FY27 480-40-3710 IDEC Home Visiting

Early ChildhoodAmount not specifiedDue Sep 30, 2026

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Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
Posted: Apr 1, 2026
Award amount: Amount not specified

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In plain English

This Illinois Department of Early Childhood home visiting grant is a continuation-applications-only opportunity, open to nonprofit (501c3), public, and for-profit community-based organizations already using an approved evidence-based home visiting model (Early Head Start Home-Based, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, or Parents as Teachers) in specific Illinois counties. Applicants must be pre-qualified through the state's Grantee Portal, registered in SAM.gov, in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, and not on any state or federal exclusion lists; the doula enhancement is limited to organizations that already have IDEC-funded doulas. Because this is continuation-only and geographically restricted to specific counties, new applicants and organizations outside the listed service areas are not eligible. Deadline is September 30, 2026.

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Who can apply

Continuation Applications Only A. Eligible Applicants include private, not-for-profit community-based organizations that are incorporated and have been granted 501(c) (3) status; public community-based organizations, including units of local government, and private, for-profit community-based organizations. Applicants may apply independently or jointly. Joint applications for funds may be submitted by any combination of eligible applicants. For joint applications, the lead applicant would need to submit an application on behalf of all partners. 1. Program models. Applicants must use one of the following evidence-based home visiting models: a. Early Head Start Home-Based (EHS) b. Healthy Families America (HFA) Note: Successful applicants must request the HFA child welfare protocol from the HFA National Office within 6 months of the contract start date. c. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) d. Parents as Teachers (PAT) 2. Doula enhancement. Only those applicants that currently have IDEC-funded doulas as part of their home visiting program are eligible to apply for the doula enhancement in FY26. This includes applicants with current IDEC state funding, and current IDEC Maternal Child Home Visiting as a subcontractor of Start Early. 3. Service areas: This Notice of Funding Opportunity is for the provision of home visiting services to families who reside in Illinois. Funding is only available for services in the counties listed below. Applicants are not required to serve an entire county and may serve a smaller geographic area within a county. While this NOFO covers increased salaries to support the Smart Start Illinois goals of higher program quality, total available funding has not increased. Therefore, IDEC does not anticipate an increase in total services funded, and we are limiting eligibility to the counties currently served by IDEC home visiting. In alignment with IDEC’s goal of better targeting funding to at-risk communities, applicants will receive priority points for serving Priority 1 or Priority 2 counties below, which were identified in the 2020 MIECHV Needs Assessment. The Needs Assessment is available on the CPRD MIECHV webpage. Priority Description Counties Priority 1 “At-risk communities” currently receiving IDEC HV funding. Champaign, Clay, Coles, Cook, Douglas, DuPage, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Kane, Lake, Livingston, Moultrie, Peoria, Rock Island, St. Clair, Stephenson, Vermilion, Winnebago. Applicants will receive 10 bonus points if they propose to serve at least one of these communities. Priority 2 "High Consideration" communities currently receiving IDEC HV funding. Adams, DeKalb, Lee, Macoupin, Ogle, Whiteside, Williamson. Applicants who do not serve any Priority 1 communities will receive 5 bonus points if they serve at least one of these communities. Priority 3 Communities currently receiving IDEC HV funding which do not appear in the above two priority categories Bond, Carroll, Clinton, DeWitt, Logan, Madison, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell, Woodford. No points. B. The applicant must meet the Registration, Pre-qualification and any other Mandatory Requirements listed in this funding opportunity. 1. Applicants must provide the following information via the Grantee Portal annually to be registered with the State of Illinois as an awardee: a. Organization name and contact information b. Federal Employee Identification Number (FEIN) c. Unique Identity Number (UEI) d. Organization type 2. Applicants must be prequalified; therefore, applications from entities that have not prequalified prior to the due date of this application will NOT be reviewed and will NOT be considered for funding. Items a) through e) below are the prequalification requirements. a. Unique Entity Identifiers and SAM Registration: Each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual 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.gov before the application due date. ii. Provide a valid unique entity identifier (UEI) in its application. iii. Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active award or an application or plan under consideration by the awarding agency. iv. The State Agency may not make an award until applicant has fully complied to all UEI and SAM requirements. v. The State Agency may determine that an applicant is not qualified if they have not complied to requirements and use that determination as a basis to award another applicant or applicants. b. Must be in "good standing" with the Illinois Secretary of State if the Illinois Secretary of State requires the entity's organization type to be registered. c. Must not be on the Illinois Stop Payment List d. Must not be on the Sam.gov Exclusion List e. Must not be on the Medicaid Sanctions List

About this grant

The IDEC Home Visiting Program supports pregnant people and parents with young children ages 0-5 who live in Illinois communities that face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes. Families choose to participate in home visiting programs, and partner with health, social service, and child development professionals to set and achieve goals that improve their health and well-being.

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