Community Based Violence Intervention & Prevention Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO # 3380-041624)

LINK TO NOFO Packet

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for grants for Community Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative (CVIPI). Grants will be made with FFY2024 funds. A total of $900,000 in CVIPI funding is available through this solicitation for use over a period of 12 months.

Application deadline: 2:00 PM CST, May 17, 2024

Program Requirements

The purpose of this NOFO is to sustain, expand, and/or enhance existing (for a minimum of two years) Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs (allowing continued services including additional participants) and/or an enhancement of an existing CVI street intervention program (to provide additional services). Grantees will be required to:

• Demonstrate their CVI/Street Intervention/Outreach program:
  • Is aligned at time of application with the description (definition, staffing, approach, and guiding principles) of Street Intervention/Outreach purposes of this funding opportunity; and
  • Funds will support sustaining, expanding, and/or enhancing existing CVI/Street Intervention/Outreach as defined above for the purposes of this funding opportunity.
• Implement the program as approved.

Eligibility Information

Agencies must be registered 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 prior to application due date. Approval of the Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) SFY 2025 is required before the execution of the grant agreement.

Eligible Applicants

Applicants are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria:

a) The applicant organization must be a non-profit or governmental entity.

b) The applicant agency must be an ARPA grant recipient that has provided community-based violence prevention services for two years.

c) The applicant must provide services focusing on communities at the highest risk for fatal and nonfatal shooting victimization within the City of Chicago, suburban Cook County, or Lake County. Award funds cannot be used to support programs providing services outside of these three geographical areas. Applicants that propose to fund services outside of these areas will not be accepted.

d) The applicant must be or have been actively participating, based on attendance records, in the GASC Community Violence Intervention-Street intervention Community of Practice.

e) The applicant must propose serving the highest-risk individuals, those mostly likely to shoot or be shot, through evidence-based street intervention services.

f) The applicant must propose to sustain, expand, and/or enhance their existing CVI street intervention program.

Deadline

Completed application materials must be submitted via email to CJA.CVIPINOFO@Illinois.gov by 2:00 p.m., May 17, 2024, to be considered for funding. Proposals will not be accepted by email, mail, fax, or in-person. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Late submissions cannot be submitted and will not be reviewed.

Available Funds

Grants available through this funding opportunity are a portion of a FFY2024 CVIPI funds. A minimum of $900,000 dollars will be made available through this funding opportunity.

Period of Performance

Funding is available for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Technical Assistance Session

A technical assistance webinar providing additional information regarding this funding opportunity will be available for viewing after 2:00 pm, Friday, April 19, 2024. The recording of that webinar will be published on the website.

View this Technical Assistance Webinar.

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

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 completed and emailed to CJA.CVIPINOFO@Illinois.gov by the 2:00 pm CST, May 17, 2024.

• Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance: This form must be completed, signed, and scanned/saved as (PDF), and provide a Word file as well (2 documents total)
• Program Narrative: This document must meet the requirements outlined in Section A. The narrative must be provided in this document. Do not change the format of this document.
• Budget/Budget Narrative: This document is an Excel workbook, with several pages (tabs). The first & second tab has instructions if clarification is needed.

Download the NOFO instructions detailing how to apply here:

Questions

Questions regarding this NOFO may be submitted to CJA.CVIPIQuestions@Illinois.gov until until 2:00 pm CST, May 9, 2024.

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

Due to the competitive nature of this solicitation, applicants may not discuss this opportunity directly or indirectly with any ICJIA employee other than the respondent of this email address.

Contact Information

Cydney Wessel
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
CJA.CVIPIQuestions@Illinois.gov