula.
    6. Programs must ensure that there is backup capacity so that participants will receive doula support when their primary doula is on vacation, ill, unable to attend a birth, or when there are vacancies in the program. This will generally mean having at least two (2) doulas as part of a program's staffing pattern, but backup can also be achieved by having a supervisor trained as a doula or by having a part-time position in addition to a full-time doula.
    7. Programs must assure that doulas receive the salaries shown in the table below, at minimum. The indicated minimum salaries for supervisors are strongly recommended. If it is not feasible to implement the minimum salary requirement for doulas in SFY23, applicants can propose to incrementally raise salaries in order to reach the minimum salary by SFY25.
      - Position Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (Chicago, Cook, and Collar Counties) Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (rest of the state)
        
        Doula $46,800 $37,485
        
        Doula Supervisor $59,598 $48,058
  3. Professional development
    1. The program will be offered technical assistance from the SE Professional Learning Network.
    2. New doulas must receive pre-service and in-service training from the SE Professional Learning Network.
  4. Clinical consultation
    1. A clinical consultant is part of the doula model so that doulas have the support they might need to serve participants who have medically complicated pregnancies. These consultants are generally registered nurses, midwives, or other professionals who have training in the medical aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. They are generally contracted for about 10 hours per month.
  5. Program capacity
    1. A 1.0 FTE doula typically has a caseload of nine (9) to ten (10) participants at any one time. Some of these persons are pregnant; some are postpartum. Doulas attend approximately two births every month. Doula caseload sizes are smaller than those for other home visitors because of the extended time spent with the birthing parent during labor and delivery.
    2. The doula intervention is time-limited (generally lasting for about five months) so a caseload of nine (9) or ten (10) families at any one point in time would result in a doula serving approximately 22- 24 families over the course of a year.
  6. Culturally responsive program services
    1. Provide doula services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to the populations served. For guidance, see the Guiding Principles for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness from the Erikson Institute.
    2. Provide culturally and linguistically responsive program materials (e.g., brochures, curricula, handouts, etc.) for the major groups within the population served.
  7. Community systems development and cross-referrals
    1. The ability of doulas to be present during the labor and delivery process is key to the success of this service. Programs must have agreements with local birthing hospitals that ensure that the hospital will allow doulas to attend the births of their participants.
    2. The program should also have memoranda of understanding (MOUs) or other mechanisms in place with prenatal clinics, WIC programs, etc. to ensure that pregnant persons in the program's population will be referred by the 26th week of pregnancy.

Performance Measures and Performance Standards
1. Home Visiting Programs
  1. Registered staff
    1. MEASURE: Report the number of home visiting supervisors and home visitors, and the percentage of these staff with registry numbers in the Gateways to Opportunity Registry. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: 100%.
  2. Families served
    1. MEASURE: Report the number of unduplicated families served year-to-date. Entered into the IDHS selected database, including race, ethnicity, and primary language. Reported quarterly from the data summary report (September, December, March, June).
    2. STANDARD: Report the number quarterly.
  3. Caseload capacity
    1. MEASURE: Current caseload as a % of maximum caseload capacity. (Maximum caseload capacity is the highest number of households that could be enrolled at a point in time, if the program is operating with a full complement of hired and trained home visitors.) Reported quarterly from the data summary report.
    2. STANDARD: Programs that have been active for one year or longer must achieve at least 85% of maximum caseload capacity. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  4. Priority populations
    1. MEASURE: Percentage of participants meeting no MIECHV priority population criteria, reported quarterly from the data summary report:
      1. Low income household (below 100% FPL)
      2. Household contains an enrollee who is pregnant and under age 21
      3. Household has a history of child abuse or neglect or had had interactions with child welfare
      4. Household has a history of substance abuse or needs substance abuse treatment
      5. Someone in the household uses tobacco products in the home
      6. Someone in the household has attained low student achievement or has a child with low student achievement
      7. Household has a child with developmental delays or disabilities
      8. Household includes individuals who are serving or formerly served in the United States armed forces
    2. STANDARD: No more than 20% of participants meet no MIECHV priority population criteria. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  5. Coordination and Collaboration
    1. MEASURE: Membership in local collaborations (as documented by an MOU, letter, or other document from a collaboration that confirms the program's membership and describes expectations for member participation). Reported annually (June).
    2. STANDARD: Membership document from least one collaboration, provided annually (June).
  6. Data quality-participant demographics
    1. MEASURE: Percentage of program participants with missing demographic data in data system. Reported quarterly from the data summary report.
    2. STANDARD: No more than 10% missing data for any data indicator. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  7. Data quality-benchmark outcomes
    1. MEASURE: Percentage of program participants with missing benchmark data in the data system. Reported quarterly from the data summary report.
    2. STANDARD: No more than 10% missing data for any benchmark outcome data indicator. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  8. Well-child visit
    1. MEASURE: Percentage of children receiving their last well-child visit based on the American Academy of Pediatrics schedule. Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 80%. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  9. Postpartum visit
    1. MEASURE: Percent of mothers enrolled prenatally or within 30 days after delivery who received a postpartum care visit within 8 weeks (56 days) of delivery. Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 75%. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  10. Developmental screening
    1. MEASURE: Percentage of children with at least one timely Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3 (ASQ-3) screening during the reporting period (for children aged 9 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months). Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 80%. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  11. Perinatal depression screening
    1. MEASURE: Percent of participants who are screened for depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) within 3 months of enrollment (for those not enrolled prenatally) or within 3 months of delivery (for those enrolled prenatally). Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 85% of participants screened. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  12. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) screening
    1. MEASURE: Percent of primary caregivers screened for intimate partner violence (IPV) within 6 months of enrollment using a validated tool (Futures Without Violence for women, Baylor for men). Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 90%. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  13. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) referral
    1. MEASURE: Percent of primary caregivers with a positive screen for IPV (21 + for Futures and 11+ for Baylor) who receive referrals to IPV resources. Reported annually from the data summary report (June).
    2. STANDARD: 90%. Entered into the IDHS selected database.
  14. Family Engagement and Empowerment
    1. MEASURE: Number of home visiting families participating in group activities, such as parent groups, program advisory board meetings, CQI team meetings, or local collaboration meetings. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: Report the number quarterly.
2. Doula Services (only for home visiting programs that include doulas)
  1. Families served
    1. MEASURE: Report the number of unduplicated families served year-to-date. Entered into the IDHS selected database, including race, ethnicity, and primary language. Reported quarterly (September, December, March, June).
    2. STANDARD: Report the number quarterly. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  2. Caseload capacity
    1. MEASURE: Current caseload as a% of maximum caseload capacity. (Maximum caseload capacity is the highest number of pregnant persons that could be enrolled at a point in time, if the program is operating with a full complement of hired and trained doulas.) Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: Programs that have been active for one year or longer must achieve at least 85% of maximum caseload capacity. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  3. Prenatal enrollment
    1. MEASURE: Percent of participants enrolled in doula services by the end of the seventh month of pregnancy. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: 80%. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  4. Doula-home visiting integration
    1. MEASURE: Percent of doula participants assigned to a long-term home visitor. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: 80%. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  5. Doula-attended births
    1. MEASURE: Percent of Doula participants with a Doula-attended birth. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: 75%. Entered into IDHS selected database.
  6. Breastfeeding
    1. MEASURE: Percent of participants that initiate breastfeeding. Reported quarterly.
    2. STANDARD: 75%. Entered into IDHS selected database.
Other requirements:
1. Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
  - Services must be provided in a culturally responsive manner. Grantees need to understand, acknowledge, and respect the differences among the populations served (ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, abilities, language, and other characteristics) and provide services in a culturally responsive manner. Programs should demonstrate an ability to adapt individual programs, services, and policies to fit the cultural context of the individual, family, or community.
2. Confidentiality
  - Grantees must comply with confidentiality statutes set forth by state and federal governments, including, but not limited to: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164); the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act (815 ILCS 530/1 et seq.); the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act (740 ILCS 110/1 et seq.); Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Regulations (34 CFR Part 99); and Administrative Code Title 77 Section 630.20.

Funding Priorities or Focus Areas
- The Illinois Department of Human Services envisions a human services system that enables all to thrive regardless of race, zip code, and disability. IDHS' diversity, equity, and inclusion mission is to become an anti-racist organization that pursues equity and racial justice with intention, vigor, and tenacity. 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.
- This expansion NOFO is limited to applicants serving the following priority geographic areas: Cass and Morgan Counties; Douglas, Coles, and Moultrie Counties; DuPage County; Lake County; Rock Island County.
- In addition, the IDHS Home Visiting program has the following priority populations identified by the federal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. Enrollment is not limited to the MIECHV priority populations, but programs are expected to PRIORITIZE these populations for enrollment.
  - Low income household (below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level or FPL)
  - Household contains an enrollee who is pregnant and under age 21
  - Household has a history of child abuse or neglect or had interactions with child welfare
  - Household has a history of substance abuse or needs substance abuse treatment
  - Someone in the household uses tobacco products in the home
  - Someone in the household has attained low student achievement or has a child with low student achievement
  - Household has a child with developmental delays or disabilities
  - Household includes individuals who are serving or formerly served in the United States armed forces
Authorizing Statutes or Regulations
- The IDHS-DEC Home Visiting program is supported by state General Revenue Funds for home visiting, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and federal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting funds (MIECHV). Authorizing statutes are as follows:
  - General Revenue Funds for home visiting: Public Act 103-0498.
  - American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2), Section 9901
  - Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting: Base Grant Awards are authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 711(c) (Title V, § 511(c) of the Social Security Act, as amended) to support the provision of home visiting services to eligible families by states, nonprofit organizations serving states, and U.S. jurisdictions. Section 6101 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328), recently amended Title V, section 511 of the Social Security Act and extended appropriated funding for the MIECHV Program through FY 2027.

Position	Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (Chicago, Cook, and Collar Counties)	Minimum Salary for 1.0 FTE (rest of the state)
Doula	$46,800	$37,485
Doula Supervisor	$59,598	$48,058

B. Funding Information

Total Amount of Funding
1. The Department anticipates the availability of approximately $2,500,000 to $3,000,000.
2. The source of funding for this program is General Revenue Funds, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and federal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting funds. IDHS will determine how the funding sources will be allocated for each grant, and the allocations will be noted in each grant.
Number of Grant Awards
1. The Department anticipates funding approximately 7-9 grant awards to provide this program.
Expected Amounts of Individual Grant Award
1. The Department anticipates that grant awards will average $320,000.
Amount of Funding per Grant Award on average in previous years
1. Not applicable.
Anticipated Start Dates and Periods of Performance for new grant awards.
1. Subject to appropriation, the grant period will begin no sooner than July 1, 2024 and will continue through June 30, 2025.
Renewal or Supplementation of existing projects eligibility
1. Applications for supplementation of existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new State awards.
Type of Assistance Instrument
1. This is a competitive grant award funding opportunity.
Procurement Contract Allowability
1. Subcontractor 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 successful applicant Agency shall retain sole responsibility for the performance and monitoring of the subcontractor.
2. Successful applicants under this NOFO may be eligible to receive subsequent one-year grant renewals for this program. Renewals are at the discretion of the Department and are based on sufficient appropriation and performance criteria including, but not limited to:
  1. Grantee has performed satisfactorily during the previous reporting period
  2. All required reports have been submitted on time, unless a written exception has been provided by the Division/Department
  3. No outstanding issues are present (e.g., in good standing with all pre-qualification requirements and no outstanding corrective action, etc.)
3. The release of this NOFO does not obligate the Illinois Department of Human Services to make an award.

C. Eligibility Information

Eligible Applicants
- This competitive funding opportunity is limited to applicants that meet the following requirements:
  1. The types of applicants that may apply for the grant award include: private, not-for-profit community-based organizations that are incorporated and have been granted 501(c) (3) status; public community-based organizations, including units of local government, and private, for-profit community-based organizations.
  2. Program models. Applicants must use one of the following evidence-based home visiting models:
    1. Early Head Start Home-Based (EHS)
    2. Healthy Families America (HFA) Note: Successful applicants must request the HFA child welfare protocol from the HFA National Office within 6 months of the contract start date.
    3. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
    4. Parents as Teachers (PAT)
  3. Service areas: This Notice of Funding Opportunity is for the provision of home visiting services to families who reside in Illinois. Funding is only available for services in the following listed communities Cass and Morgan Counties; Douglas, Coles, and Moultrie Counties; DuPage County; Lake County; Rock Island County. Applicants are not required to serve an entire county, and may serve a smaller geographic area within a county.
  4. The applicant has met the Prequalification and Mandatory Requirements listed in this funding opportunity.
    1. Applicants must be prequalified; therefore, applications from entities that have not prequalified prior to the due date of this application will NOT be reviewed and will NOT be considered for funding.
    2. Successful Applicants will not receive an award if pre-award requirements are not met.
  5. Funding restrictions
    1. See Section D.5. below
Cost Sharing or Match Requirements
1. Providers are not required to participate in cost sharing or provide matching funds.
Other
1. Limit on Number of Applications: There is no limit on the number of applications that may be submitted by one applicant.

D. Application and Submission Information

Address to Request Application Package
1. The complete application package (this Notice of Funding Opportunity, including links to required forms) is available through the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance and the DHS Grants website page.
2. Each applicant must have access to the internet. The Department's web site will contain information regarding the NOFO and materials necessary for submission. Questions and answers will also be posted on the Department's website as described later in this announcement. It is the responsibility of each applicant to monitor that website and comply with any instructions or requirements relating to the NOFO.
Content and Form of Application Submission
1. Required Content
  1. 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.
2. Letter of Intent
  1. Interested applicants are required to send a brief letter of intent to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov by 11:59 pm CST on Monday, April 22, 2024. The letter of intent is non-binding. The purpose of the letter of intent is to assist IDHS-DEC in assuring that we have a sufficient number of reviewers. The letter of intent should include the following information:
    1. Subject line including: 2889-02 LOI-Applicant Organization Name-Program Contact Name. For example: 2889-02 LOI-ABC Community Center-Jane Smith
    2. The name and contact information of the applicant organization
    3. The home visiting model to be used
    4. The specific county(ies) or sub-county geographic area(s) to be served
    5. Whether the applicant is considering the integration of doula services.
    6. Whether the applicant has current IDHS home visiting funding.
3. Program Narrative
  1. IMPORTANT: The program (proposal) narrative makes up the bulk of the application. Please provide a complete response to all sections. If the program narrative is missing from your application packet, your application will receive a score of zero points and your agency will not meet the criteria to receive a grant under this notice of funding opportunity.
4. Proposal Narrative Content and Attachments
  1. Use the Program Narrative Template and provide a complete response to all sections.
  2. The program narrative must be typed in black ink on 8 1/2 x 11-inch white paper using 12-point type, single-spaced, with 1-inch margins on all sides, and at 100% magnification (not reduced). Each section must have a heading that corresponds to the headings, in the order listed in the template.
  3. If the applicant believes that the subject has been adequately addressed in another part of the application narrative, then provide the cross-reference to the appropriate part of the narrative. If a cross-reference is not included in the section, the reviewer will only consider content contained within that specific section.
  4. The narrative must not exceed 15 pages, and additional pages will not be reviewed or scored.
  5. Items included as Attachments, including the doula narrative, are NOT included in the page limitation. These are the Attachments, which are all included in the Program Narrative Template:
    1. Required for all applicants:
      1. Attachment A: Application Checklist
      2. Attachment B: Organizational Chart
      3. Attachment C: Board of Directors list
      4. Attachment D: Assurances
    2. Required ONLY for applicants who are proposing to use the doula enhancement:
      1. Attachment E: Doula Narrative
  6. The entire application (including Attachments) must be submitted as a single PDF document.
5. Budget and Budget Narrative
  1. Applicants must enter a budget electronically in the CSA system. Please refer to the IDHS CSA Tracking System page, which includes a link to the CSA Provider User Manual. The Budget entered into the CSA system will include a narrative or detailed description/justification for each line in the budget and will describe why each expenditure is necessary for program implementation and how you arrived at the particular amount. Please include cost allocations as necessary. This narrative must also clearly identify indirect costs, direct program costs, direct administrative costs, and match within each line item as appropriate. The Budget (including MTDC base exclusions as appropriate) should clearly describe how the specified resources and personnel have been allocated for the tasks and activities described in your plan.
  2. The Budget and Budget narrative must include the following:
    1. Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (at a minimum, $150/hour x 72hrs/year = $10,800 per year)
    2. Annual subscription to Visit Tracker data system: see VisitTracker pricing for the current rate schedule based on the number of users.
    3. Home visitor salaries must be at least the minimum level described in this NOFO. Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide supervisor salaries at least at the minimum level described in this NOFO.
    4. If you are applying for doula funds, include those expenses in your budget, including doula salaries and clinical consultation costs. The budget should include all expenses for required doula personnel, professional development, and services to families. Include proposed doula salary and intended use of the clinical consultant in your budget.
  3. The Budget must be electronically signed and submitted in the CSA system. The Budget must be signed by the Provider's Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer.
  4. IMPORTANT: Please be sure the budget status in CSA says "GATA Budget signed and submitted to program review." This status will appear after the budget is electronically signed by the agency CEO or CFO and submitted to IDHS. See IDHS CSA Tracking System webpage for additional information on CSA.
  5. The budget and narrative must tie fiscal activity to program objectives and deliverables and demonstrate that all proposed costs are:
    1. Reasonable and necessary
    2. Allocable, and
    3. Allowable as defined by program regulatory requirements and the Uniform Guidance (2CFR 200), as applicable.
  6. You may use this sample IDHS budget template to help with planning. However, the final budget must be submitted in the CSA as described above. Do not email your budget template with the rest of your application.
6. Required Forms
  1. Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance: 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. This email address will be used for official communication between the Department and the applicant organization for matters regarding this application.
  2. Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure - The grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure is a required for all grant award programs. The document requires agencies to identify actual or potential conflicts of interest. The form must be signed by a representative of the organization.
7. Required Format
  1. The narrative portion must follow the page maximums where prescribed and must be organized in the format outlined or points may be deducted.
Unique Entity Identifiers and SAM Registration
1. 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:
  1. Be registered in SAM.gov before the application due date.
  2. Provide a valid unique entity identifier (UE) in its application
  3. 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.
2. The Department may not make an award until applicant has fully complied to all UEI and SAM requirements
3. The department may determine that an applicant is not qualified if they have not complied to requirements and use that determination as a basis to award to another applicant.
Application Submission Dates and Times
1. Application Due Date and Time
  1. The REQUIRED Letter of Intent is due on Monday, April 22, 2024 at 11:59 pm CST. Submit the completed Letter of Intent via email to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov, with the subject line including: 2889-02 LOI-Applicant Organization Name-Program Contact Name. For example: 2889-02 LOI-ABC Community Center-Jane Smith.
  2. The Department must receive the Full Application, due on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 11:59 pm CST. Submit the completed grant application via email to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov, with the subject line including: 2889-02 Applicant Organization Name-Program Contact Name. For example: 2889-02 ABC Community Center-Jane Smith.
  3. Applicants must electronically submit the complete application including all required narratives and attachments in the prescribed order. The budget must also be submitted in the CSA.
  4. The Department will ONLY accept applications submitted by electronic mail sent to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov. Applications must be sent electronically to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov. The application will be electronically time-stamped upon receipt. Include the following in the subject line: NOFO number and your agency name. Application submissions or delivery to any other email address or contact, including other IDHS offices or employees, will not be considered for review or funding. Applications will NOT be accepted if received by fax machine, hard copy, disk, or thumb drive.
  5. Applicants are required to notify the Department within 48 hours of the deadline, if they did NOT receive an email notifying them that their application was received. If the applicant does not receive an email and/or does not notify the Department within 48 hours, their application will be considered a late submission and will NOT be reviewed or scored. The applicant will NOT have the right to protest the submission/receipt of their application to the Department after the 48 hours. In the event of a dispute, the applicant bears the burden of proof that the application was received on time at the email location listed above.
2. Missed Deadlines
  1. Applications received after the due date and time will not be considered for review or funding. All applicants/applications determined to be non-compliant or otherwise determined to be disqualified from consideration will be separately notified in writing, by email, upon determination. This email will be sent to the email addresses provided in the application and will identify the reason for disqualification.
  2. For your records, please keep a copy of your submission with the date and time the application was submitted along with the email address to which it was sent. The deadline will be strictly enforced.
  3. IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended that the applicant not wait until the last minute to submit an application in case they experience technical difficulties with the submission process. Applicants should keep copies of all documentation that that may prove their application was submitted to the correct location and that it was received by IDHS on or before the deadline. Applicants should also maintain all electronic documentation, including screen shots, email correspondence, help desk ticket numbers, etc. that would document any unforeseen difficulties the applicant may have encountered regarding the timely submission of the application.
Funding Restrictions
1. Pre-Award Costs
  1. Pre-award costs are not allowable for this NOFO.
2. Indirect Costs
  1. Indirect Costs may be applied to this grant award. There are no restrictions on indirect costs, but an organization must have a negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA) or elect to use the Federal 10% de minimis rate to be reimbursed for any indirect costs within a program. For more information, see the IDHS guidance on Indirect Costs.
3. Statutory or Regulatory Restrictions/Limitations
Other Submission Requirements
1. Electronic Submission
  1. Applications must be submitted electronically to DHS.HomeVisiting@illinois.gov.
  2. No passwords are required for submission.
  3. In the event of any technical difficulties, contact Joanna.Su@illinois.gov or (312) 882-4051.

E. Application Review Information

All competitive grant applications are subject to merit-based review.

Criteria
1. Applications that fail to meet the criteria described in Section C "Eligibility Information" will not be scored and/or considered for funding.
2. All applicants / applications determined to be non-compliant or otherwise determined to be disqualified from consideration will be notified. This email will be sent to the email addresses provided in the application and will identify the reason for disqualification.
3. Evaluation criteria is based upon requirements set forth in 44 IL Admin Code 7000.350 Merit Review of Applications and the IDHS Merit Review Manual. Cost sharing will not be considered in the evaluation.

Review and Selection Process

The process for evaluation of the application is as follows: Review teams are comprised of up to three (3) individuals. Applications will first be reviewed and scored individually. Then, team members will collectively review the application, their scores ,and comments. Individual team members may choose to adjust scores to appropriately capture content that may have been missed initially. Scores will then be sent to the application Review Coordinator to be compiled and averaged to produce the final application review team score.

The following NOFO Scoring Table provides a summary of the criteria and weighting of each criterion within the program and budget narrative.

Home Visiting Scoring Criteria	Maximum Points
Executive Summary contains all of the requested information	5 points
Home Community Need The geographic area and community risk factors are well described (5) Description of population served includes geographic area, age, race, ethnicity, language, income, and a rationale (5) This section reflects coordination with other local HV programs (if applicable) (5) Recruitment plan is organized and prioritizes MIECHV priority populations (5)	20 points
Capacity Mission/vision is consistent with IDHS-DEC HV program priorities (5) Demonstrated experience serving the local population/ implementing HV (5) Staffing indicates programmatic capacity and Attachment A is included (5) A rationale is provided for reasonable enrollment and caseload capacity (5) Governance structure indicates organizational capacity and Attachment B is included. (5)	25 points
Quality There is model fidelity, the model fits the local population, and the applicant is in good standing with the model. (5) Staffing is culturally responsive (5) Staffing supports are in place, including reflective supervision and Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (5) Family voice is incorporated in the program (5) There is a focus on using data to drive improvement (5) Local cross-systems collaboration includes a mechanism for intake, referrals, and closing the loop (5) Local cross-systems collaboration includes at least one MCH partners, with which there is a functioning relationship for referrals and information-sharing (5)	35 points
Assurances Form (Attachment C) (1 point per "yes" answer)	10 points
Budget addresses salary requirements, supervision requirements, and includes Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and data system costs.	5 points
Total Regular Points	100 points
Bonus - Culturally responsive leadership: Applicant is able to demonstrate and attest to being led by individuals that share the cultural background of the community being served, as defined by the make-up of the Board of Directors and the organization's leadership and management being more than 50% led by individuals who share the cultural background of the community being served.	10 points
Bonus - Family empowerment: Applicant demonstrates an intention to hire, mentor, or otherwise support the engagement of former participants/parents as home visitors.	5 points
Total Possible Bonus Points	15 points

Doula Enhancement Criteria	Maximum Points
Community Need The geographic area and community need for doula services are well described (15) This section reflects coordination with other local HV programs (if applicable) (5)	20 points
Capacity Applicant has demonstrated experience in providing culturally responsive doula services in the service area (15) Staffing indicates programmatic capacity (10) The coverage plan effectively addresses non-traditional hours and back-up plans (5) Caseload is within the recommended limits (5) The plan for providing core services is well described (10) There is a plan for integrating doulas and home visitors (5)	50 points
Quality Staffing is culturally responsive (5) Effective supervision, including professional development for supervisors, is described (5) Effective clinical consultation is described (5) Partnerships are in place to facilitate referrals (5) Effective partnerships are in place with hospitals or birthing centers (5)	25 points
Budget addresses salary requirements, supervision requirements, and includes clinical consultation costs.	5 points
Total Points	100 points

The numerical score may not be the sole award criterion. The Department reserves the right to consider other factors such as: geographical distribution, demonstrated need, and agency past performance as a state grantee, etc. While the recommendation of the review panel will be a key factor in the funding decision, the Department maintains final authority over funding decisions and considers the findings of the reviewers to be non-binding recommendations. Any internal documentation used in scoring or awarding of grants shall not be considered public information.
In the event of a tie with insufficient funding for all tied applications, the Department may choose to elect one of the following options:
1. Apply one or more of the additional factors for consideration described above to prioritize the applications.
2. Partially fund each of the tied applications
3. Not fund any of the tied applications. The Department reserves the right to negotiate with successful applicants to adjust award amounts, targets, deliverables, etc.
Merit-Based Review Appeal Process
1. Competitive grant appeals are limited to the evaluation process. Evaluation scores may not be protested. Only the evaluation process is subject to appeal and shall be reviewed by IDHS' Appeal Review Officer (ARO).
  1. Submission of Appeal
    - Appeals submission IDHS contact information:
      - Name of Agency contact for appeals: Lori Orr, Bureau Chief
      - Email of Agency contact for appeals: Lori.A.Orr@illinois.gov
      - Email Subject Line: 2889 Appeal-Organization Name-Contact Name
    - An appeal must be submitted in writing to appeals submission IDHS contact listed above, who will send to the IDHS Appeal Review Officer (ARO) for consideration.
      - An appeal must be received within 14 calendar days after the date that the grant award notice has been published.
      - The written appeal shall include at a minimum the following:
        
        Name and address of the appealing party
        
        Identification of the grant
        
        Statement of reasons for the appeal
        
        Supporting documentation, if applicable
  2. Response to Appeal
    - IDHS will acknowledge receipt of an appeal within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the appeal was received.
      1. IDHS will respond to the appeal within 60 days or supply a written explanation to the appealing party as to why additional time is required.
      2. The appealing party must supply any additional information requested by IDHS within the time period set in the request.
  3. Resolution
    - The ARO shall make a recommendation to the Agency Head or designee as expeditiously as possible after receiving all relevant, requested information.
      - In determining the appropriate recommendation, the ARO shall consider the integrity of the competitive grant process and the impact of the recommendation on the State Agency.
      - The Agency will resolve the appeal by means of written determination.
      - The determination shall include, but not be limited to:
        
        Review of the appeal
        
        Appeal determination
        
        Rationale for the determination

Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Federal Awards and State Awards
1. It is anticipated that this grants under this award may receive over $250,000. 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). Therefore, the grantee is subject to Simplified Acquisition Threshold and related requirements.
  1. 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);
  2. 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;
  3. 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.
Anticipated Award Announcement Date
1. May 29, 2024.

F. Award Administration Information

State Award Notices
1. Applicants recommended for funding under this NOFO following the above review and selection process will receive a Notice of State Award (NOSA). The NOSA shall include:
  1. Grant award amount
  2. The terms and conditions of the award
  3. Specific conditions, if any, assigned to the applicant based on the fiscal and administrative (ICQ), programmatic risk assessments (PRA) and merit-based review.
2. 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 signed by the grants officer (or equivalent). This signature effectively accepts the state award amount and all conditions set forth within the notice. This signed NOSA is the document authorizing the Department to proceed with issuing an agreement. The Agency signed NOSA must be remitted to the Department as instructed in the notice.
3. The notice 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).
4. A written Notice of Denial shall be sent to the applicants not receiving the award.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements
1. 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.
2. To review a sample of the current IDHS Uniform Grant Agreement.
Reporting
- 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:
  1. Periodic Financial Reports.
  2. Close-out Reports
  3. Periodic Performance Reports.
  4. Close-out Performance Reports.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 2CFR200. Non-compliance with any of the identified reports may lead to being placed on the Illinois Stop Payment List (SSPL).
Payment Terms
1. It is the policy of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) that this policy complies with 2 CFR 200.302, 2 CFR 200.305, 31 CFR 205 (procedures implementing Cash Management Improvement Act and Treasury-State Agreement (TSA)), and 44 Ill. Admin. Code 7000.120 (GOMB Adoption of Supplemental Rules for Grant Payment Methods). Three different award payment method exist, namely Advance Payment, Reimbursement, and Working Capital Advance.

G. State Awarding Agency Contact(s)

If you have questions about this NOFO, please contact, please contact DHS.HomeVisiting@Illinois.gov.
A frequently asked Question and Answer page is posted on the DHS website. Questions submitted up to two business days prior to the end of the NOFO posting period, will be posted on the website.

H. Other Information

if applicable

IDHS Home Visiting Expansion (25-444-84-2889-02)

Summary Information

A. Program Description

Program Summary

Program Goals and Objectives

Program deliverables

Deliverables--Home Visiting Programs

Deliverables - Doula Services (OPTIONAL--only for home visiting programs that opt to include doulas)

Core program services

Hiring and compensation

Professional development

Clinical consultation

Program capacity

Culturally responsive program services

Community systems development and cross-referrals

Performance Measures and Performance Standards

Home Visiting Programs

Doula Services (only for home visiting programs that include doulas)

Other requirements:

Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

Confidentiality

Funding Priorities or Focus Areas

Authorizing Statutes or Regulations

B. Funding Information

Total Amount of Funding

Number of Grant Awards

Expected Amounts of Individual Grant Award

Amount of Funding per Grant Award on average in previous years

Anticipated Start Dates and Periods of Performance for new grant awards.

Renewal or Supplementation of existing projects eligibility

Type of Assistance Instrument

Procurement Contract Allowability

C. Eligibility Information

Eligible Applicants

Cost Sharing or Match Requirements

Other

D. Application and Submission Information

Address to Request Application Package

Content and Form of Application Submission

Required Content

Letter of Intent

Program Narrative

Proposal Narrative Content and Attachments

Budget and Budget Narrative

Required Forms

Required Format

Unique Entity Identifiers and SAM Registration

Application Submission Dates and Times

Application Due Date and Time

Missed Deadlines

Funding Restrictions

Pre-Award Costs

Indirect Costs

Other Submission Requirements

Electronic Submission

E. Application Review Information

Criteria

Review and Selection Process

Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Federal Awards and State Awards

Anticipated Award Announcement Date

F. Award Administration Information

State Award Notices

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

Reporting

Payment Terms

G. State Awarding Agency Contact(s)

H. Other Information

I. Mandatory Forms

Links