Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Patient Navigation Grant

Application Period: 04/15/2026 - 05/15/2026 : 4pm

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State of Illinois Uniform Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Summary Information
Awarding Agency Name Public Health
Agency Contact Louise Yale (louise.yale@illinois.gov)
Announcement Type Initial
Type of Assistance Instrument Grant
Funding Opportunity Number CATCPN-27
Funding Opportunity Title Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Patient Navigation Grant
CSFA Number 482-00-3325
CSFA Popular Name CATCPN
Anticipated Number of Awards 15
Estimated Total Program Funding $3,000,000
Award Range $300000 - $300000
Source of Funding State
Cost Sharing or Matching No
Requirements
Indirect Costs Allowed Yes
Restrictions on Indirect Costs No
Posted Date 04/15/2026
Application Date Range 04/15/2026 - 05/15/2026 : 4pm
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Technical Assistance Session Offered : Yes
Mandatory : Yes
Date : 04/23/2026 : 10AM
Registration link :
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Uniform Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
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1. Awarding Ageancy Name: Illinois Department of Public Health
2. Agency Contatct: Name: Louise Yale
a Phone: 217-786-0745
Email: louise.yale@illinois.gov
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3. Announcement Type: ☒ Initial announcement
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☐ Modification of a previous announcement
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4. Type of Assistance Grant
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5. IAngsetrnucmy eOnptp: ortunity CATCPN-27
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6. NFuunmdbinegr :O pportunity Title: Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure – Patient Navigation
7. CSFA Number: 482-00-3325
8. CSFA Popular Name: Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure – Patient Navigation
9. CFDA Number(s): N/A
10 Number of Anticipated 8-15
. Awards:
11 Estimated Total Funding $3,000,000.00
.1 2 ASivnagillea bAlwe:a rd Range: FY27 – Up to $300,000.00
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1 3 Funding Source: ☐ Federal or Federal pass-through
. Mark all that apply ☒ State
☐ Private / other funding
14 Is Cost Sharing or Match ☐ Yes ☒ No
. 1 5 R In e d q ir u e ir c e t d C ? o sts Allowed? ☒ Yes ☐ No
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☐ Yes ☒ No
Restrictions on Indirect
Costs? If yes, provide the citation governing the restriction:
16 Posted Date: 4/15/2026
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17 Application Date Range: Start Date: 4/15/2026
. Leave the 'End Date' and End Date: 5/15/2026
'End Time' empty if there is End Time: 4:00 pm CST
no deadline.
18 Technical Assistance Session Offered: ☒ Yes ☐ No
. Session: Session Mandatory: ☐ Yes ☒ No
Date and time:
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Conference Info/Registration Link:
https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/j.php?MTID=m0d8483d5c7c70c573c3bf0
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Agency-specific Content for the Notice of Funding Opportunity
A. Program Description
On July 6, 2005, PA 94-0120 was signed into law, creating the Illinois Ticket for the Cure instant lottery
ticket. Net revenue from the sale of this ticket goes to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH),
Office of Women’s Health and Family Services, which awards grants to public and private entities in
Illinois for the purpose of funding breast cancer research, education, and services for breast cancer
survivors. For the FY27 Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Grant Program, grants will be given to
organizations to conduct work that promotes equity in breast cancer outcomes by conducting Patient
Navigation activities. In addition, IDPH is seeking applications where breast cancer mortality rates are
the highest, so this work may make the greatest impact. All applications are welcome and will be
accepted statewide, but we are highly encouraging organizations within the following counties to
apply: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Peoria and St. Clair Counties. According to the University of
Illinois Cancer Center and the Illinois State Cancer profile rankings, African American Women
experience a higher mortality rate form breast cancer than other races. The Illinois Department of
Public Health and the Carolyn Adams Advisory Committee recognize this disparity must be addressed,
so are encouraging organization in the counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Peoria and St. Clair)
with the highest mortality rates to apply for this grant funding.
Program Details: Patient navigation helps guide patients through and around barriers in the complex
cancer care system to help ensure timely diagnosis, treatment, and support. This is also critical to
survival and early detection, and the medical community in the U.S. is seeing huge successes through
patient navigation programs. Patient navigation refers to the individualized assistance provided to
patients through the cancer care continuum to navigate the complex health care system. Patient
navigation generally assists individual patients for a defined episode of cancer-related care, targets a
defined set of health services to complete a specific cancer care goal, has a defined end point in which
service delivery is complete, focuses on identifying and resolving barriers to receiving care, and aims to
reduce delays in accessing services throughout the continuum of breast cancer care. Patient
navigation programs vary widely in terms of the personnel and services provided. Patient navigators
may be health care professionals (e.g., nurses, social workers) or lay/community health workers (e.g.,
peer supporters, cancer survivors) with various educational backgrounds and training. Depending on
the needs of patients, barriers identified, and targeted cancer care goals, navigators provide a wide
range of support, including emotional, logistical/practical, and informational.
Community navigation activities include identifying priority populations in the community; providing
culturally competent health education and social support; helping reduce participants’ barriers to
accessing clinical services; and linking individuals to screening and prevention services.
Clinical patient navigator activities include enrolling patients from priority populations; assessing
patient barriers to breast screening/diagnostics; providing culturally competent health education and
social support; facilitating resolution of patient barriers; conducting patient tracking and follow-up; and
ensuring patients and primary care providers receive prevention, screening, and diagnostic services.
Navigation activities must include the care coordination model as clients are navigated through
diagnosis and treatment.
NAVIGATION PRINCIPLES

Navigation is a client-centered approach to health care delivery.

The primary purpose of navigation is to remove or reduce barriers to timely care by building a one-on-one

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relationship with the client.

The role of the navigators should be clearly defined and separated from that of providers.

Services should be cost-effective and correspond with the navigator’s level of training.

Services should be cost-effective and correspond with the navigator’s skill level.

Services should be customized to meet the unique needs of each client.

Plans for routine follow-up of client.

Include plan for hospice or end of life care if needed.

Services that navigators provide may include:
 Education and outreach in the community.
 Guidance through screening and diagnostic exams.
 Support through treatment and survivorship.
 Assistance with financial, administrative, and emotional issues.
Program Specifics:
The Navigation can be conducted in a few ways:
1) Enhance an existing Patient Navigation program within your organization – survey your initial
patient navigation services and create a plan to expand upon the existing patient navigation
efforts, in terms of broadening services, adding additional navigators, training for existing
navigators, or identifying additional ways to enhance existing services.
2) Build a Patient Navigation program within your organization – create a patient navigation
program at your organization to best serve individuals dealing with breast cancer screening or
treatment. Provide extensive training for navigator(s). Discuss your plans for follow-up
throughout treatment and diagnosis, including how you would navigate the client through the
continuum of care.
Program Goals per the Workplan:
1) Develop or sustain infrastructure to navigate patients to breast cancer screening or treatment.
2) Provide navigation services to patients in need of breast cancer screenings or treatment.
3) Conduct outreach that identifies patients in need of navigation services and connects them to the
Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, if needed.
Program Reporting metrics will include the following for all grantees (per the Workplan):
o Age
o Race/ethnicity
o Zip code
o New or established patients in care.
o Past breast cancer screenings.
o Family history of breast cancer.
o Did patient receive cancer diagnosis, if so when, type, and treatment provided.
o Breast Cancer risk factors.
o Medical risk factors.
o Language(s) spoken.
o Does the individual have insurance:
 Medicaid
 Private
 Uninsured
 Number of individuals connected to the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Health Line
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**Since the goal is to support individuals to connect with care, it is within scope to collect data on
individuals served.
Outreach may be part of the strategy to engage individuals and recruit them to care. If the agency
hosts events for this strategy, they must report on outreach metrics for those proposed activities.
Program Activities must include the following for outreach events:
1. As a result of efforts in outreach, how many people were referred to breast cancer screenings and
directed through patient navigation services.
2. Number of people connected to the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program or Women’s Health
Line.
3. Priority population reached.
4. Number and type of events.
5. Number of people reached per event.
Other optional metrics (participants may not want to disclose these data):
 Age
 Language
 Race/ethnicity
The Illinois Department of Public Health places health equity as a top priority. Health equity is the
“basic principle of public health that all people have a right to health”. Health equity exists when all
people can achieve comprehensive health and wellness despite their social position or any other social
factors/determinants of health. Most health disparities affect groups marginalized because of
socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, disability status, geographic location,
or some combination of these. People in such groups not only experience worse health but also tend to
have less access to the social determinants or conditions (e.g., healthy food, good housing, good
education, safe neighborhoods, disability access and supports, freedom from racism and other forms of
discrimination) that support health…. Health disparities are referred to as health inequities when they
are the result of the systematic and unjust distribution of these critical conditions. The department’s
efforts are committed to addressing health through an equity lens by empowering communities who
have been historically marginalized and developing intervention strategies with the end goal of
furthering health equity among all Illinoisans.
B. Funding Information
This award is utilizing ☐ federal pass-through, ☒ state and/or ☐ private funds.
The Office of Women’s Health and Family Services will be offering breast cancer grant programs during
fiscal year 2027. These grants will be for 12 months (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027).
C. Eligibility Information
Regardless of the source of funding (federal pass-through or State), all grantees are required to register
with the State of Illinois through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) website,
https://gata.illinois.gov/, complete a prequalification process, and be determined "qualified" as described
in Section 7000.70. Registration and prequalification is required before an organization can apply for an
award.
The entity is "qualified" to be an awardee if it:
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1. has an active UEI (Unique Identity ID) number;
2. has an active SAM.gov account;
3. has an acceptable fiscal condition;
4. is in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, if the Illinois Secretary of State
requires the entity's organization type to be registered. Governmental entities, school
districts and select religious organizations are not required to be registered with the Illinois
Secretary of State. Refer to the Illinois Secretary of State Business Services website:
http://www. cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html;
5. is not on the Illinois Stop Payment List;
6. is not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List;
7. is not on the Sanctioned Party List maintained by HFS.
1. Eligible Applicants
Health Departments and Community-Based organizations with 501c3 status. Only one grant will be
awarded per organization. It is preferred that agencies apply for the Patient Navigation grant or the
Community Outreach grant, but not both. Only one grant will be awarded if you do apply for both.
This grant program is competitive, and funding is limited. Awards will be based on scores and available
funding. It is important to note that not all applicants may receive an award.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
N/A
3. Indirect Cost Rate
Annually, each organization receiving an award from a State grantmaking agency is required to enter
the centralized Indirect Cost Rate System and make one of the following elections for indirect costs to
State and federal pass-through grants:
I. Federal Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA);
II. Election of the de minimis rate;
III. Election not to charge indirect costs; or
IV. Negotiate an indirect cost rate with the State of Illinois.
The awardee shall make one election or negotiate a rate that all State agencies must accept unless
there are federal or State program limitations, caps or supplanting issues.
4. Other, if applicable
N/A
D. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package
Applications must be submitted via the Illinois Department of Public Health's Electronic Grants
Administration and Management System (EGrAMS), accessible at idphgrants.com.
Since high-speed internet access is not yet universally available for downloading documents or
accessing the electronic application, and applicants may have additional accessibility requirements,
applicants may request paper copies of materials by contacting:
Louise Yale
Illinois Department of Public Health
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535 W. Jefferson St., 5th Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
louise.yale@illinois.gov
2. Content and Form of Application Submission
The application format is provided via EGrAMS as mandated for all Illinois Department of Public Health
grants. The application MUST be completed in its entirety. This includes the submission of all mandatory
forms required for all agencies.
Please note that “Instructions” boxes appear on screens throughout the EGrAMS online application, and
it is suggested that you click on these for additional guidance and tips for completion.
You MUST submit a complete application, including all required documents, via EGrAMS by the
deadline.
3. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and System for Award Management (SAM)
Each applicant, unless the applicant is an individual or Federal or State awarding agency that is exempt
from those requirements under 2 CFR § 25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the Federal or
State awarding agency under 2 CFR § 25.110(d)), is required to:
i. Be registered in SAM before submitting its application. If you are not registered in SAM, this
link provides a connection for SAM registration: https://sam.gov/SAM/
ii. provide a valid UEI in its application; and
iii. continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during
which it has an active Federal, Federal pass-through or State award or an application or plan
under consideration by a Federal or State awarding agency.
The State awarding agency may not make a Federal pass-through or State award to an applicant until the
applicant has complied with all applicable UEI and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully
complied with the requirements by the time the State awarding agency is ready to make a Federal pass-
through or State award, the State awarding agency may determine that the applicant is not qualified to
receive a Federal pass-through or State award and use that determination as a basis for making a
Federal pass-through or State award to another applicant.
4. Submission Dates and Times
See 17 on Page 1 of this NOFO.
Applications must be submitted through the Illinois Department of Public Health Electronic Grants
Administration & Management System (EGrAMS). Applications must be received by the close of business
(4:00 p.m. CST) on May 15, 2026.
Missing the identified submission deadline will result in the denial of the grant application for review and
further processing.
5. Intergovernmental Review, if applicable
N/A
6. Funding Restrictions
All grant funds must be used for the sole purposes set forth in the grant proposal and application
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and must be used in compliance with all applicable laws. Grant funds may not be used as matching
funds for any other grant program unless specifically allowed under grant program guidelines. Use
of grant funds for prohibited purposes may result in loss of grant award and/or place the grantee at
risk for repayment of those funds used for the prohibited purpose. Regardless of the source of
funding (federal pass-through or State), all grant-funded expenses must be compliant with Cost
Principles under Subpart E of 2CFR200 unless an exception is noted in federal or State statutes or
regulations.
Allowability
Allowable – All grant funds must be used for items that are necessary and reasonable for the proper
and efficient performance of the grant and may only be used for the purposes stated in the grant
agreement, work plan, and budget. Items must comply with all applicable state and federal
regulations.
Allocable – Grant-funded costs must be chargeable or assignable to the grant in accordance with
relative benefits received. The allocation methodology should be documented and should be
consistent across funding sources for similar costs.
Reasonable – The amounts charged for any item must be reasonable. That means the nature and
amount of the expense does not exceed what a prudent person under the same circumstances
would expend; and that the items are generally recognized as ordinary and necessary for the
performance of the grant.
Allowed Uses
Funding may be used for the following:
This is not an exhaustive list*
 Staff salary, including fringe benefits.
 Trainings (in-service or external) for Patient Navigation for any staff identified by the agency as
personnel working on patient navigation services, breast cancer trainings, and patient navigation
certifications.
 Travel expenses related to patient navigation.
 Supplies/materials for patient navigation activities or events.
 Printing and paper supplies.
 Educational and instructional materials.
 Vouchers for clients with transportation barriers.
 Assistance for clients with childcare barriers.
 Purchases of equipment for new staff hires.
 Contractual services for translation, captioning, interpreter services.
Prior Approval ONLY
With prior approval, funding may be used for the following:
Marketing materials - any incentives or materials must contain breast health and cancer education, IDPH
Logo, IBCCP health line, or other health related language.
Funding Use Prohibitions
Funding may NOT be used for the following:
 Vehicles
 Gift cards
 Indirect cost plan allocations
 Bad debts
 Contingencies or provisions for unforeseen events
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 Contributions and donations
 Entertainment, food, beverages, and gratuities
 Fines and penalties
 Legislative and lobbying expenses
 Real property payments and purchases
Additional Funding Guidance
Source Documentation. Accounting records must be supported by such source documentation as
canceled checks, bank statements, invoices, paid bills, donor letters, time and attendance records,
activity reports, travel reports, contractual and consultant agreements, and subaward documentation.
All supporting documentation must be clearly identified with the Award and general ledger accounts
which are to be charged or credited. Records must be submitted with required financial reports for all
line-item expenditures exceeding $5000 in a reporting period.
7. Other Submission Requirements
N/A
E. Application Review Information
Applications will be reviewed and scored by IDPH Program staff for completeness and accuracy as well as
the criteria identified below.
1. Criteria
Applications will be reviewed and scored based on the following criteria:
 Applicant Organization Information
 Applicant Demographic needs
 Grant Project Proposal (Scope of Work = 50 points): Community need; Applicant capacity;
Target audience clearly defined; Detailed activities; Monitoring and evaluating activities.
Please ensure that all responses are detailed and completely address the question(s) asked.
 Work Plan = 25 points: Activities, outcomes and measurements are provided and aligned
with program goals and objectives; Information provided in the SMARTIE format. Strategies
must be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely, Inclusive and Equitable
(SMARTIE).
 Specific – Make your goals specific and narrow for more effective planning.
 Measurable – Define what evidence will prove you’re making progress and
reevaluate when necessary.
 Achievable – Make sure you can reasonably accomplish your goal within a certain
timeframe.
 Realistic – Your goals should align with your values and long-term objectives.
 Timely – Set a realistic end date for task prioritization and motivation.
 Inclusive – It includes those most impacted in processes, activities, and
decision/policymaking in a way that shares power.
 Equitable – It includes an element of fairness or justice that seeks to address
systemic injustice, inequity, or oppression. (Outcomes and measurements MUST
align with the stated activities)
 Budget = 25 points: reasonable and justified.
 Applicant Certification
 Miscellaneous and required attachments:
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 W-9 Form
 Resumes of program personnel services implementing the program.
Scoring Criteria
Need Scope of Does the applicant describe barriers to breast health and 10 pts
Does the applicant provide data, facts, Work cancer care that are prevalent in their community and what
and/or evidence that demonstrate that resources their program will provide for clients and/or their
the proposal supports the grant program families with this grant funding. How will or does the
purpose? applicant address those barriers to have greater access to
care?
Does the applicant describe how their organization’s
navigation program improves patient outcomes for breast
health and cancer? Are they serving a high-need population
for breast cancer, such as African American women? If not,
how will this funding help improve patient outcomes for
those in need in their community? Data to support must be
provided.
Capacity Scope of Does the applicant describe their organization’s experience 20 pts
Does the applicant demonstrate its ability Work working with the proposed target populations concerning
to execute the grant project according to breast health and cancer? Do they describe any gaps that
project requirements? have been identified in your community that the patient
navigation program and funding will address?
Does the applicant describe what types of training that
their program’s navigators will receive for this grant? Do
they include the types of training and certificates they will
receive?
Does the applicant describe how their organization’s
navigation program will ensure that clients diagnosed with
breast cancer are referred to and receive treatment? Do
they describe what social support services will be provided
during that time frame?
Does the applicant describe the staff members who will be
involved with their program, including partnerships, sub-
contractors, sub-grantees, and consultants? Did they attach
resumes of key staff in the miscellaneous tab for their
organization that will be implementing the program?
Quality Scope of Does the applicant explain how the patient navigator or 5 pts
Does the applicant demonstrate that the Work team members for this grant program will serve as a
project, in total, is well articulated and in resource for their community on breast health issues,
alignment with the project requirements? breast cancer prevention, screening, and treatment? Does
the applicant describe the plans for follow-up care
throughout a patient’s diagnosis and treatment, including
how they would navigate the patient through the
continuum of care?
Clearly Defined Scope of Work Scope of Does the applicant describe detailed plans for conducting 15 pts
Are target audiences clearly defined and Work this program within their organization and community?
realistic? Is there a complete summary of Does the applicant describe how they will provide
methods and procedures that will be education, support, and direct services to patients, families,
utilized to accomplish the goals stated in caregivers, and community members when and where
the scope of work? appropriate?
Does the applicant describe how their organization’s
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navigation team will know that their program is successful?
Does the applicant describe their strategies and methods
for data tracking and evaluation of the program? How does
their plan to follow individuals once the funding ends?
Does the applicant who received previous funding, describe
their successes? Does the applicant describe how their
overall experience with the grant funding and program
was? Do they explain some challenges? Does the applicant
who did not receive previous funding, do they describe
their anticipated successes that would come from receiving
funds from this grant program? Does the applicant describe
their current challenges they experience that this funding
would help overcome for your organization and
community?
SMART Work Plan For each objective, does the applicant identify and fully 25 pts
Are objectives Specific, Measurable, describe activities/milestones with specific and
Attainable, Realistic, Timely, Inclusive, measurable outcome(s), measurement (how they will
and Equitable and aligned with the grant determine if they have met/are progressing toward
guidelines? expected outcome(s), and a specific timeframe by which
to complete/accomplish the activity/milestone using the
SMARTIE format?
Objectives:
#1: Develop or sustain infrastructure to navigate patients
to breast cancer screening or treatment.
#2: Provide navigation services to patients in need of breast
cancer screenings or treatment.
#3: Conduct outreach that identifies patients in need of
navigation services and connects them to the social
services or resources.
#4: Optional/organization created their own.
Justifiable Budget Budget Source of funds justified, reasonable, and appropriate. 25 pts
Are the budget items and justifications
valid and appropriate for the grant
project?
TOTAL POINTS 100
It is preferred that agencies apply for the Patient Navigation grant or the Community Outreach grant, but
not both.
2. Review and Selection Process
This is a competitive grant. Agencies identified in Section C of this Notice of Funding Opportunity are
eligible to apply for funding but not all applicants will receive an award. It is preferred that agencies apply
for the Patient Navigation grant or the Community Outreach grant, but not both.
Applications will be accepted statewide, but at least one grantee will be selected from the following
counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Peoria, and St. Clair Counties.
• If there are no applicants from one or more of the areas listed above, the highest scoring applications
will be awarded in their place.
• Applications require a minimum of 70 points to be considered for funding. Applications will be reviewed
according to the evaluation criteria listed above. Decisions to fund a grant are based on:
• The strengths and weaknesses of the applications as identified by reviewers;
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• Availability of funds; and
• Applicant’s previous grant funding and complying with required reporting (i.e., progress reports, final
reports, and expenditure reports), if applicable.
Team Review Process
Merit-based review of applications, unless disclosed above, is conducted by one or more review teams.
Each review team will consolidate scores, and final application rankings may be adjusted to address
variability between teams.
Merit-Based Review Appeal Process
For competitive grants, only the evaluation process is subject to appeal. Evaluation scores or funding
determinations/outcomes may not be contested and will not be considered by the Department's Appeals
Review Officer.
To submit an appeal, the appealing party must:
 Submit the appeal in writing and in accordance with the grant application document through
IDPH's Merit-Based Review Appeal Request Form available here:
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/ed4d113385de41feb38964a8005ce72b
 Appeals must be received within 14 calendar days after the date that the grant award notice
was published.
 Appeals must include the following information:
 The name and address of the appealing party
 Identification of the grant
 A statement of reasons for the appeal
 If applicable, documents or exhibits to support statement of reason
The IDPH Appeals Review Officer (ARO) will consider the grant-related appeals and make a
recommendation to the appropriate Deputy Director as expeditiously as possible after receiving all
relevant, requested information.
 The ARO must review the submitted Appeal Request Form for completeness and acknowledge
receipt of the appeal within 14 calendar days from the date the appeal was received.
 The ARO will utilize an Appeal Review Tool to consider the integrity of the competitive grant
process and the impact of the recommendation.
 The appealing party must supply any additional information requested by the agency within the
time period set in the request.
 The ARO shall respond to the appeal within 60 days or supply a written explanation to the
appealing party as to why additional time is required.
Documentation of the appeal determination shall be sent to the appealing party and must include the
following:
 Standard description of the appeal review process and criteria
 Review of the appeal
 Appeal determination
 Rationale for the determination
 In addition to providing the written determination, the grant-making office may do the
following:
 Document improvements to the evaluation process given the findings and re-review all
submitted applications.
 Document improvements to the evaluation process given the findings and implement
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improvements into the following year's grant evaluation process.
 Provide written notice to the appealing party as to how the identified actions will be remedied.
Appeals resolutions may be deferred pending a judicial or administrative determination when actions
concerning the appeal have commenced in a court of administrative body.
3. Anticipated Announcement and State Award Dates, if applicable.
Anticipated award announcement is June 2026.
Anticipated Announcement Date (if known): 6/15/2026
Anticipated Program Start Date: 7/1/2026
Anticipated Program End Date: 6/30/2027
F. Award Administration Information
1. State Award Notices
Upon completion of the submission and review process, each successful grantee will receive a grant
agreement to be signed by the entity’s authorized official. The grant agreement is not binding on the
parties until it has been fully executed by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
A Notice of State Award (NOSA) shall be issued to the finalists who have successfully completed all
grant award requirements and have been selected to receive grant funding.
The NOSA will specify the funding terms and specific conditions resulting from applicable pre-award risk
assessments.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is exempt from utilizing the standard NOSA issued on
the GATA Grantee Portal. Successful applicants will receive an email notification from EGrAMS and
must review the funding terms and specific conditions in the grant agreement and accept utilizing an
electronically signature. Both the electronic signature in EGrAMS and a physical signature on the grant
agreement must be completed by an authorized representative of the grantee organization and
submitted to IDPH.
A Notice of Denial shall be sent to the applicants not receiving awards via EGrAMS.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
N/A
All grantees receiving one or more federally-funded subawards from IDPH equal to or greater than
$30,000 must provide compensation information within EGrAMS prior to issuance of an award.
Grantees will not be able to sign grant agreements or amendment agreements until this requirement is
complete. Annual completion of this requirement is necessary for multiyear grants.
3. Reporting
Grantees are required to submit monthly reimbursement certification forms (RCFs), four quarterly
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reports, end-of-fiscal-year reports, and an end-of-the-year report. All reports will be submitted
electronically through EGrAMS. Reporting time frame and application will be discussed in further detail if
the grantee receives funding.
All grantees are required to submit reports on time as required by the Department. Failure to submit
required reports on time will result in holding reimbursements and may affect future funding to the
grantee.
For the FY2027 grant award, reports shall be submitted quarterly to the Department, electronically in the
format required by the Department.
G. State Awarding Agency Contact(s)
Louise Yale
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson St., 5th Floor
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Louise.Yale@illinois.gov
H. Other Information, if applicable
N/A
Mandatory Forms -- Required for All Agencies
1. Uniform State Grant Application – Available at idphgrants.com for eligible applicants
2. New to EGrAMS, click HERE to see how to Get Started
3. Project Narrative (included in EGrAMS application)
4. Budget (included in EGrAMS application)
5. Budget Narrative (included in EGrAMS application)
Other program-specific mandatory forms:
Submit the following, separate documents within the application as uploaded attachments.
1. Organization W-9 – most recent.
2. Resumes for Health Professionals and those implementing the program, as applicable.
3. Subcontractor agreements, as applicable.
4. Work Plans.
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