800 Front Door Diversion Project (26-444-22-1529-01)

I. Basic Information

Awarding Agency Name Illinois Department of Human Services
Awarding Division Name Division of Mental Health
Agency Contact

Rob Putnam

DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov
Announcement Type Non-Competitive/Exception
Funding Opportunity Title 800 Front Door Diversion Project
Funding Opportunity Number 26-444-22-1529-01
Application Posting Date March 11, 2025
Application Closing Date April 9, 2025, 12:00 PM (Noon) Central Time
Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) Number 444-22-1529
Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) Popular Name 800 Front Door Diversion Project
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s) NA
Award Source State
Estimated Total Program Funding $11,037,297
Anticipated Number of Awards 7
Award Range $827,130 - $2,625,440
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement No
Indirect Costs Allowed Yes
Restrictions on Indirect Costs No

A. Funding Details

1. Total Amount of Funding

  1. The Department expects to award approximately $11,037,297.
  2. The source of funding for this program is State funds.

2. Number of Grant Awards

  1. The Department anticipates funding approximately 7 grant awards to provide this program.

3. Expected Dollar Amount of Individual Grant Awards

  1. The Department anticipates that the dollar amount of individual awards will be between $827,130 and $2,625,440.

4. Amount of Funding per Grant Award on average in previous years

  1. Previous funding amounts per grant award on average was $1,576,756.

5. Renewal or Supplementation of Existing Projects Eligibility

  1. This program will be awarded as a 12-month term agreement.
  2. Continued Funding of this Program is at the discretion of the Department and is 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.).

6. 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 applicant Agency shall retain sole responsibility for the performance and monitoring of the subcontractor.

7. Funding Restrictions

  1. Pre-Award Costs
    1. Pre-Award costs are not allowable for this award.
    2. IDHS grants are governed by 2 CFR. Part 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles and 30 ILCS 708 which include information on allowable costs, audit requirements, and financial records.
  2. Indirect Costs
    1. Indirect Costs may be applied to this grant award. Indirect Cost rates must be approved through the Illinois Indirect Cost Rate Election System (ICRES).

B. Key Dates

1. Application Posting Date

  1. 03/11/2025

2. The Department must receive the Full Application Packet:

  1. Due on 04/09/2025 at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Central Time

3. Anticipated Award Date

  1. 07/01/2025

4. Anticipated Start Date and Periods of Performance for grant awards

  1. Subject to appropriation, the grant period will begin no sooner than 07/01/2025 and will continue through 06/30/2026.

C. Executive Summary

  1. Front Door Diversion Program (FDDP) services are to be provided to an eligible person, 18 years of age or older who, without such services, might be referred and/or admitted to a Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility (SMHRF). Eligible persons who have been assessed by Illinois' PASRR vendor and determined 'SMHRF Eligible-Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' are engaged by a FDDP provider to determine appropriate community-based needs and services. The FDDP provider will provide an offer for diversion to the consumer and provide those services outlined in the offer to maintain individuals in the most integrated community-based setting in lieu of a SMHRF admission.

D. Agency Contact Information

1. If you have questions about this funding opportunity, please contact:

  1. Rob Putnam
  2. Email: DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov

II. Eligibility

A. Eligible Applicants

  1. The specific types of applicants that may apply for the grant award are:
    1. Nonprofit Organizations
    2. For-profit Organizations
  2. The applicant must meet the Registration, Pre-qualification, and any other Mandatory Requirements listed in this funding opportunity.
    1. Applicants must provide the following information via the Grantee Portal annually to be registered with the State of Illinois as an awardee:
      1. Organization Name and Contact Information
      2. Federal Employee Identification Number (FEIN)
      3. Unique Identity Number (UEI)
      4. Organization Type
    2. Applicants must be prequalified; therefore, applications from entities that have not prequalified prior to the due date of this application will NOT be reviewed until applicant is prequalified. Items i) through v) below are the prequalification requirements.
      1. Unique Entity Identifiers and SAM Registration. Each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual 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 (UEI) in its application.
        3. Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active award or an application or plan under consideration by the awarding agency.
        4. The State Agency may not make an award until applicant has fully complied to all UEI and SAM requirements.
        5. The State Agency may determine that an applicant is not qualified if they have not complied to requirements and use that determination as a basis to award another applicant or applicants.
      2. Must be in "good standing" with the Illinois Secretary of State if the Illinois Secretary of State requires the entity's organization type to be registered.
      3. Must not be on the Illinois Stop Payment List.
      4. Must not be on the SAM.gov Exclusion List.
      5. Must not be on the Medicaid Sanctions List.
  3. Be certified or eligible for certification by IDHS as a Certified Mental Health Provider (CHMP), Managed Care Organization (MCO), or a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) who shall directly provide or secure access to the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services, residential and other services. Non-certified (Eligible only) applicants must submit a projected timeline acceptable to DHS/DMH for achieving certification.
  4. For purpose of assessment responsibilities, applicant must be a Mental Health Provider (MHP) and/or have access to a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).
  5. Applicants will not receive an award if pre-award requirements are not met. Qualified status is re-verified nightly. If the entity's status changes, an email notice is sent to the designated entity representative with a link to the Grantee Portal.
  6. See Section number I(A)(7) for funding restrictions.
  7. Applicant must be certified or eligible for certification by IDHS as a Certified Mental Health Provider (CHMP), Managed Care Organization (MCO), or a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) who shall directly provide or secure access to the full array of Rule 140 behavioral health services, residential and other services. Non-certified (Eligible only) applicants must submit a projected timeline acceptable to DHS/DMH for achieving certification.
  8. For purpose of assessment responsibilities, applicant must be a Mental Health Provider (MHP) and/or have access to a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).
  9. Other factors that would disqualify an applicant or application include:
    1. Not Applicable.
  10. Limit on Number of Applications: More than one application per entity is not permitted.

B. Cost Sharing

  1. Providers are not required to participate in cost sharing or provide match.
  2. Serves as Maintenance of Effort to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Community Mental Health Block Grant.

III. Program Description

Front Door Diversion Program (FDDP) services are to be provided to an eligible person, 18 years of age or older who, without such services, might be referred and/or admitted to a Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility (SMHRF), and who have been assessed as appropriate for community-based services. Services are provided to maintain individuals in the most integrated community-based setting. Persons eligible for FDDP services are defined as:

  1. All Medicaid eligible persons except for those with private insurance coverage and/or Medicare only, and
  2. Persons who have received a SMHRF Preadmission Assessment from the PASRR vendor contracted with HFS, * and
  3. The SMHRF Preadmission Assessment disposition must contain the outcome of 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral. **

*PASRR is interpreted to mean a screening assessment completed by the HFS contractor in support of the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities (SMHRF) pre-admission assessment process.

**Receipt of referrals is interpreted as the date/time at which the HFS contracted vendor places a case deemed 'SMHRF Eligible - Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' into the contractor's (vendor contracted with HFS) website's queue.

  1. Engagement into the FDDP:
    1. Engagement may be initiated at different "intercept points." This includes engagement by any vendor contracted with HFS to fulfill Illinois' PASRR responsibilities and/or by the Front Door Diversion grantee with focused action to include, but not be limited to, the following:
      1. Hospital inpatient psychiatric units.
      2. Other community-based settings, as approved by DMH.
      3. DMH reserves the right to assign any other consumer referral.
  2. Service Program Details:
    1. Grantee must within twenty-four (24) clock hours of receipt of the referral** complete an assessment of need, then recommend and offer a discharge/ treatment plan which provides for alternative community-based behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment care options, housing opportunities, as needed, and support services, as needed, for the referred person to secure a diversion, herein defined as Engagement/Outreach Services. This program must fund Grantees in the manner displayed in 'Exhibit C: Payment' as noted below.
    2. Grantee must provide quarterly outreach visits to assigned referring entities for the benefit of providing program education and ensuring ease of referral process for consumers, including effective and timely discharge planning.
    3. Grantee must directly provide or secure, each referred person with access to the full array of all Rule 140 behavioral health services to address the individual needs, including without limitation Peer Recovery services, and SOAR and employment services for persons that have accepted diversion.
    4. Grantee staff must be fully and appropriately trained and credentialed to provide all services, including to meet the assessment and service needs of those with serious mental illness or with serious mental illness and other co-occurring disorders as needed to effectively support consumers in community-based clinical care.
    5. Grantee must complete the IDHS approved assessment tool, such as the Illinois-Medicaid Comprehensive Assessment of Needs and Strengths (IM+CANS), should the consumer express an interest in proceeding with diversion services. Completion timelines are as required by Rule 140.
    6. Grantee must have the capacity to provide continuing outreach and treatment contacts with consumers following diversion, in the community or other settings, to maintain engagements with the consumers to support them in the community, including the provision of supportive services for the consumer(s) as provided in their agreed to treatment plan and completing subsequent re-evaluations or re-assessments after the initial diversion.
    7. Grantee must provide and make fully available to potential and existing Front Door consumers access to all of their agency's DHS and DMH funded services or programs. Narratives must fully detail the full array of these agency-based services. Agencies who access services for a participant from another provider through a subgrantee relationship, as acceptable to DHS/DMH, must also guarantee admission/access to all of that sub-grantee's DHS and DMH funded services or programs.

      An offer is defined as a formal, written statement presented to the potential consumer that must include:

      1. the full array of behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and
      2. the full array of housing site/services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and
      3. the full array of supportive services as defined below, including SOAR or employment services, needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer.

        DMH may require documentation from the grantee through form(s), reports, and/or others means to affirm the participant's decision.

        This offer is considered a preliminary plan of care only to serve until a formal treatment plan is completed and agreed to by the participant as required as part of Rule 140. It is assumed that service needs can change and will be formally updated as necessary.

    8. Grantee must be expected to provide an offer for diversion to all consenting and assessed referrals received from PASRR contracted vendor with HFS as the default action. Likewise, it is the predominant purpose of the program to secure diversions into community-based services so that consumers can live successfully in the most integrated community-based setting appropriate to their needs.
    9. Diversion is defined as: A person who has received and accepted an offer from the grantee which provides:
      1. the full array of behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and
      2. the full array of housing placement /services needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and
      3. the full array of supportive services as defined below, including SOAR or employment services, needed and to be provided by the grantee and/or secured for the consumer, and
      4. the person physically occupies a temporary housing/residential setting, and***
      5. upon and after discharge or diversion start date the person is receiving billable services.

        *** The Grantee is responsible for ensuring the safety and stability of the consumer post diversion in the identified temporary housing/residential setting. Housing may be agency provided or consumer provided. Excludes Shelters.

    10. Grantee must establish and maintain capacity to also serve each of the below referenced populations with serious mental illness, including:
      1. persons with co-occurring SUD, and
      2. DHS/DMH-identified forensically involved persons serving this specialty population includes provision of all mandated court reporting requirements, and
      3. court involved persons, and
      4. persons registered as sexual offender status, and
      5. persons aging out the care and custody of DCFS, and
      6. persons who are homeless, and
      7. persons with co-occurring physical disabilities, and
      8. persons without verifiable income such as access to SSI/SSDI, or other federal or State income subsidies.
    11. Grantee must notify DMH, at minimum, twenty (20) State business days prior to any change, planned or unplanned disruption in service delivery. Upon such notification to DMH the Grantee must provide a contingency plan to provide adequate program coverage for all SMHRF Preadmission Assessment referrals received with a determination of 'SMHRF Eligible Recommended for Front Door Diversion Referral' and for all related activities thereafter when the grantee is unable to fulfill program obligations. DMH reserves the right to accept, deny, or accept with modifications the written alternative coverage plan.
    12. Grantee may either directly provide all activities, services, and supports, or utilize subgrantee relationships, either in whole or in part, but Grantees will remain entirely responsible for ensuring all activities, services, and supports are provided in a seamless manner and consistent with all program requirements and expectations. These Front Door activities complement the treatment support, housing options and support services that Front Door eligible persons or actual consumers will be provided to move toward individual recovery and to live successfully in the community. Subgrantee relationships are permitted under this grant, upon DMH prior approval to ensure seamless service delivery -of the full complement of Front Door activity.
    13. Grantee will assist consumers with all applications for state and/or federal financial and/or medical benefits, including re-determinations and appeals.
    14. Grantee must achieve ___ diversions in FY26.
  3. Housing Service Details:
    1. Grantee must create immediate housing capacity using grant funds as per the approved contract budget. This housing must be used to provide access to safe community housing immediately upon acceptance of an offer for diversion, either by
      1. A comprehensive Housing First proposal whose services are all directly provided by applicant or with an affirmative letter of agreement/subcontract with another provider, as acceptable to DHS/DMH. Narratives must advise:
        1. admission, exclusion, and discharge criteria, if applicable.
        2. how the grantee will maintain occupancy management and secure new housing stock.
        3. how the grantee will ensure and maintain consumer's access, linkage, and engagement to all treatment services.
        4. These programs must provide in the narrative and budget how they will comply with all other requirements in this NOFO specifically how the proposed model ensures engagement to all treatment services, as identified in the consumer's treatment plan. 

          AND / OR

      2. The leasing of a transitional studio or one (1) bedroom furnished apartment(s) or other such units as accepted by DHS/DMH which a consumer may use temporarily to support their stabilization. The consumer and the agency must actively attempt to secure mid to longer term permanent housing using all options. These transitional units will be expected to be re-used with subsequent consumers. Studio or one (1) bedroom furnished apartment(s) are preferred. Grantees may be required to provide a narrative explaining the reason for the use of single room occupancy, long-term hotels, or other sites as temporary housing.
        1. Length of stay in such immediate transitional housing should be ninety (90) calendar days or less. Extensions can be approved by the DMH FDDP Program Contact if it facilitates the desired outcome of securing safe, affordable housing of choice for the consumers(s).
        2. The use of transitional studio or one (1) bedroom furnished apartment(s), or other such units as accepted by DHS/DHS should align with the Housing First model. If the Grantee is unable to provide Housing First components within current immediate transitional housing services, please provide in narrative as to how the grantee will proceed with providing linkage to Housing First options to support a consumer's recovery needs. This may include sub-grantee relationships.
    2. Grantee must clearly display in budget allowable costs: lease cost, cost to initially furnish and replenish supplies, application fees, utility costs, security deposits (unit and utilities) or insurance costs. Costs must be based on clearly defined estimated volumes of usage. Other costs may be requested for prior approval from the FDDP Program Contact person on an as needed basis.
    3. Grantee must register consumers(s) placed into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing into the PAIRS/SRN or other local housing database modules for potential access to the SRN, 811 housing waitlists and matching processes. This is to be accomplished within the first thirty (30) days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing. The requested approval for a consumer's housing extension may be dependent upon their enrollment into the PAIRS/SRN or local module as this is a requirement of the consumer to utilize immediate temporary housing options.
    4. Those consumers needing housing at any time during their participation must also be placed into the PAIRS/SRN or other local housing database modules for potential access to the SRN, 811 housing waitlists and matching processes or a Bridge Subsidy.
    5. Grantee must assist consumers with all applications, tenancy services and housing search activities as well as all possible housing program options to progress towards independent Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), including use of FDDP Bridge Subsidy Program, PAIRS/SRN, 811 Vouchers, all federal, state, or local subsidized housing opportunities etc. Grantee must educate consumers on all program requirements, which includes but is not limited to temporary housing rules and guidelines. The grantee must also provide the necessary transportation services to and from, as appropriate, to navigate an in-person apartment viewing(s) and other support services that help the consumer navigate the housing search.
    6. Grantee must specifically and continuously work with consumers receiving a Bridge Subsidy to transition them into all federal, state, or local subsidized housing opportunities. This must occur even if the consumer is no longer receiving clinical services as defined by Rule 140.The grantee must demonstrate their ability to provide a one (1) time per month housing support visit, at minimum, to ensure a consumer's compliance with the Bridge Subsidy Program and to pursue longer-term housing opportunities to exit the Bridge Subsidy Program. DHS-DMH may require documentation from the grantee through form(s), reports, and/or others means to affirm the grantee's engagement of the Bridge recipient.
    7. Grantee must advise how they propose to use, if any existing, DMH funded residential programs, 860, 830, 832, 820, under their direct agency control or as secured through sub-contract or an affirmative letter of agreement with another provider, as acceptable to DHS/DMH. Proposals must include written admission, exclusion, and discharge criteria (policies) for each level of care proposed.
    8. Grantee must demonstrate the ability to interface with landlords and/or property management entities who have potential rental properties available and can conduct preliminary visits across vast geographic areas as a means of scouting appropriate rental units for transitional housing and/or consumer specific supportive housing.
  4. Support Service:
    1. Grantees must use contract funds to provide for the emergent support needs of consumers. Those allowable supports must include transportation vouchers/cards, emergency clothing, emergency food, emergency medications, and emergency communication (cell phones/minute cards). Grantees must first utilize any available governmental or community resources for these needs, and transition consumers to these other support options as soon as is possible. Any unique instances must be addressed with DMH in advance of any actions for consultation and authorization decisions.
    2. Transition funds to support PSH placements costs is an allowable cost as within each agency's approved budget. This is a one-time per person allowance not to exceed $2,800 per consumer. Specific details on allowable expenses are also outlined in policy. Any unique instances must be addressed with DMH in advance of any actions for consultation and authorization decisions.
    3. Landlord Incentives: as other allowable expenses, with approval in advance and in writing by FDDP Program Contact person, may include:
      1. The security deposit may be increased by an additional (second or third) months' rent. It must be refundable to the payor of the deposit as stipulated in the lease agreement as an additional incentive for the program's consumer to care for the property, and/or
      2. A one-time, non-refundable signing bonus that is equal to no more than two (2) month's rent, and/or
      3. Paying the cost to repair damages or remediate conditions (such as infestations incurred/caused by the program consumer) that are clearly documented and not covered by the security deposit and/or that are incurred while the program consumer is still residing in the unit, program consumer has been evicted or program consumer has recently abandoned the leased unit.
    4. Grantee must provide either directly or through the use of subgrantee relationships support services, employment services, preferably IPS Supported Employment, and SOAR services for consumers that either, 1) wish to secure employment to supplement other monthly income or, 2) require participation in one or both services to secure a monthly income. Consumers are required to secure one or both services to support the transition to Permanent Supportive Housing. The grantee is responsible for providing documentation of these services for all program consumers to demonstrate compliance with the delivery of support services either directly by the grantee or through the use of a subgrantee.
    5. Other support needs may be requested for prior approval from the FDDP Program Contact person on an as needed basis.
  5. Staffing details:
    1. Grantees may incur and be reimbursed for budgeted approved costs (up to 100% of payroll and fringe costs of FTE) for 1) those staff who assist consumers with all levels of housing services, SOAR activities, employment service, recovery services, quality assurance solely for their non-billable (Rule 140 or other payor) services/time, or 2) those staff who provide supervision or administrative management and solely for their non-billable (Rule 140 or other payor) services/time both as distinctly identified in the proposal narrative and budget. The staffed positions involved solely in providing Engagement/ Outreach Services (A2a above) may be reimbursed at 65% of FTE for salary and fringe costs.
    2. Grantees are responsible through agency hire or subgrantee contracts for securing staff to
      1. Implement quality assurance services to monitor and report consumer quality of care and diversion outcomes. The quality management staff may serve as a liaison to IDHS-DMH and provide quality assurance services.
      2. Secure SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) services to meet program deliverables. Grantees using other mechanisms to secure SSI/SSDI services shall provide detail in narrative for DHS-DMH's prior approval.
      3. Provide employment services, preferably IPS.
      4. Provide a full range of housing services, specifically outlined in the 'Housing Service Details' section.
      5. Provide recovery services.
    3. Responsibilities for housing services, SOAR, employment services and quality assurance must be governed by policy.
    4. Expenses for the above must be directly related to program volumes.
    5. Grantees may incur and be reimbursed for administrative/clerical support costs (up to 100% of payroll and fringe costs of FTE) that may be needed to administer the emergency support, housing, SOAR activities, and/or employment services.
  6. Non-Allowable Costs:
    1. Use of grant funds must not include any costs associated with the delivery and billing of any other available service reimbursable by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), DHS/DMH, Medicare or other insurance.
  7. Data Management and Exchange:
    1. As requested by IDHS, grantee must provide IDHS, an IDHS Business Associate and/or another IDHS vendor, such as, but is not limited to, UIC-College of Nursing, UIC-Jane Adams College of Social Work, consumer information that constitutes as PHI under HIPPA for the purposes of implementing regulations to perform data management/aggregation services and other program related performance management activities.
    2. Such entities, as identified by IDHS, may use and/or disclose consumer protected health information (PHI) as permitted or required by the program in accordance with any agreement, or as required by law.
    3. IDHS' and the entities' use and disclosure of PHI for the proper management and administration of the program is required to adhere to the obligations and activities as identified by IDHS, the Williams Consent Decree, and outlined in any such agreement.

A. Funding Priorities or Focus Areas

  1. 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.

B.  Performance Requirements

  1. Responding to referrals from identified settings:
    1. Grantee must have the capacity available with appropriately trained and credentialed staff to meet the assessment and service needs of those with serious mental illness or with serious mental illness and other co-occurring disorders to respond to referrals made by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS at identified local community hospitals or State hospitals or approved sites as indicated in Project Description.
    2. Grantee must perform, within twenty-four (24) clock hours of receipt of the referral, including holiday and weekends
      1. a review of SMRHF Preadmission Assessment materials, including online reports, and
      2. a face-to-face assessment by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP ****, and
      3. recommend and offer alternative behavioral health (MI) and substance use disorder (SUD) community-based treatment care options, housing, or residential placement, as needed, and support services, as needed. 

        **** The state reserves the right to modify the face-to-face requirement to confirm with Illinois'  Department of Public Health standards, directives, or requirements.

    3. Grantee must provide continued services and supports for persons accepting diversion (alternative care options) until a hard hand-off is accomplished at the next level of community-based care, as identified in the consumer's agreed to discharge/preliminary offer for diversion with their agency or other psychiatric service providers or by another DMH/SUPR agency.
    4. Grantee must provide continuing treatment and care management for consumers (alternative care options) with their agency utilizing all clinically appropriate Rule 140 services as defined in the agreed-to discharge, master treatment plan (or as amended) until the consumer terminates care.
    5. In order to secure a milestone 1 payment as defined below, the grantee must provide a first billable outreach/engagement within twenty-four (24) hours, via telephone or face-to-face, following the consumer's exit (discharge date) from the hospital unit, or other approved site as indicated, or the diversion start date *****

      *****The "diversion start date" is the date which that consumer accepts an offer for Front Door new service delivery ONLY for referrals from designated hospital assignments and referrals received as instructed by DMH.

    6. Grantee must register all consumers using the unique Front Door Diversion Program identifier in accordance with the requirements of the Provider Manual and must report consumers served through the submission of billing claims according to requirements prescribed by the HFS Rule 140 or other payor standards.
    7. Grantee must exhaust all other resources, including but not limited to Medicaid, MCO, Medicare or other insurance, to ensure that DHS/DMH is the funding source of last resort for these levels of care/services. Grantee must comply with all other requirements of the Provider Manual, including but not limited to Grantee monitoring and utilization management.
    8. Grantee must submit registration data and Rule 140, FFS or MCO, billing claims information on a weekly basis.
  2. The Division of Mental Health (DMH) may require additional reporting requirements which must identify consumers at all levels of engagement and their statuses at those stages and/or costs of services which may be proposed as in Sections above.

C. Performance Measures

  1. Number of persons referred by HFS' PASRR contracted vendor that are determined SMHRF eligible by the SMHRF Preadmission Assessment to establish baseline.
  2. Number of referrals who consent to the program assessment.
  3. Number of total completed assessments to establish baseline.
  4. Number of completed assessments performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP that were completed within twenty-four (24) clock hours after receipt of the referral.
  5. Number of completed assessments that were performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP which were completed face-to-face.
  6. Number of completed assessments that received an offer (A2e) which includes specific details on treatment and housing services, for recommended diversion.
  7. Number of offers accepted.
  8. Number of completed assessments who were diverted (see definition A2i above) after receiving an offer for diversion.
  9. Number of persons accepting diversion and placed into temporary transitional housing. and who were homeless or deemed to have unstable housing at the time of the SMHRF Preadmissions Assessment, as noted by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS, to establish a baseline.
  10. Number of persons accepting diversion and placed into temporary transitional housing who were registered into PAIRS/SRN or other local housing database modules within thirty (30) calendar days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing. and who were homeless or deemed to have unstable housing at the time of the SMHRF Preadmission Assessment, as noted by PASRR vendor contracted with HFS.
  11. Number of diverted persons who were admitted to any DMH funded short-term crisis (860) stabilization or residential treatment (820, 830, 832,) program(s) for short-term stabilization as part of their diversion plan, to establish baseline.
  12. Number of diverted persons who were admitted to any SUPR funded short-term crisis stabilization or residential treatment program(s) for short-term stabilization as part of their diversion plan, to establish baseline.

D. Performance Standards

  1. 95% of the completed assessments performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP were completed within twenty-four (24) clock hours after receipt of the referral.
  2. 95% of completed assessments that were performed by an MHP (with immediate 24/7/365 access to a QMHP) or QMHP were completed face-to-face.
  3. 90% of the completed assessments received an offer which includes specific details on treatment and housing services, for recommended diversion.
  4. 85% of consenting persons who have accepted an offer were diverted after receiving an offer (see definition above).
  5. 100% of persons placed into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing were registered into PAIRS/SRN within thirty (30) calendar days of placement into DMH-funded temporary transitional housing.

E. Cooperative Agreements

  1. Not Applicable.

F. Unallowable Costs

  1. All applicants will use grant funds according to the guidelines, conditions, and parameters set forth in this funding notice and in compliance with federal statutes, regulations and the terms and conditions of any applicable federal awards.
  2. Please refer to 2 CFR 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, PART 200 Subpart E - Cost Principles to determine the appropriateness of costs.
  3. Allowable costs are those that are necessary and reasonable based on the activity(ies) contained in the scope of work, are justified in the Budget Narrative, and are allowable under Subpart E of 2 CFR 200. It is expected that administrative costs, both direct and indirect, will represent a small portion of the overall program budget. Any budget deemed to include inappropriate or excessive administrative costs will not be approved. Program budgets and narratives must detail how all proposed expenditures are necessary for program implementation.
  4. Unallowable costs: Please refer to 2 CFR 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, PART 200 Subpart E - Cost Principles to determine the appropriateness of costs.

G. Program beneficiaries or program participants must meet the following requirements:

  1. Not Applicable.

H. Authorizing Statutes or Regulations

  1. 59 Ill. Admin, Code 132 (Rule 132), Section 132.150g
  2. Mental Health Community Services Act (405 ILCS 30/ Section (f))
  3. Illinois Administrative Code Part 7000 Grant Accountability and Transparency Act

IV. Application Contents and Format

A.  Content and Form of Application Submission

1. Required Content of Application

  1. Applications must include the required documents and demonstrate that the program eligibility requirements have been met. Refer to Section V. Submission Requirement and Deadlines for details.

2. Project Narrative Content and Attachments

  1. The Project Narrative is required to support the Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance (GA) for non-competitive grants. The purpose of the Project Narrative is to describe the organization's program activities and design for implementing and administering the program for the upcoming State Fiscal Year (SFY). This Project Narrative will include information that is specific to your organization's proposed program services and be considered part of your grant agreement. Submission of this Project Narrative is required to fulfill contractual obligations.

3.  Budget and Budget Narrative

  1. Applicants must enter a FY26 budget electronically in the CSA system.
  2. Budget must be electronically signed and submitted in the CSA system. Budget must be signed by the Provider's Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer.
  3. 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 at IDHS: CSA Tracking System (state.il.us). A copy is not to be submitted along with the application packet.
  4. 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.
  5. Deadline for submission of the budget, in the CSA Tracking System, is the same as the application deadline.
  6. A Budget Template can be used as a tool to assist in determining expenses; however, the final budget must be completed in the CSA Tracking System. The pdf budget or paper copy will not be accepted. Applicants will NOT be issued an award without the applicant's fully approved budget in the CSA System.
  7. NOTE: The Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is now disabling external Illinois.gov IDs if they have not been used for 114 days. If you receive the error "HPDIA0309W This account is disabled," your ID has been disabled and cannot be re-activated by changing your password. You need to contact the DoIT HelpDesk at [217-524-DoIT (3648) or 312-814-DoIT (3648)] or their website at Report A Problem. Request that they create an incident to re-enable your external ID. You will need to provide your external ID (firstname.lastname@external.Illinois.gov) and the error message (this account is disabled). Please be sure to Reset Your Password every 3 months so your account is not disabled.
  8. There is space when preparing the budget on each line item for the budget narrative. For each line in the budget the applicant will describe why each expenditure is necessary for program implementation and how the amount was determined. Please include cost allocations as necessary. The Budget narrative (including MTDC base exclusions as appropriate) must clearly identify indirect costs, direct program costs, direct administrative costs, and describe how the specified resources and personnel have been allocated for the tasks and activities within each line item. The budget should be prepared to reflect 12 months.
  9. Instructions for the Budget Template
  10. Subcontractor budget(s), If applicable
    1. If applicant is planning to use a subcontractor, a pdf copy of the subcontractor budget must be submitted as a separate pdf document with the other application materials.
    2. Subcontractor budgets shall be submitted on the GATA Uniform Grant Budget Template (GOMBGATU-3002).
    3. For more information see Section I(A)(6).

4. 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.
    1. The document requires the electronic or wet(ink) 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. Page one of the application is pre-populated with the appropriate information. Applicants must not complete anything on Page one.
    3. On Page three, applicants will need to include the amount for which they are applying and sign.
    4. The correct application must be used.
  2. Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure - The grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure is required for all grant award programs regardless if the grantee has identified a potential conflict or not. The document requires agencies to identify actual or potential conflicts of interest. The form must have a printed name and be signed by a representative of the organization.

V. Submission Requirements and Deadlines

A. Address to Request Application Package

  1. The complete application package is available through the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance and the Mental Health Grants - FY26 website.
  2. Each Applicant must have access to the internet. The Department's website will contain information regarding this funding opportunity and materials necessary for submission. It is the responsibility of each applicant to monitor the website and comply with any instructions or requirements related to this funding opportunity.
  3. A PDF copy may be obtained by emailing the Division of Mental Health at DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov.  

B. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and System for Award Management (SAM.gov)

  1. Each Applicant Must:
    1. Be registered in SAM.gov before submitting its application;
    2. Provide a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in its application; and
    3. Continue to maintain an active registration in SAM.gov with current information at all times during which it has an active award or an application or plan under consideration.
  2. The Department may not make an award until applicant has fully complied with all UEI and SAM Requirements.
  3. If individuals are eligible to apply, they are exempt from this requirement under 2 CFR 25.110(b).
  4. If the agency exempts any applicants from this requirement under 2 CFR 25.110(c) or (d), a statement to that effect.

C. Submission Instructions

  1. Actions needed prior to applying:
    1. Applicants must be registered with the State of Illinois and Pre-qualified in the GATA portal prior to applying for Illinois awards. Instructions for creating an account and registering are located at the following link: Illinois GATA Grantee Portal. Additionally, detailed instructions for registration and prequalification requirements, including the expected amount of time for completion are located here: Grant Applicant Pre-Qualification and Pre-Award Requirements (pdf).
    2. Registration in CSA is required. The IDHS: CSA Tracking System (state.il.us) is the system the IDHS utilizes for approving budgets and issuing grant awards. It is strongly recommended that if an applicant entity is not already registered in the CSA Tracking System, they should begin the registration as soon as possible so they may submit a signed budget in CSA. Applicants will NOT be issued an award without a fully approved budget in the CSA System.
  2. The Methods for submitting the application:
    1. Applicants must electronically submit the complete application packet which includes the following attachments as separate pdf documents:
      1. Project Narrative
      2. Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance
      3. Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure
      4. Budget (entered into the CSA system as described in section (IV)(A)(3)
      5. Subcontractor Budgets, if applicable
      6. Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form, if applicable
    2. Applications must be sent electronically to DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov.  The application will be electronically time-stamped upon receipt. 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.
    3. Include the following in the subject line:
      1. Your Agency Name
      2. 800 Front Door Diversion Project
    4. Documents must NOT include a password.
    5. Software or Electronic Capabilities
      1. Each applicant must have access to the internet. The Department's website will contain information regarding this funding opportunity and materials necessary for submission.
  3. Pre-application materials must be submitted as follows:
    1. Not Applicable.
  4. If you are experiencing system problems or technical difficulties submitting your application, you may contact:
    1. Name: Rob Putnam
    2. Email: DHS.DMHGrantApp@Illinois.gov

D. Submission Dates and Times

  1. Full applications are due on 04/09/2025 at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Central Time.
  2. Missed Deadlines
    1. IDHS cannot guarantee a start date of July 1, 2025, if application submissions are received after the due date referenced in the Program Summary above.
    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.

E. Intergovernmental Review

  1. This funding opportunity is NOT subject to Executive Order 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs."

VI. Application Review Information

A.  Responsiveness Review

  1. The following are the criteria that must be met for eligibility:
    1. Applicant has a current registration with the State of Illinois in the Grantee Portal.
    2. Applicant has an active SAM.gov public account.
    3. Applicant has an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) with SAM.gov
    4. Applicant is in "good standing" with the Secretary of State.
    5. Applicant is not on the DHS Stop Payment List Service or the Illinois Stop Payment List.
    6. Applicant is not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List.
    7. Applicant is not on the Illinois Medicaid Sanctions List.
    8. Program specific eligibility restrictions
      1. Not Applicable.
  2. Restrictions on eligibility for State awards are referenced in 44 Ill Admin Code 7000.70. Program specific eligibility restrictions are referenced in this funding opportunity.

B. Risk Review

  1. IDHS conducts risk assessments for all awardees, prior to the award being issued.
    1. An agency wide Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) is to be completed by the awardee within the Grantee Portal prior to the deadline listed below.  The ICQ evaluates fiscal, administrative, and programmatic risk in the following categories:
      1. Quality of Management Systems
      2. Financial and Programmatic Reporting
      3. Ability to Effectively Implement Award Requirements
      4. Awardee Audits
    2. The deadline to submit the FY26 ICQ is April 16, 2025, 12:00 PM (Noon) Central Time
    3. A program specific Programmatic Risk Assessment conducted by the awarding agency to evaluate the following categories:
      1. Programmatic financial stability
      2. Management systems and standards that would affect the program.
      3. Programmatic audit and monitoring findings
      4. Ability to effectively implement program requirements.
      5. External partnerships
      6. Programmatic reporting
    4. Risk assessments are not intended to be punitive in nature, rather they are conducted in order to evaluate the support, technical assistance, and training that may be needed for the awardee and the level of monitoring that is needed for the award.
      1. Risk assessments may result in Specific Conditions being placed on the award to include more frequent monitoring or the implementation of a corrective action plan.
  2. Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Federal and State awards
    1. It is anticipated that grants under this award may receive an award over the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (as defined in 48 CFR part 2, subpart 2.1; the dollar amount set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), currently at $250,000 (with some exceptions)). Potential grantees under this notice of funding opportunity may receive an award in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000. Therefore, the grantee is subject to the simplified acquisition threshold and related requirements.
      1. Prior to making an award with a total amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold, IDHS 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 applicants' integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under State and Federal awards when completing the review of risk posed by applicants as described in 2 CFR 200.206.

VII. Award Notices

A.  State Award Notices

  1. Applicants recommended for funding under this Non-Competitive funding opportunity 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 risk assessment (ICQ), programmatic risk assessments (PRA), and the Merit Review.
  2. Note: The Department cannot issue a NOSA until the successful applicant has an approved FY26 budget entered into the CSA system. 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. The 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 NOSA is NOT an authorization to begin performance (to the extent that it allows charging to State awards of pre-award costs; pre-award costs are incurred at the non-State entities own risk unless they have received written prior approval to begin performance).
  4. The authorizing document to begin performance is the fully executed Uniform Grant Agreement (UGA) signed by the grants officer, or equivalent. This is the official document that obligates funds. The UGA is sent to the non-State entity via the CSA system. The non-State entity will print and sign the signature page of the UGA and return signature page to DHS.OCA.SignaturePages@Illinois.gov.  A final signed copy of the UGA will be provided to the non-State entity via an upload into the CSA Tracking system.
  5. Applicants who are not eligible due to registration or pre-qualification issues, or late applications will be notified that they are ineligible for consideration when their application is processed.

VIII. Post-Award Requirements and Administration

A.  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. You can find a sample of the grant agreement at IDHS Uniform Grant Agreement.
  3. 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 the 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 methods exist, namely Advance Payment, Reimbursement, and Working Capital Advance.
    2. Grantees selecting the Advance Payment Method, or the Working Capital Advance Payment Method must complete the Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Template as described in the procedures above. In addition, please note: If you will be submitting the Advance Payment Request Cash Budget, it must be submitted with the application materials as a separate document.
    3. Rate-based services (Pay for Performance) ****** will be reimbursed as follows:
      1. Milestone 1 Outcome Payment

        Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $3,000 for each person diverted (A2i) and who have received one (1) billable encounter within twenty-four (24) hours of discharge from the hospital or the diversion start date. This payment only applies to referrals from designated hospital assignments and referrals received as instructed by DMH. This payment excludes those cases self-referred by the agency for current consumers. Reimbursed once in the attainment month.

      2. Milestone 2 Outcome Payment 

        Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $3,000 for each person diverted (A2i) who remains in community placement and who is also engaged in treatment services at day ninety (90) from the hospital discharge date or diversion start date and with no admission to any type of long-term care facility. This payment only applies to referrals from designated hospital assignments and referrals received as instructed by DMH. This payment excludes those cases self-referred by the agency for current consumers. Reimbursed once in the attainment month.

      3. Milestone 3 Outcome Payment

        Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $1500 for each person diverted (A2i) and who physically occupies the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) unit, defined as a leased unit in the person's name. Reimbursed once in the attainment month.

      4. Milestone 4 Outcome Payment 

        Grantee can invoice and will be reimbursed $1,000 for each person(s) diverted and who have received a M1 payment in excess of their negotiated diversion target number (A2n above). Determined and reimbursed annually on attainment.

        NOTE: The date of hospital or diversion start date is equal to day one (1).

        ******These claiming actions rely on the good faith knowledge and actions of the grantees when they assert to these and when they  bill under these Milestones. DMH may use HFS claiming history or request consumer billable service history as part of verification of achieved milestones.

      5. Expense based services will be reimbursed as:
        • Emergency Support Needs: Grantee must submit monthly invoices utilizing the prescribed DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described above.
        • Temporary Residential Housing Option(s): Grantee must submit monthly invoices, outlining allowable costs for the proposed unit(s) by utilizing the DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described in Project Description.
        • Transition funds to support for PSH placements costs is an allowable cost as within each grantee's approved budget. This is a one-time per person allowance not to exceed $2,800 per specific details on allowable expenses are also outlined in policy.
        • Staffing and Administrative Support Costs: Grantee must submit monthly invoices utilizing the DHS invoice template and delineating allowable expenses during the month as described in Project Description.
      6. Penalties 

        If at any time during the grant agreement period the Department determines that the Grantee has/is failing to provide the deliverables or budgeted items identified in the grant agreement, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to institute the following actions:

        1. The Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to provide notice of grant performance deficiencies and to work with the Grantee to identify the reasons for the underperformance and provide direction on remedying the deficiencies within a reasonable time, with demonstrable progress and improvement within sixty (60) days of said notice.
        2. If the Grantee fails to demonstrate improvement within sixty (60) days of the notice of deficiencies, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to require a written Corrective Action Plan. The Corrective Action Plan must identify with specificity the actions and outcomes necessary to bring the Grantee into compliance with the grant agreement deliverables and be approved by the Department. The Grantee will have a maximum of sixty (60) days from the date of the approval of the Corrective Action Plan to achieve compliance with the grant agreement deliverables and remain in good standing with the Department.
        3. In the event the Grantee fails to perform the actions and meet the outcomes contained in the Corrective Action Plan, the Department reserves the right in its sole discretion to adjust the budget of the Grantee. This action includes, but is not limited to, reassigning one or more of the hospitals and/or other Department approved referring entities by the Grantee to another Front Door Diversion Grantee. Reassignment of hospitals (i.e., partial termination of the agreement) and/or other referring entities as approved by the Department may be done at any time either as part of or after a Correction Action Plan is agreed upon, in the event circumstances warrant such action to ensure targets, performance measures, and performance standards are met. Any such reassignments will include agreement and budget amendments to reflect the same, that will be proportional to the reduced anticipated diversions as a result of the reassignment.
        4. If the Grantee continues to underperform, in addition to all other termination rights identified in the grant agreement, the Department reserves the right to immediately terminate the grant agreement without penalty to the Department. This does not preclude the Department from terminating all or part of a grant for any other reason, as provided for in the grant agreements. In the event a grant agreement is terminated either in whole or in part, the Grantee must work cooperatively with the Department to transition records and data relevant to the Front Door Diversion Program grant services. This includes, but is not limited to case records, medical information, and service data for all individuals supported and served by the grant agreement.
    4. The Monthly Invoice IL444-5257 Template must be used for all DMH programs and submitted no later than 15 days after the end of the month. All invoices shall be HIIPA compliant and encrypted utilizing DHS approved encryption software and emailed to DMH at the email address listed above.
    5. Invoice and PFR Email Address for General Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@Illinois.gov
    6. Invoice and PFR Email Address for Williams Consent Decree: DHS.DMHWilliamsInvoices@Illinois.gov
    7. Invoice and PFR Email Address for Colbert Consent Decree: DHS.Colbert.Invoices@Illinois.gov
  4. Payment Forms
    1. Monthly Invoice (IL444-5257)
    2. Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form (IL444-4985) Only if requesting an advance payment

B. Reporting

  1. Reporting, upon execution of the grant agreement, shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth in the UGA and related exhibits which include but is not limited to the following:
    1. Periodic Financial Reports submitted electronically in accordance with instructions in the UGA no more frequent than quarterly and no less frequent than annually, unless unusual circumstances exist.
    2. Periodic Programmatic Reports submitted electronically in accordance with instructions in the UGA no more frequent than quarterly and no less frequent than annually, unless unusual circumstances exist.
    3. Close-out Performance Reports and Financial Reports as instructed in the UGA.
    4. Other Unique Programmatic Reporting Requirements: additional annual performance data may be collected as directed by the Department and in the format prescribed by the Department.
    5. 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 2 CFR 200.
    6. Non-compliance with any of the identified reports may lead to being placed on the Illinois Stop-Payment List.
    7. Grantee shall submit these reports) to the appropriate email address listed below. Reported expenses should be consistent with the approved annual grant budget. Any expenditure variances require prior Grantor approval in accordance with Article VI of the UGA to be reimbursable.
      1. PFR Email Address for General Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@Illinois.gov
      2. PFR Email Address for Williams Consent Decree: DHS.DMHWilliamsInvoices@Illinois.gov
      3. PFR Email Address for Colbert Consent Decree: DHS.Colbert.Invoices@Illinois.gov
      4. PPR and PRTP Email Address for All Grants: DHS.DMHQuarterlyReports@Illinois.gov
    8. DMH reporting templates and detailed instructions for submitting reports can be found in the Provider section of the IDHS website.

IX. Other Information

A.  Program Websites

  1. Mental Health Grants - FY26
  2. IDHS Grants
  3. IDHS website

B.  Mandatory Forms and Submissions

  1. Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance
  2. Project Narrative
  3. Uniform Grant Budget Template (Submit in CSA) | Instructions
  4. Subcontractor Budget, if applicable submit as a separate attachment
  5. Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure submit as a separate attachment
  6. Advance Payment Request Cash Budget Form (IL444-4985) submit as a separate attachment (no submission will result in default to Reimbursement Method)