Grants

Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) distributes state funds to local jurisdictions for the development and expansion of prison diversion programs through a grant application process in accordance with the Grants Accountability and Transparency Act guidelines. Administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), ARI funds are disbursed as implementation grants, planning grants, and supplemental awards. ARI also funds training, technical assistance, and development services to support grantee sites. Opportunities to apply for grants are announced periodically, as funds are available.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The application process developed by the ARI Oversight Board to allot funds includes:

Planning grant phase: Funding to convene stakeholders, analyze data, and prepare local plan to implement ARI.
Completion of local plan, submitted to ARI Oversight Board for approval.
Site implementation grant phase: Competitive grants for up to 12 months of implementation, and renewable annually for up to three years.
Performance measurement of progress toward goal of 25 percent reduction in prison commitments from eligible target population.

The funding process follows GATA guidelines with a public Notice of Funding Opportunity, merit-based review, and grant period of up to 36 months.

LOCAL PLAN

To support the development of a comprehensive, workable plan to implement ARI locally, interested jurisdictions must compile quantitative and qualitative information such as an analysis of IDOC commitment data, assessment of local supervision and human service capacity, and stakeholder input. The local plan should include clear and compelling evidence of need, description of program partners, analysis of gaps in services and sanctions, and explanation of the proposed interventions to create new or expand existing community-based alternatives to incarceration for defined target populations.

To assist in assembling the required information, ARI has developed a local plan template.

Download ARI local plan template

A thorough local plan consists of the following:

Summary of the Program
Description of the Service Area
Statement of the Problem: Current Situation
Statement of the Problem: Unmet Need
Key Partners
Project Implementation – Description of the Proposed ARI Program Model
Goals, Objectives and Performance Metrics
Cost-Effectiveness and Certification
Budget Detail and Budget Narrative

NOTE: For applicants to ARI Notices of Funding Opportunities, a completed Program Narrative is the equivalent of a completed local plan.

ELIGIBILITY TABLES

To complete the sections of the local plan describing the Statement of the Problem - Current Situation and defining the target population in the Description of the Proposed ARI Program Model, ICJIA's Research & Analysis Unit compiles annual county-level ARI eligibility tables using IDOC commitment information. The numbers in the tables represent those who were committed to IDOC on probation-eligible offenses (and therefore possibly eligible for diversion) in the prior three years. The data are available by county, offense class, and offense type.

Download ARI SFY2022-SFY2024 Eligibility Tables

ARI CONTINUATION FUNDING - FOR CURRENT SITES: DUE APRIL 1, 2025

The renewal funding process for State Fiscal Year 2026 (SFY26) for continuing Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) grantees is open. Requests for SFY26 continuation funding and required materials listed below are due to CJA.ARIfiles@illinois.gov by Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Early submissions are strongly encouraged.

FUNDING LEVELS

SFY26 will be the third of three years of funding through the SFY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (# 2115-0323); therefore, the process will be non-competitive, and awards will be based on the current year’s funding level.

REVIEW PROCESS

ARI staff and the ARI Oversight Board (ARIOB) Site Selection & Monitoring Committee will review the submitted forms to develop SFY26 site funding recommendations for the full Oversight Board to review. We anticipate letters with approved award amounts, contingent on a sufficient state appropriation for ARI, to be distributed in early-June, based on Oversight Board action.

GRANTS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT (GATA)

Sites must continue to ensure they are compliant with the Grants Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA), through the completion of an Internal Controls Questionnaire (ICQ) for Fiscal Year 2026 or the latest fiscal year available (for more information, go to https://gata.illinois.gov/grantee.html).

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Each of the documents listed below (*=required) is available for download. Materials must be completed and submitted to CJA.ARIfiles@illinois.gov by the due date of Tuesday, April 1, 2025.