Program Description - The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) was awarded funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services Family Violence Prevention Services Act American Rescue Plan Act to focus on ensuring the safety, sustainability, and capacity building of domestic violence advocacy workforce during and after the COVID 19 pandemic. Expanding access to health and behavioral health services for survivors and their dependents is the primary focus of awards. Funds may be used to establish, expand, or maintain relationships with health and behavioral health service providers for service provision and/or be used to support personnel and related expenses to provide services within the domestic violence service provider agency.
FY25 Application: Current grantees will receive a continuation application packet via email.
A complete application packet includes:
The Bureau of Domestic Violence Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking reserves the right to request additional information from the applicant to assist in FY25 funding and programmatic decisions.
Illinois Department of Human ServicesJB Pritzker, Governor · Dulce M. Quintero, Secretary
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