Search Through Homelessness Grants in Illinois in the U.S.

We care about the communities in which we live and work. Amcor Cares (formerly the Bemis Company Foundation) was founded as our principal tool in the United States to serve our Amcor Flexibles communities. From volunteer work to monetary donations and community support, Amcor Cares donates several million per year to charitable organizations.

Community Support Grants

Encourage

• Fighting Hunger & Homelessness
• Supporting Disaster Relief

Empower

• Expanding STEM Education
• Building Life Skills
• Improving Health & Wellness

Elevate

• Promoting Arts & Culture
• Funding Amcor Scholarships

Types of support:

• Non-profit Organization Programs
• Non-profit Organization Operating Support
• Capital Campaigns
• STEM Programs

Short Description

The purpose of the End Student Housing Insecurity (ESHI) Grants is to support institutions in implementing the Higher Education Housing and Opportunities Act. Institutions will designate Housing and Opportunities that are Useful for Students' Excellence (HOUSE) liaisons and expand support services and resources available to students experiencing homelessness and students in care on their campus.

Objective

IBHE established the End Student Housing Insecurity (ESHI) grant to support institutions in addressing the root or systemic causes of homelessness and basic-needs insecurity among students. The state’s higher education strategic plan, A Thriving Illinois: Higher Education Paths to Equity, Sustainability, and Growth calls for closing equity gaps for students who have been left behind by, in part, by addressing learning renewal and student support needs, including housing insecurity and other basic needs. This grant is intended to support and supplement the work already taking place at the institutions under the Higher Education Housing and Opportunities Act to address the basic needs of the youth in care, at-risk, or currently experiencing homelessness.

Funding By Fiscal Year

• FY 2025 : $1,800,000
• FY 2026 : $1,800,000
• Institutions may apply for grants in the amount required to implement the initiatives within the term of the grant. IBHE anticipates awarding up to $200,000 per institution.

The Labcorp Charitable Foundation

We believe every person deserves equitable care and education.

In 2020 Labcorp established a private charitable 501(c)(3) foundation to advance our desire to bring quality healthcare access to all by supporting education and our local communities. 

Common grant opportunities include:

• Supporting food pantries and meal programs
• Providing healthcare and patient services for underserved populations
• Encouraging STEM programming
• Advocating for healthy lifestyles through ongoing medical research and screening

About Us

Saving pets. Together.

The Petfinder Foundation has been helping animal shelters and rescue groups since 2003. We are the ONLY national organization that does nothing but give cash and product grants to adoption groups.=

How We Work

Our programs are designed to keep homeless pets physically and mentally healthy so they can find loving forever homes.

Our grants put food in bowls, provide medical care, and help rescue animals from disasters. When pets are in need, we’re there to help.

P.L.A.Y. Pet Beds 

Applications are reviewed and awarded 10 Chill Pads on a monthly basis to specific geographical regions. 

The Petfinder Foundation has partnered with P.L.A.Y. Pet Lifestyle and You through the Warm Bellies Initiative to give luxury beds to shelter pets. P.L.A.Y. joins us in the belief that every pet deserves a warm and cozy place to sleep

Applications are reviewed and awarded 10 Chill Pads on a monthly basis to specific geographical regions. You may apply for this grant program once. Grant applications from this program are reviewed based on the location of your organization and the monthly state awarding schedule below:

• January: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
• February: Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York
• March - Pennsylvania, New Jersey
• April: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
• May: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
• June: Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin
• July: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
• August: Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
• September: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming
• October: Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas
• November: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
• December: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas

Advancing Sustainable Communities

Since 2002, we’ve been empowering local communities with sustainability solutions. Through nonprofit partnerships and sustainability grants, we’ve delivered projects promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency, resource conservation and environmental stewardship.

Mission

"Choose wisely. It's a small planet." That's how it all started back in 1997, when a crew of like-minded folks in Vermont set out on a mission: to use the power of consumer choice and help change the way power is made. Over 20 years later, we’re proud to be a carbon-neutral company that continues to keep sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we help make the planet a cleaner, greener place to be.

Sustainability Grants

If you’re a U.S.-based nonprofit looking to make a positive environmental impact and you want access to a network of sustainability experts, it’s time to plant seeds of sustainability in your community.

Eligible Sustainability Initiatives

In addition to supporting rooftop solar installation projects, we've expanded our mission to support other sustainability initiatives that include but aren't limited to:

• Clean Transportation
• Education and Awareness
• Energy Efficiency
• Renewable Energy
• Resource Conservation
• Sustainable Agriculture

We’re open to new, creative ideas from nonprofit organizations interested in utilizing and promoting sustainability initiatives.

Selection Process - Impact Measurement

We measure environmental, social and financial impacts:

• Environmental impact calculations consider how the project is more impactful for the planet than the alternative.
• Examples: CO2 prevented (renewable versus traditional generation methods), miles not driven, gallons of water conserved, green space created, pounds of waste diverted.
• Social impact calculations assess how the project will elicit change in the community.
• Examples: results of an email or newsletter story about the project, number of students impacted through curriculum, attendee numbers on sustainability tours.
• Financial impact calculations assess how the project will save your organization money, and how those savings can further support your mission.
• Example: a solar array would save your organization $2,000 per year, resulting in 100 more meals distributed to the homeless or 30 more children receiving free tuition.

Award Amounts

Donation amounts depend on a number of factors, including evaluation of the environmental, social, and financial impact of the donation. Past donations have ranged from $50,000 to $400,000.

Program Information

Short Description

The goal of the YHSI IPP is to increase youth and young adult (YYA; 18-24) voice in state government and understand how to reduce experiences of homelessness for YYA by improving discharge planning and supports for YYA leaving state systems of care.

Objective

• Improve the capacity of youth in the community:
  • Developing peer support models, including training, project design, and implementation
  • creating Youth Action Board training, including government rules, leadership, and other skills
  • community training and outreach on how to work with youth and integrate youth leadership in an authentic way.
• Establish partnerships:
  • Bringing together system partners who also work with youth who are living in unstable housing.
  • This could include partnerships with Tribes and cultural organizations in the community, K-12 schools, higher education, juvenile justice, child welfare, employment services, etc.
• Improve the centralized or coordinated assessment system also known as the Coordinated Entry Systems (CES).
• Improve data collection and use between systems that work with youth at-risk of and experiencing homelessness.
• Assess, address, and improve equity in youth homeless response systems.

The Impact Fund awards recoverable grants to legal services nonprofits, private attorneys, and small law firms who seek to confront economic, environmental, racial, and social injustice. Since our founding in 1992, the Impact Fund has made more than 800 recoverable grants totaling more than $10 million for impact litigation. We award grants four times per year, most within the range of US$10,000 to US$50,000.

Social Justice

The Impact Fund provides grants and legal support to assist in human and civil rights cases. We have helped to change dozens of laws and win cases to improve the rights of thousands. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Texas and North Carolina, incarcerated people with mental health disabilities are forced to remain in jail despite being found not guilty and unable to proceed with a criminal trial.
• In Orange County, California there are currently 13 gang injunctions under effect, which disproportionately affect young men of color.
• In Chicago, Illinois, the city’s homeless shelter program is inaccessible to people with disabilities.
• In Springfield, Oregon, the city and its police department used excessive force against Black Lives Matter protesters.
• In West Virginia, the state fails to protect children in foster care from abuse and neglect. 
• In Montana, voter suppression laws disadvantage young adults and give priority to gun owners.
• In Gary, Indiana, a gun manufacturer negligently marketed and distributed its guns, leading to an epidemic of gun violence in the city. 
• In Vancouver, British Columbia, the police perpetuate systemic discrimination against Indigenous people through bureaucratic measures.

Environmental Justice

The Impact Fund provides grants to support local litigation for environmental justice. These grants are for cases aiming to help people or communities who are affected by environmental harm or who lack access to basic environmental needs, such as clean water, clean air, adequate waste treatment, and green spaces. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Centreville, Illinois, the city’s failure to maintain its sewer system has caused raw sewage to flood peoples’ homes, endangering the property and health of a predominantly Black community.
• In Fresno County, California, the California Department of Transportation approved a highway expansion project that would increase air pollution and traffic in one of the state’s most environmentally burdened communities.
• In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the proposed expansion of a highway would divide the region's Black, Asian, and Latine neighborhoods and cause pollution and ill health.
• In North Dakota, the five-month closure of a highway in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests disproportionately affected the livelihoods and health of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members.
• In Ontario, Canada, mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon river system causes catastrophic environmental and health impacts for the Grassy Narrows First Nation.
• In Sacramento, California, the county government and Sacramento Area Sewer District violated the Clean Water Act by discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers.
• In the Eastern Coachella Valley in California, 1,900 residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park suffer from arsenic-laced drinking water, wastewater contamination, and overcharging for utilities.

Economic Justice

The Impact Fund provides financial and other forms of support to cases fighting for economic justice. From workers' rights to consumer protection for vulnerable populations, impact litigation is a powerful tool to hold corporationss and the government accountable. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Brooklyn, New York, a prominent mortgage lender engaged in predatory practices, leaving homeowners of color at risk of losing their homes. 
• In Washington, live-in caregivers are unconstitutionally excluded from the state’s wage-and-hour protections.
• In Ravalli County, Montana, the county has created a “modern-day debtors’ prison” by incarcerating people unable to afford pre-trial fees. 
• In San Diego, California, vehicle ordinances target unhoused vehicle owners even when no adequate housing alternative exists.
• In New York, a federal immigration detention facility is violating minimum wage and forced labor laws by forcing detainees to work for just a dollar a day. 
• In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the city and county destroy the property of unhoused individuals and conduct forced evictions from public spaces. 
• In Miami, Florida, insurance companies discriminate against a nonprofit community development corporation renting to tenants with Section 8 rental subsidies.

History & Mission

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust is a private foundation focused on preventing cruelty to animals and promoting the humane treatment of animals, particularly companion animals such as dogs and cats, and other species of animals commonly kept as household pets.  The Foundation also supports efforts to protect the well-being of urban-suburban wildlife, captive exotic wildlife, farmed animals, working animals, and non-human animals generally.  It extends in perpetuity the generosity toward animals in need shown by Kenneth Allen Scott during his lifetime, assisting those who care for them today.

Giving Strategy

The Foundation has two deadlines each year for proposals for Ohio/Great Lake Region Grants, depending on project topic. You may apply for one round or the other, and request funding for only one project in your proposal.

Ohio and Other Great Lakes Grants

The Foundation devotes most of its resources to grants for organizations in Ohio and portions of the other seven states in the Great Lakes watershed (including IL, IN, MI, WI, Western PA, Upstate NY, and Northeastern MN), reflecting the origin of Mr. Scott’s assets. We seek innovative, cost-effective projects that demonstrate our region’s commitment to improving the well-being of animals, especially those in underserved areas or belonging to disadvantaged social groups. We prefer initiatives that are metropolitan, multi-county, statewide or regional or involve collaborations among multiple agencies. Requests from small organizations with localized impact are less likely to be funded. Successful applicants will pursue a high quality of life for individual animals and improve the situation of significant numbers of animals.

Program Areas

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust’s priority is helping organizations go beyond basic care to support initiatives that will provide an enhanced quality of life for homeless and abused companion animals today and in the future.

Funding applications should address one of the following program areas:

Animal Adoption, Behavior Training, and Fostering

• projects to increase successful adoptions or other non-capital means of expanding shelter capacity.

Continuing Education & Training

• opportunities for staff and volunteers to improve delivery of care and retain employees.

Humane & Wildlife Education

• school and community programs that address respecting animals, humane care, health issues and human/wildlife conflicts. 

Job Training Economic Development Program (IL)

Notice of Funding Opportunity Intent

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to set forth the requirements for the Illinois Job Training and Economic Development ("JTED") Grant: Home Illinois Workforce Pilot. This initiative is funded by State of Illinois General Revenue Funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the State Fiscal Year 2024 budget. The requirements contained in this NOFO follow 20 ILCS 605/605-415 ("JTED Act") and the rules adopted in support of the JTED Act, 56 Ill. Admin. Code Part 2660 ("JTED Rules").

The aftermath of the pandemic has had a significant impact on the number of individuals experiencing housing insecurity. Through this NOFO the Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Human Services ("IDHS") and the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness to Prevent and End Homelessness to support strategies identified in Illinois’ Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (the "Plan"). The NOFO will support Strategy #3 (Secure Financial Stability) of the Plan by funding a pilot project to be implemented in three to five Continuum of Care ("COC") areas in Illinois that connect people who are experiencing homelessness to employment and that demonstrate systemic coordination of the homeless response system and workforce system. The intended result of coordinating to improve employment opportunities is to improve the financial stability of individuals and their ability to afford permanent housing in their communities. 

Funding

This grant program is utilizing State of Illinois General Revenue Funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the State Fiscal Year budget. Total amount of funding expected to be awarded through this NOFO is $5,000,000. Awards will range from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. The Department expects to make 3-5 awards through this NOFO.

Mission

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust is a private foundation focused on preventing cruelty to animals and promoting the humane treatment of animals, particularly companion animals such as dogs and cats, and other species of animals commonly kept as household pets. The Foundation also supports efforts to protect the well-being of urban-suburban native wildlife, captive exotic wildlife, farmed animals, working animals, and non-human animals generally. It extends in perpetuity the generosity toward animals in need shown by Kenneth Allen Scott during his lifetime, and assists those who care for them today.

Grant Guidelines

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust invites applications for projects to advance the quality of life for companion animals and native wildlife. It is focused on helping organizations go beyond basic care with innovative projects that provide an enhanced quality of life today and in the future.

Program Areas

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust’s priority is helping organizations go beyond basic care to support initiatives that will provide an enhanced quality of life for homeless and abused companion animals today and in the future. Funding applications should address one of the following program areas:

• Animal Adoption, Behavior Training, and Fostering
• Continuing Education and Training
• Humane and Wildlife Education
• Medical Care, Rehabilitation, and Wellness Care for Animals
• Pet and Feral Animal Population Control through Spay/Neuter
• Equipment
• Other Animal Care Initiatives

Background

McGraw Foundation, headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, makes annual grants to not-for-profit organizations.  The Foundation’s areas of interest involve the fields of conservation, educational programs at all levels, and human services. Occasionally, grants are made in other areas such as health, medical research and cultural.

Grant requests are suggested to be within a range of $2,000 to $10,000. Grant recipients and amounts will be determined by several criteria. Naturally, availability of funds is a key factor.

The Foundation will occasionally make large grants ($25,000 or more) to support unusually promising efforts in any of its areas of interest. Innovative research, special education, and/or other activities will be considered if the Foundation’s support would assist an effort or a project in making a significant impact.

Areas of Focus

Education: Higher

The Foundation has been a pioneer in support of environmental education at the highest level by establishing three chaired professorships. 

Education: Elementary & Special

McGraw Foundation supports a wide array of organizations that focus on assisting the education and advancement of children as well as adults. McGraw Foundation also makes grants to elementary schools and organizations involved in all areas of special needs education. Funding in this arena has encompassed many organizations that provide services such as after-school tutoring, special education, and adult literacy.

In addition to F.A.I.T.H., McGraw Foundation also makes grants to elementary schools and organizations involved in all areas of special needs education. Funding in this arena has encompassed many organizations that provide services such as after-school tutoring, special education, and adult literacy.

Human Services

Since 1949, McGraw Foundation has been concerned with helping people in need. While the emphasis is on organizations serving children, funding also extends to people of all ages.

Children's issues such as these have been supported throughout the years:

• child welfare
• foster care and adoption
• family counseling
• enriching summer camps
• crisis intervention

Funding for quality-of-life issues for people of all ages has included:

• developmental disabilities
• health clinics
• domestic violence
• housing and homelessness
• job training and continued support
• seniors needs

Health & Medical 

Since its inception, McGraw Foundation has made grants in the health and medical fields.  Health and medical funding has included:

• specific medical research
• rehabilitation
• support programs for patients and their families
• medical attention for people without health insurance
• palliative care and hospice organizations

Civic & Cultural

Complimenting it's main focus on education and the environment, McGraw Foundation has supported some of Chicago's distinctive cultural and arts organizations.

Areas of interest include zoological societies' animal conservation, public communication, musical organizations, and civic organizations' promotion of science and the general welfare of society.

UNICO Foundation

The UNICO Foundation Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Corporation. This classification by the IRS allows various contributions to the Foundation to be tax-deductible. The Foundation was incorporated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1962. The purpose of the Foundation shall be to receive, accept and make gifts, donations, grants, awards, scholarships, fellowships, and the like, for charitable, scientific, educational, literary and religious purposes.  Every member of UNICO National is also a member of the Foundation. The Foundation also offers specific grants for cancer research & prevention and food bank/shelter. 

The UNICO Foundation makes substantial grants to:

• Cooley's Anemia
• Mental Health Organizations
• Italian Studies

Ralph J. Torraco Food Bank/Shelter Fund Grant

Mission: To feed the hungry and provide shelter for those homeless or the indigent.

Funding Criteria: To provide funds through community established food/shelter programs that provide food and shelter to those in need.

The program should not be located in a private home, and must meet all local and State health department regulations. The food/shelter program should have an established track record of providing food and or shelter to low-income clientele. Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens or Shelters should use 100% of the grant to purchase food or provide shelter. The program must be located in the United States and serve people in the United States.

Purpose

Teens for Tomorrow (T4T) is a youth philanthropy group made up of high school students from Rock Island County in Illinois and Scott County in Iowa. These young leaders become philanthropists by learning about community needs, developing a grant opportunity, evaluating applications, making site visits, and awarding grants. Each year, T4T awards a total of $10,000 to nonprofits meeting a variety of needs in the Quad City Area. 

Teens for Tomorrow grants will provide operational and program support to organizations that improve the lives of Quad Cities residents through services related to Domestic Violence and Abuse Support and Prevention, Homelessness, Immigration Support, and Food Insecurity. 

Background

In Youth We Trust is a youth philanthropy program of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.

Established with a grant from the Ford Foundation in 1994 and endowed by a local donor, In Youth We Trust (IYWT) teaches grantmaking, volunteerism, and leadership skills to today’s youth, preparing them to be the positive change of tomorrow. Since its inception, IYWT has granted over $500,000 to youth projects in Boone, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago counties.

 Adult/Nonprofit Grants

This year, the IYWT Council will distribute up to $40,000 to community projects that benefit local youth. This grant cycle is for proposals written by nonprofit organizations (adults) for the purpose of serving youth. The focus is on youth mental health.

We look for proposals that:

• Help youth recognize the important role they play within their communities,
• Provide solutions to community issues facing youth,
• Have a clear and practical plan for implementation,
• Have a realistic budget, and
• Have measurable and meaningful results.

Up to $20,000 will be awarded. The maximum that an organization can request is $5,000.

Community Foundation of Central Illinois 

The Community Foundation of Central Illinois invests in our community by supporting projects that address community needs and have lasting value. Therefore, CFCI’s grantmaking is:

• Focused by addressing established CFCI and donor designated priorities. 
• Strategic by supporting projects with well-defined objectives and measurable outcomes that improve the quality or scope of charitable work in our community. 
• Collaborative by leveraging resources and cultivating partnerships.

Jean M. Ligon Animal Welfare Grant

Available to organizations focusing on the care and adoption of homeless cats and dogs, for the neutering of both homeless and other such pets, and for the fostering of research and education revolving around adoption and neutering. This grant is made possible by the Jean M. Ligon Fund.

Charitable Trust – Helping Small Nonprofits Across Illinois

The Charitable Trust Stabilization Fund (“Fund”) was created in 2007 to help small non-profits across Illinois. Money for the Fund comes from the filing fees not-for-profit organizations pay to incorporate with the State of Illinois. The program is funded by non-profits and exists to support non-profits. 

The Spring 2024 Grant Cycle, running from January 1 – March 31, will award grants to non-profit charitable programs in two categories:

• Food
• Housing

The Fall 2024 Grant Cycle, running from July 1 – September 30, will award grants to organizations in two categories:

• Food
• Economic & Workforce Development

In each area, the Charitable Trust Board will consider a range of programs such as but not limited to the following:

Food Programs:

• Food Pantries
• Supplemental School Feeding Programs 
• Summer Feeding Programs 
• SNAP Outreach 
• Farmer’s Market SNAP expansion 
• Access to fresh produce 
• Meal Deliveries

Housing:

• Short Term Housing and Supportive Services
• Emergency Financial Support to prevent homelessness 
• Foreclosure Prevention Counseling 
• Affordable Housing advocacy/construction/rehabilitation 
• Accessibility in Housing 
• Fair Housing Counseling/Education 
• Homeownership Counseling 
• Renters Rights

Workforce & Economic Development:

• Small Business Development Councils 
• Entrepreneurship Training or Services
• Resume Preparation 
• Interview Training 
• Placement and Retention Services 
• GED Classes 
• Vocational Training 
• Apprenticeship Training 
• Industry Certifications 
• Workforce Development for People with Disabilities

Executive Summary

Will-Grundy Medical Clinic (WGMC) will promote a healthy community by providing free healthcare and wellness services such as care coordination, case management, primary/specialty care, therapy, dental care, free medication, and street outreach services. These services are provided for individual families with behavioral health needs. The funds provided by the Division of Mental Health will support the salaries of staff focused on serving those with behavioral health needs, as well as refurbished or new laptop equipment, technology expenses, and program supplies. The funds will support the program director's salary for these programs, as well as the psychiatric nurse practitioner, therapist, nurse, and licensed clinical social worker overseeing the quality of these programs.

The following services will be provided for individuals with mental health or behavioral health needs:

• Provide covid-19 and flu testing, vaccinations, and education activities that the Clinic conducts onsite or refers out to partner agencies.
• Provide medical health care to individuals with behavioral and mental health needs by a psychiatric nurse practitioner, doctor, nurse, and/or other licensed medical.
• Provide oral health services that prevent and/or treat cavities, toothaches, and other oral issues.
• Provide behavioral health services that focus on an individuals' mental wellbeing and the external factors of their environment (social determinants of health).
• Dispense essential medication to patients after being prescribed by a provider. This medication is provided for all patients with mental health conditions.
• Monitor patients with behavioral and mental health needs to prevent the development of serious illness and screening for common preventable/treatable health concerns. Services include but are not limited to: A1c, strep, cholesterol, HIV, blood glucose, and STD.
• Provide stable housing to individuals with mental health needs through tenant-based rental assistance to individuals who are homeless.

Number of Grant Awards

This funding opportunity is a Legislative Add-On (LAO) and the award will be issued in totality to Will Grundy Medical Center.

Cost Sharing:

Providers are not required to participate in cost sharing or provide match.

Fed. - Sp. Ed. - Pre-School Discretionary: IDEA Preschool Discretionary - Child Find Project

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the Child Find Project of Illinois -- Public Awareness (hereafter referred to in this NOFO/RFP a the “Child Find Project”) is to provide resources and materials for LEAs and other child referral sources to assist them in meeting their requirements for Child Find.

Program Description:

The Child Find Project is one of three discretionary grants1 that assist school districts, special education cooperatives, and families to improve educational outcomes of young children with disabilities and meet the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B State Performance Plan (SPP)2 by supporting school districts and early intervention programs with resources to aid in the early identification of young children with suspected disabilities.

Child Find is a component of IDEA, which requires states to have a comprehensive system to locate, identify, and refer all children with disabilities aged birth to 21 for early intervention or special education services as early as possible.3 This includes all children who are in need of special education and related services, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are awards of the State, and children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability. Infants and toddlers with disabilities (birth-2 years) and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth (ages 3-21) receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B. ISBE and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) have had an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) since 1998 to share Child Find responsibilities specifically for infants and toddlers as mandated by IDEA. IDHS serves as the administrative agent for the early intervention program funded by IDEA Part C. The IGA is part of Illinois’ comprehensive Child Find system. More information about Child Find can be found on its Public Awareness Materials webpage.

Program Background/History:

The goal of the Child Find Project is to educate the public about the importance of early intervention and early childhood special education (ECSE) services for eligible children as early as possible in their development. The Child Find Project is charged with the development and statewide dissemination of resources and service information to Illinois school districts, early intervention providers, health care providers, and the general public.

Executive Summary

The State of Illinois is coordinating agency strategies and investments, partnering with the community to build a strong safety net and permanent housing for Illinoisans facing homelessness and housing insecurity. In coordination with Illinois’ Coordinated Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, the Supportive Housing Program (“SHP” or “Program”) provides grants to qualified applicants (“Recipients”, “Providers”, or “Grantees”) to serve formerly homeless individuals and families, those in danger of becoming homeless, and/or people with chronic disabilities (“Participants”). Created in 2009, the goal of the Program is to help Participants obtain or maintain independent living arrangements in community-based housing.

Required services for all Participants include ongoing case management, advocacy, and counseling. Additional Participant-tailored services must include accessing applicable mainstream public benefits. Other supportive services may include alcohol and substance use counseling; mental health programming; job training; transportation; childcare; and others selected by the Participant to achieve maximum self-sufficiency. All services must be necessary to enhance Participants’ ability to maintain independent living arrangements.

Total Amount of Funding

The Department expects to award approximately $25,000,000, subject to sufficient appropriation of funds.

Anticipated Number of Awards

The Department anticipates funding approximately 80-120 grant awards to provide services under this program.

Executive Summary:

The Illinois Homelessness Education, Training, and Technical Assistance Center (Technical Assistance Center) supports the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) thorough the provision of training, education, technical assistance, and systems-level coordination related to homelessness and housing to the State and its partners. This funding opportunity will award an organization to both provide relevant education, training, technical assistance, and systems coordination itself, and to subcontract and manage partners to provide these services as necessary. The focus of individual Technical Assistance Center projects will be directed by OPEH. The Technical Assistance Center will provide in-person and remote, individual agency and group technical assistance and facilitation across Illinois.

Program Description

The general purpose of the funding is to provide capacity building for medical respite across Illinois and it is expected to support access to and quality of medical respite statewide for the public good.

• In Illinois, people experiencing homelessness die almost 18 years earlier on average than the general population. Increased access to medical respite services is part of Illinois' strategy to reduce and close this mortality gap and spur systems improvements to support the health of people experiencing homelessness. As defined by the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC), medical respite care is acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from an illness or injury on the streets or in a shelter, but who do not require hospital-level care. 
• As part of Home Illinois: Illinois' Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, the Illinois Medical Respite Capacity Building Institute (MRCBI) will provide technical assistance and develop learning collaboratives to increase understanding of best practices in medical respite care and build capacity for medical respite provision across Illinois. The Institute will also engage community service partners and inform HFS' work to implementing a medical respite Medicaid benefit.
• The Illinois Medical Respite Capacity Building Institute provides technical assistance and training to build capacity for medical respite programs across Illinois. The Institute will advance medical respite care across Illinois by facilitating service partner entry and learning collaboratives for statewide partners to support best practices in medical respite and support strategy around long term program funding and other provider goals. The Institute will support both current medical respite providers and prospective providers through activities including convening and hosting peer learning opportunities and supporting two system collaborative initiatives for medical respite care, one statewide, and one for Cook County area providers. Additionally, the MRCBI Administrator will be able to subaward funding to local medical respite providers to build local capacity for medical respite care.
• Additional activities of the MRCBI Administrator will include developing public communications to increase awareness of and support for medical respite care, ability to network and engage healthcare and service providers, advocacy for medical respite, and monthly and quarterly reports.

The State agency's funding priorities or focus areas.

• IDHS is working to counteract systemic racism and inequity, and to prioritize and maximize diversity throughout its service provision process. This work involves addressing existing institutionalized inequities, aiming to create transformation, and operationalizing equity and racial justice. It also focuses on the creation of a culture of inclusivity for all regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or ability.
• The Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness is coordinating and leading agency strategies and investments, partnering with the community to build a strong safety net and permanent housing for Illinoisans facing homelessness and housing insecurity.

Homeless Youth (26-444-80-0711-02) Notice of Funding Opportunity

Executive Summary:

The Homeless Youth program serves those youth who are 14 to 23 years of age who cannot return home and/or lack the housing and skills necessary to live independently. The program strives to meet the immediate safety and survival needs of youth (food, clothing, and shelter) and to provide services that help homeless youth transition to independent living and become self-sufficient. Services to be provided will include emergency shelter, outreach/case management and transitional living. The services available to youth in these programs include: housing, food, needed goods, and assistance in obtaining and maintaining available support and services in the community, educational services, basic life skills, employment and/or vocational training. The program also ensures necessary service referrals to CCBYS, Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Prenatal and Parenting.

The Homeless Youth (HY) program is a holistic model designed to increase the safety of youth ensuring that their basic survival needs are met while also providing safe and stable housing; education and employment services, and the life skills necessary to become self-sufficient. The primary service delivery approach includes assessment and individualized case management. The model include requires all of the following basic program components:

All Homeless Youth providers will have the capacity to address the immediately identifiable needs of homeless youth through an emergency safety assessment/care plan that will identify and address immediate needs such as safety, food, clothing, shelter, medical, etc. through direct interventions and appropriate referrals. Providers will have one or more facilities located in areas frequented by and/or easily accessible by homeless youth where Outreach services will be made available. Outreach/Case Management services will include maintaining the capacity to provide case management services to youth not housed in the program at any given time. All providers will have the capacity to provide homeless youth access to age-appropriate emergency/interim shelter available on a 24-hour basis for a maximum of 120 days. All projects will have a Transitional Living Program component that will provide stable, safe living accommodations for youth for a maximum of 24 months. These accommodations may be host family homes, group homes, supervised apartments, etc. Supervised apartments are either agency-owned apartment buildings or "scattered-site" apartments, which are single-occupancy apartments rented directly by youth with support from the agency or rented directly by the supporting agency. All services and supports should be crafted and provided ensuring marginalized communities -youth of color, LEP youth, LGBTQ+ youth, youth with disabilities and/or mental/behavioral health conditions- are being served in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways.

Purpose

The purpose of the Operations and Program Grant program (formerly known as the Coordinated Field of Interest Grant program) is to provide general operating support or program support for successful ongoing efforts. General operating support is crucial to the long-term success of nonprofit organizations. This grant program aligns with the Community Foundation’s strategic effort to use effective grantmaking practices including:

Flexible Funding: requests for general operating support are eligible for funding, and are given preference.

Reliable Funding: One-year or Two-year requests will be considered.

Nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant from several different Community Foundation funds through the Operations and Program Grant program. To save time and effort, applicants submit one application and are considered for multiple funding sources.

The Operations and Program Grant program continues to follow the original purposes of each fund and the intent set up by its donors. All specific fund purposes fall into one or more fields of interest: Animals & Environment; Arts & Culture; Community Development; Education; Health; and Youth Development.

Fund Focus Areas:

• Amy Helpenstell Foundation Fund - General Operating and Program requests only.
• Basic Human Needs—Iowa
• Chip Sunderbruch Memorial Risk Management Fund: Focuses on risk management and safety
• Children at Risk Fund: Focuses on youth programs.
• Health & Wellness Fund: Focuses on health and wellness.
• John J. Quail Fund: Focuses on arts and culture.
• Judith Berger Endowment: Focuses on education, poverty & children in need.
• Nell C. Brennan Fund: Focuses on educational opportunities for underserved children.
• Roy E. Murray Fund: Focuses on youth.
• Sekharan Family Fund: Focuses on hospice and homelessness.

About Cigna

Our Mission

To improve the health and vitality of those we serve.

Our Vision

A better future built on the vitality of every individual and every community.

Improving Veteran Mental Health

Across the United States, veterans face an elevated risk of homelessness relative to the general population. On any given night, an estimated 40,000 veterans go without shelter, and another 1.5 million veterans are considered at-risk of homelessness.1 Research shows that veterans experiencing housing instability are at an increased risk of mental distress disorders.

We seek to collaborate with and support nonprofit organizations that leverage evidence-informed programs and services to help local veterans feel stable where they live and ultimately create positive impact on their mental health. Nonprofit partners must align to at least one of these grant program goals:

• Increase permanent housing available for veterans.
• Improve affordability for housing for veterans through rental or mortgage assistance.
• Enhance the offering of wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters.

Illinois State Board of Education

Mission

Provide each and every child with safe and healthy learning conditions, great educators, and equitable opportunities by practicing data-informed stewardship of resources and policy development, all done in partnership with educators, families, and stakeholders.

McKinney Education for Homeless Children

Short Description

To provide financial assistance, technical assistance, resources, and support to districts to identify and serve students experiencing homelessness.

Objective

Ensuring services, attendance, and success of homeless students.

Veterans Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket Program (IL)

100% of the net proceeds from Illinois lottery ticket sales are used to support Illinois veterans. On a quarterly basis, IDVA's Veterans Cash Grant Committee reviews applications and awards grants to groups that help veterans address challenges associated with the following:

• Behavioral Health,
• Homelessness,
• Health Insurance Costs,
• Long-term Care,
• Disability Benefits,
• Job Placement and Training,
• Emergency Financial Assistance.

Funding

• Award Ceiling - $100,000.00
• Award Floor - $25,000.00