The Stronger Together: Building a More Equitable Behavioral Health System in Cook County Initiative is intended to fund community health centers, community-based organizations (CBOs), education agencies, faith-based organizations, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) serving Cook County.
Donor Name: Cook County Health
State: Illinois
County: Cook County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Cook County Health Office of Behavioral Health’s Impact Fund and community initiatives are committed to building resilient communities that can adapt, recover, and thrive in the midst of life’s challenges through innovative and integrated solutions that bridge gaps in prevention, treatment, and support for mental health and substance use.
Supported by funds from the U.S. Department of Treasury, under the American Rescue Plan Act, the Office of Behavioral Health at Cook County Health seeks to resolve behavioral health inequities across the region’s behavioral health system of care through
- increased systems alignment,
- enhanced system quality, and
- the expansion of access to early intervention and prevention, treatment, support, recovery, and crisis assessment and care.
Funding Information
Over $44 million is available for community agreements. Eligible organizations can apply for funding between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over a 26/27-month period.
Use of Funds
In general, budgets must reflect the scope of work proposed and justified. Funding must be used to implement strategies identified in the Menu of Options. Funding may be used for:
- Salary & Wages: Include staff time supporting program. This may include percent time of existing staff or salaries of new staff.
- Fringe Benefits: Include costs of leave, employee insurance, pensions, unemployment benefit plans, etc. Should be based on actual costs or an established formula.
- Consultant Costs: Include costs related to hiring an individual who will give professional advice or services (e.g., training, expert consultant,) for a fee. This individual is not and cannot be an employee of the organization.
- Equipment: Include costs of any item of property that has a per unit acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and has an expected service life of more than one year.
- Supplies: Include costs for supplies that support program activities (e.g., computers, printers, computer software and applications, educational materials, naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and general office supplies).
- Local Travel: Include costs for local travel during project period if this is applicable to your respective strategy. Travel mileage reimbursement rate is $.625 per mile.
- Other: Include costs associated with your activities not covered in other categories (i.e., stipends and incentives).
- Contractual Costs: Include costs for: 1) work performed by an independent contractor requiring specialized knowledge, experience, expertise, or similar capabilities. 2) purchase of a product or service to be procured by contract and an estimate of cost.
- Indirect costs: May not exceed 10% of applicant’s federally-approved indirect cost rate, if applicable.
Eligibility Criteria
Proposed projects must take place and impact communities within Cook County. In general, the following are eligible to receive funding as part of this Open Call.
- Community-based organizations (CBOs), defined as 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have demonstrated service delivery to specific populations and/or community areas
- Community Health Centers, including free clinics, FQHC “lookalikes,” Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), mental health centers, and opioid treatment programs (OTPs)
- Faith-Based Organizations- defined as an organization whose values are based on faith and beliefs, which has a mission based on social values of the particular faith, including Churches, synagogues, temples, monasteries, mosques, and other houses of worship
- Education agencies, including Regional Offices of Education, K-12 public school districts, K-12 public and private schools, and higher education institutions
- Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)- federally funded nonprofit health centers or clinics that serve medically underserved areas and populations.
Funding Restrictions
Funds may not be used as matching funds for any other grant program, or for:
- Political or religious purposes
- Contributions or donations
- Fundraising or legislative lobbying expenses
- Conference registration fees
- Payment of bad or non-program related debts, fines, or penalties
- Contribution to a contingency fund or provision for unforeseen events
- Food or beverages, including alcoholic beverages
- Membership fees, interest or financial payments, or other fines or penalties
- Purpose or improvement of land or purchase, improvement, or construction of a building
- Expenditures that may create conflict of interest or the perception of impropriety
- Exhibit fees of any kind
- Airfare
- Out of state travel costs
- Bonus pay
- Cash assistance
- Research
- Reimbursement for pre-award costs.
For more information, visit Cook County Health.
