The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP) is seeking applications from those public and private nonprofit community-based organizations subject to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the tax code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4)) that are located in the city of Chicago proposing to provide firearm violence prevention services in one or more eligible service areas.
Donor Name: Illinois Department of Human Services
State: Illinois
Township: Burnside and New City
Neighborhood: Selected Neighborhoods
Village: Chatham, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Washington Park
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The DHS Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP) is investing in the highest-risk Chicago communities to provide a trio of violence prevention services intended to mitigate, reduce, and prevent violent behavior, in particular firearm violence. The OFVP is seeking applications from organizations and partnerships of organizations with the ability to connect with those individuals at highest risk of harming someone or being harmed by firearm violence. Funded organizations will provide a trio of programs that include street outreach, case management, and victim services.
Funding Information
Average award amount: $300,000 per 12-month period
Eligibility Criteria
- This open funding opportunity is limited to applicants that meet the following requirements and are subject to limitations described below:
- Eligible applicants (and sub-recipients) are limited to those public and private nonprofit community-based organizations subject to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the tax code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4)) that are located in the city of Chicago. Eligible applicants (and sub-recipients) include units of local government inclusive of public schools, districts, etc.
- The applicant organization is an experienced violence prevention organization with trained violence prevention staff.
- The applicant organization is proposing to provide firearm violence prevention services, as required in this NOFO, in one or more eligible Chicago community areas. A current listing of eligible service areas can be found here, Eligible Service Areas.
- The applicant organization will be allowed to include sub-grantees to ensure delivery of all required program components provided that the applicant organization is providing at least one of the three primary components of the program.
- The applicant organization (and sub-recipients) has met the eligibility, prequalification and mandatory requirements listed in Section C.1., C.2 and C.3.
- Applicants eligible based on Section C.1., C.2. and C.3. may have limited eligibility based on the following:
- No applicant organization may receive RVPS funding to provide services in more than three eligible community areas.
- RVP-TTAS grantees will not be eligible to receive funding under this NOFO (23-444-80-2774).
- If an applicant is proposing to provide services in more than one eligible Chicago community area, the applicant must submit a separate application for each community area.
- Refer to the link in Section A.2. for a listing of currently eligible service areas. Once the Letter of Intent is received:
- IDHS will review applicant’s GATA prequalification status. If the applicant is not prequalified, IDHS will provide instructions on how to complete the prequalification process. Applications will not be accepted if the applicant is not GATA prequalified.
- Based on the information provided, IDHS will provide feedback to the applicant regarding eligibility under Section C.1. a. and b. (Note: these are not the only applicant eligibility criteria). If applicant does not provide sufficient evidence necessary to determine that applicant meets these eligibility requirements, applicant will be notified of such and reminded these are exclusionary requirements that will be verified at time of application.
- IDHS will verify if applications are still being accepted for the proposed Chicago Community Area and will notify applicant whether applications are being accepted.
- If applicant is applying for an eligible Chicago community area for which IDHS is still accepting applications, IDHS will email the complete application package, including this NOFO and all appendices to the primary contact person listed in the Letter of Intent. (The applicant may request to receive the application by mail if preferable.)
For more information, visit IDHS.
