East Brooklyn and South Wilmington Appropriations

East Brooklyn and South Wilmington Appropriations

The objective of this program is to provide funding for the water system infrastructure needs for the Village of East Brooklyn and the regionalization efforts for the Village of South Wilmington. This funding will directly address Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) compliance, drinking water quality challenges, and support for underserved/disadvantaged communities.

Details

• Awarding Agency: Environmental Protection
• Departments: Bureau of Water - IFAS
• CSFA Number: 532-00-3954
• CSFA Popular Name: East Brooklyn and South Wilmington Appropriations
• Funding Opportunity Number: 26-3954-01
• Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
• Award Type: Non Competitive
• Total Funding Available: $9,750,000.00
• Expected Number of Awards: 2
• Funding Sources: Federal Or Federal Pass Through, State
• Indirect Costs Allowed: Yes
• Posted Date: 2026-06-04

Funding Source Description

This program appropriates funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Fund, the Water Revolving Fund, and the Build Illinois Bond Fund to provide a grant to the Village of East Brooklyn and the Village of South Wilmington for the purposes of Water System Infrastructure and Regionalization Efforts. Part of the funding is coming from the WIIN Small and Underserved Disadvantaged Communities (SUDC) Grants Program.

Funding Restrictions

Funds restricted to the Village of East Brooklyn and the Village of South Wilmington for the purposes of Water System Infrastructure and regionalization efforts to improve water system quality.

Restrictions on Indirect Costs

No

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

If the grantee is at any time offered a State, federal, or local grant or any other funding source, to assist in the payment of expenses for a grant payment that has been issued, the recipient shall reimburse the State of Illinois for any grant funds used to pay expenses or offered to be paid under another grant or funding source.

Each grantee must agree to comply with all applicable federal and State requirements. This includes Uniform Administrative Requirements, 2 CFR § 200 and GATA. These can have a significant impact on the costs and complexity of a project. Grantees will be expected to submit a completed and signed Certifications and Assurances Acknowledgement Form confirming that they will comply with all State and federal mandates.

If the grantee has been placed in the Illinois Debt Recovery Offset Portal due to delinquent debt owed to the State of Illinois, all grant payments will be held until the grantees satisfies all delinquent debt.

Additional requirements for federally funded grants are as follows:

a. All geospatial data created must be consistent with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed standards. Information on these standards may be found at www.fgdc.gov.

b. Internal Controls for Financial Transactions: The recipient agrees to use procedures consistent with “zero-trust” (never trust, always verify) for all financial transactions with grant funds. These procedures must include verbal verification with a trusted recipient representative of all financial account information both initially and prior to any changes in financial account information.

Reporting

Reporting requirements will be outlined in the grant agreement.