Adult Redeploy Illinois Implementation Grants

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The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) implementation grants. Grants will be made with SFY22 ARI General Revenue funds. A total of $50,000 in funding in Adult Redeploy Illinois is available through this solicitation for use over a period of 5 months.

Application deadline: January 18, 2022

Program Requirements

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to expand ARI through grants to local jurisdictions for program implementation with the overall goal to reduce the number of people committed to prison on probation-eligible charges. ARI funds can be used to create or enhance local programs that assess individuals’ risk, needs, and strengths and offer a continuum of evidence-based sanctions and treatment alternatives to incarceration focused on rehabilitation and accountability over punishment. Results expected from ARI include reduced prison admissions, lowered cost to taxpayers, and an end to the expensive and ineffective cycle of crime and incarceration.

Background. The CRA, ARI’s enabling legislation, was enacted in 2009 to improve outcomes in the Illinois criminal justice system by requiring the use of validated assessments, evidence-based and promising practices, and performance measurement and evaluation. The purpose of the CRA was to “create an infrastructure to provide effective resources and services to incarcerated individuals and individuals supervised in the locality; to hold offenders accountable; to successfully rehabilitate offenders to prevent future involvement with the criminal justice system; to measure the overall effectiveness of the criminal justice system in achieving this policy; and to create the Adult Redeploy Illinois program.” ^[1]: (730 ILCS 190/5(a). Companion legislation created the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council to collect and analyze data on sentencing policies and practices to determine outcomes and system-wide fiscal impact.

ARI is modeled after the successful juvenile Redeploy Illinois program in the Illinois Department of Human Services. ARI is an example of “performance incentive funding,” a best practice to align fiscal and operational responsibility for justice-involved individuals at the local level to produce better public safety outcomes at a lower cost. ARI also draws on concepts of justice reinvestment, using data to implement strategies intended to drive down corrections costs and free up dollars for investment in community-based programs addressing recidivism.

The goals of ARI are to:

• Reduce crime and recidivism in a way that is cost efficient for taxpayers.
• Provide financial incentives to counties or judicial circuits to create effective local level evidence informed services.
• Encourage the successful local supervision of eligible individuals and their reintegration into the locality while holding them accountable.
• Perform rigorous data collection and analysis to assess the outcomes of the programs.

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 be in good standing with all GATA pre-qualification requirements and received approval of the Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) SFY 22, and Programmatic Risk Assessment, before the execution of the grant agreement.

Eligible Applicants

This solicitation is open to county units of government or judicial circuits. A county may submit on behalf of a group of counties or a judicial circuit. Other units of local government, private agencies or not-for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply; however, the applicant jurisdiction may include subawards or subcontracts for services with these entities as part of the program design and budget (see Section D, 6h).

Only jurisdictions with a completed local plan (using the local plan template) may apply for implementation funds. Preference will be given to those jurisdictions whose local plans have received prior ARI Oversight Board approval.

Deadline

Completed application materials must be emailed to CJA.AdultRedeployIllinoisNOFO@illinois.gov by 11:59 p.m., January 18, 2022, 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

Grants available through this funding opportunity are a portion of SFY22 General Revenue funds. A minimum of $50,000 dollars will be made available through this funding opportunity.

Period of Performance

Funding is available for the period of February 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022.

Technical Assistance Session

Technical assistance recordings providing additional information regarding this funding opportunity will be available for viewing beginning at 5:00 p.m., December 28, 2021.

VIEW THE REQUIRED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINAR RECORDING

Notice of Intent

Agencies interested in applying are asked to submit an online Notice of Intent by 11:59 p.m., January 11, 2022.

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.

Required Documents

The following documents must be emailed to CJA.AdultRedeployIllinoisNOFO@illinois.gov by the 11:59 p.m., January 18, 2022, deadline for application review. Click the links below to download the complete NOFO Packet.

• Uniform State Grant Application (2 versions, in Word and PDF)
• Program Narrative (Word)
• Budget/Budget Narrative (Excel)
• Logic Model (Word)
• Letters of Support (PDF)

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Questions

Questions regarding this NOFO may be submitted to CJA.AdultRedeployIllinoisNOFO@illinois.gov until 11:59 p.m., January 6, 2022.

All substantive questions and responses will be posted. Updates to NOFO materials, and questions from applicants and their responses are revised weekly. View them here.

Contact Information

Stacey Woods

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

CJA.AdultRedeployIllinoisNOFO@illinois.gov