- General Information
- Funding Process and Requirements
- Continuum of Care (COC) & Service Coordination Requirements
- Service Delivery Requirements
- Eligible Activities
- Eligible Participants & Recordkeeping (24 CFR 576.500)
- Program Requirements for RR/HP (Rapid Rehousing/Homelessness Prevention)
- Grant Administration & Other Requirements
- Lead-Base Paint Guidance for ESG Recipients
If you have specific program questions, please send an email to the assigned grant manager (below) and copy DHS.ESG@illinois.gov and someone will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
When there are changes to the policies and procedures manual, or if an answer to a question is needed by all providers, IDHS ESG staff shall issue an email to all CoC Representative(s) who will, in turn, notify their respective subrecipients.
If you need to follow-up on existing questions, contact ESG Program Manager Josalyn Smith at (217) 725-5975.
Grant Manager- Gina Hopson-Harris Gina.HopsonHarris@Illinois.gov for the following CoC's: Boone/Winnebago/DeKalb (501), DuPage County (514), Kane County (517), Lake County (502), McHenry County (500), Suburban Cook (511).
Grant Manager- Brenda Rogers Brenda.Rogers2@Illinois.gov for the following CoC's: Madison County (504), South Central (515), Southern Illinois (520), St. Clair County (508), West Central Illinois (519), Champaign County (503).
Grant Manager- Kristina Gash Kristina.Gash@Illinois.gov for the following Coc's: Home for All (507), Central Illinois (512), Macon County (516), Northwestern Illinois (518), Sangamon County/Heartland (513), Will County/Joliet (506).
