The McHenry County Department of Planning and Development – Community Development Division (CD Division) and the McHenry County Administration Division is hereby issuing notice that the County is accepting Letters of Intent (LOI) for competitive allocation of County 2024 Senior Services Grant Program.
Donor Name: McHenry County Department of Planning and Development – Community Development Division
State: Illinois
County: McHenry County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,645,000
Details:
Mission: “To fund quality social and transportation services that encourage independent living, wellness, dignity and quality of life for McHenry County seniors.”
Geographic Emphasis and Age of Clients Served
Grants awarded from this Fund must be used for the exclusive benefit of McHenry County senior citizens.
Funding Information
McHenry County estimates an allocation of $1,645,000.00 (one million six hundred forty-five thousand dollars and zero/cents) in grants from the Senior Services Grant Fund will be allocated through a competitive process. This level of funding is subject to increase, decrease, or non-availability.
Eligible Activities
In keeping with State Statute, grant funds shall be used for the following:
- Providing supportive social services designed to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly residents
- Providing for the operation of, and equipment for senior citizen centers
- Providing for transportation vehicles or services for senior citizens.
Eligibility Criteria
- No one program can receive more than 25% of available grant funds in a given McHenry County fiscal year.
- Any not-for-profit charitable organization applying for Senior Services Grant Funding must have been in operation, with 501(c)(3) status, for at least one year prior to submittal of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Seek Funding. Applicants not meeting this requirement may be considered for funding if affiliated with, and receiving support from, a nationally recognized parent organization.
- Priority will be given to those agencies and proposals which have an established and favorable track record of providing senior service within McHenry County.
- It is strongly encouraged that at least 60% of the requested grant funding be directed toward individuals or senior citizen households with an income that is at or below 80% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Area Median Income (AMI).
Grants will not be made to fund:
- Individuals
- Hospitals (for institutional programs and services)
- Nursing Homes (for institutional programs and services)
- Pass-through organizations
- Purely social organizations
- Political parties or candidates
- For-profit organizations
- Advertising journals, booklets, etc.
- Ticket purchases
- Sponsorships
- Construction or capital projects (unless funding is used to increase service capacity for which the non-profit organization has already been funded). However, support may not be used as a bank guarantee.
- Non-direct service agencies (defined as agencies that provide administrative, technical, or facility management services to direct service agencies but which do not provide eligible services directly to seniors).
- Start-up agencies (defined as agencies that have not provided any services to any member of the public prior to submission of an application to the Senior Services Grant Fund)
- Debt service payments
- Preparation of grant applications.
For more information, visit CD Division.
