Trauma Recovery Centers

LINK TO NOFO

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for grants to support Trauma Recovery Centers. Grants will be made with state General Revenue funds appropriated to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in SFY21 for grants related to trauma centers and with FFY18 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant funds.

Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on June 7, 2020

Program Requirements

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support comprehensive mental health and case management services through implementation of the Trauma Recovery Center (TRC) model. The TRC model serves victims of violent crime and their families in underserved communities with high levels of violence.

Eligibility Information

Agencies must be pre-qualified through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal, https://grants.illinois.gov/portal/, to become eligible to apply for an award. Applicants must have completed the GATA pre-qualification process and received approval of the Internal Control Questionnaire SFY 2021 before the execution of the grant agreement.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants include non-profit entities and public hospitals with a Level I or Level II trauma designation.

Deadline

Completed application materials must be emailed to cja.SFY21TRCnofo@Illinois.gov by 11:59 p.m., June 7, 2020, to be considered for funding. Proposals will not be accepted by mail, fax, or in-person. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Late submissions will not be reviewed.

Available Funds

A minimum of $4 million will be made available through this funding opportunity.

Period of Performance

Funding is available for the period of August 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. Based on program performance and fund availability, ICJIA may recommend allocation of funding to support an additional 24 months.

Technical Assistance Session

Technical assistance recordings providing additional information regarding this funding opportunity will be available for viewing beginning at 1:30 p.m. on May 11, 2020.

View the Technical Assistance Session

Information provided during this webinar recording will be unofficial and not binding on the state.

Notice of Intent

Agencies interested in applying are asked to submit an online Notice of Intent by 11:59 p.m., May 22, 2020.

Complete Notice of Intent

Timeline

Reporting

Recipients must submit periodic financial reports, periodic performance reports, final financial and performance reports, and, a calendar year end financial report in accordance with the CFR Part 200 Uniform Requirements. Future awards and fund drawdowns may be withheld if reports are delinquent.

In addition, funded programs will be required to report performance measures through the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance portal at https://bjapmt.ojp.gov.

Required Documents

The following documents must be emailed to cja.SFY21TRCnofo@Illinois.gov by the 11:59 p.m., June 7, 2020, deadline for application review. Click the links below to download copies.

• Completed and signed Uniform State Grant Application (Word)

• Completed Program Narrative (Word)

• Completed Budget/Budget Narrative (Excel)

DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE OF ALL REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

Questions

Questions regarding this NOFO may be submitted to cja.SFY21TRCnofo@Illinois.gov until 11:59 p.m. on May 28, 2020.

Questions and responses are available here.

Contact Information

Ronnie Reichgelt

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

300 West Adams, Suite 200

Chicago, IL 60606

cja.SFY21TRCnofo@Illinois.gov