Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Implementation Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO #2096-2072)

Link to NOFO Instructions

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for grants Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Implementation. Grants will be made with SFY23 funds. A total of $467,500 in funding in Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Implementation is available through this solicitation for use over a period of 12 months.

Application deadline: April 15, 2022

Program Requirements

Family Violence Coordinating Councils (FVCCs) are designed to improve the criminal justice system’s response to family violence issues. The councils support prevention, education, and service coordination efforts for victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse, child abuse, teen dating violence, and abuse against people with disabilities and older adults using a three-pronged approach that includes the following:

• Coordinating and convening committees and workgroups to make policy, protocol, practice, and system change.
• Improving knowledge of criminal justice and social service professionals on family/domestic violence related topics through trainings.
• Increasing awareness and knowledge on family violence issues in the community.

The three-prong approach provides opportunity for impact and change at different levels within the criminal justice system.

Local FVCCs provide opportunities for communication between criminal justice professionals and community service providers and encourage the sharing of information and resources, thereby providing for development of a network of safety and assistance for family violence victims.

Eligibility Information

Agencies must be registered in 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) SFY22, and Programmatic Risk Assessment, before the execution of the grant agreement.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants include public agencies and nonprofit organizations located within Illinois. Planning for Services and activity must be within Illinois. Advocacy agencies are not eligible to apply due to judicial ethic rules.

Applicants must be pre-qualified to do business with the State of Illinois.

Deadline

Completed application materials must be emailed to cja.ifvccgrants@illinois.gov by 5:00 p.m., April 15, 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 a SFY22. A minimum of $10,000 - $38,800 dollars will be made available through this funding opportunity. If an applicant is covering two judicial circuits, they can receive up to $54,000.

Period of Performance

Funding is available for the period of March 14, 2022, through April 15, 2022.

Technical Assistance Session

Technical assistance recordings providing additional information regarding this funding opportunity will be available for viewing beginning at 10:00 A.M., March 15, 2022.

VIEW THE REQUIRED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINAR RECORDING

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 5:00 P.M., April 4, 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.ifvccgrants@illinois.gov by the 5:00 p.m., April 15, 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)

DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE OF NOFO PACKET

Questions

Questions regarding this NOFO may be submitted to cja.ifvccgrants@illinois.gov until 5:00 P.M., April 7, 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

Mary Ratliff

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

cja.ifvccgrants@illinois.gov