Illinois State Grants

Commerce And Econ Opp · $300K–$800K

Commerce And Econ Opp · $300K–$1.5M

Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security · Amount varies

The State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) program provides funding to local health departments to support outreach and community education efforts related to the health hazards associated with radon exposure. This announcement seeks applications for new grant awards beginning in the second year of the current grant cycle, using potential unspent funds from year one.

Illinois Arts Council · $6K–$600K

Department Of Natural Resources · $20K–$1.1M

The Illinois "Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development" (OSLAD) is offered through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The OSLAD program is a grant program that provides up to 50% (90% for certain distressed locations) funding assistance to eligible, local units of government to acquire, develop, and/or rehabilitate public outdoor recreation areas. The OSLAD program is a state-financed program enacted by Public Act 84-109, the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act (525 ILCS 35/1 et. seq.)

Emergency Mgt Agency · Amount varies

Legislative Pre Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS)

Emergency Mgt Agency · Amount varies

Legislative Pre Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS)

Early Childhood · Amount varies

The Family Health Technical Assistance program provides training, technical assistance and coaching to evidence-based home visitation and doula program staff on home visiting and doula best practices, including but not limited to strengthening families, trauma-informed practice, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health and serving families with children with developmental disabilities in addition to core training for the evidence based and evidence informed program models funded in Illinois.

Early Childhood · Up to $1.9M

According to Administrative Rules 235.100 a), this grant is intended to 1) provide training, technical assistance, and high-quality supports to recipients of funding under the Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) (see Subpart A) and offer other professional development opportunities that include, but are not limited to, evidence-based program models, job-specific training, and support for mental health consultation and research-based curricula, as applicable to the early childhood program offered (i.e., Prevention Initiative); 2) align training and technical assistance opportunities to the Standards for Professional Learning (2011) promulgated by Learning Forward, 504 South Locust Street, Oxford, OH 45056; 3) ensure that each provider of professional development meets the requirements set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart J (Renewal of Professional Educator Licenses) to award credit for professional development for educator license renewal purposes; and 4) support programs, leaders, and teachers to continuously improve practice and student outcomes. Applicants will conduct ongoing evaluation to ensure that the training and PD being developed and implemented meet the needs of the local Prevention Initiative programs and staff. Due to the nature of the work that is required; prior successful experience with activities similar in scope as those called for in this NOFO/RFP; including the deployment and supervision of qualified staff; will be a crucial consideration in awarding of the grant. Applicants need to be familiar with the Administrative Rules Part 235; ISBE Professional Educator Licensure; Professional Learning Standards (Learning Forward: The Professional Learning Association); Illinois Early Learning Guidelines; Illinois Birth to Five Program Standards; PI Compliance Checklist; and Gateways to Opportunity Registry Levels of Learning.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

Provide coordination of the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) program throughout the state in each of the Child Care Resource and Referral’s designated (CCR&R) Service Delivery Area (SDA). This program is designed to help child care providers recognize, understand and respond to the social emotional needs of the children, birth through age five, in their care.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

MCHV provides enhanced home visiting services to support pregnant people and parents with young children ages 0-5 who live in communities that face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes. MCHV programs provide family support and coaching through planned, regular visits with a trained professional based on a family’s needs and schedules. Home visiting is a free and voluntary program, and home visitors work with parents on practical parenting skills as well as family bonding before birth and as children grow up. In addition, home visiting helps families connect with other community services. The Maternal Child Home Visiting program primarily serves families at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. Families who earn between 200% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Level are eligible for services if they are in any of the MIECHV priority populations or the Early Learning Council’s priority populations or if they are experiencing other risk factors. The Maternal Child Home Visiting program supports home visiting program models including: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT). Some programs use the doula enhancement for home visiting. The Maternal Child Home Visiting program supports innovations in home visiting including, but not limited to, the following: • Moving Beyond Depression • Home visiting for families with involvement in the justice system • Home visiting for Illinois newcomer families • Home visiting for families experiencing homelessness

Early Childhood · Up to $31.9M

Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies are hubs for coordination of diverse child care activities in each regional community of Illinois. CCR&R agencies are permanent, local adaptable structures through which public and private groups can work together to enhance the accessibility, improve the quality and increase the availability of affordable child care.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

It is the policy of the State to enhance the development of all eligible infants and toddlers to minimize developmental delays and maximize individual potential for adult independence. It is the need of the State to implement, on a statewide basis, locally based, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency, Early Intervention (EI) services for all eligible infants and toddlers. The EI Program is a statewide program for the evaluation and assessment of infants and toddlers ages birth to three, as well as the provision of services for those who have a qualifying disability or diagnosis, a 30 percent delay in development in one or more of the five developmental domains, or who are at risk of developmental delays. Children and families access EI services through one of 25 Child and Family Connections (CFC) offices. This Notification of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) issued by the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Early Childhood, seeks agencies located within Illinois to serve as the CFC offices for designated geographic areas. (See chart in Appendix I to identify the area served by each CFC office.) CFC offices are the regional intake entities defined in state statute (325 ILCS 20) and rule (89 IL Admin. Code 500) as IDEC’s designated entity responsible for implementation of the EI Program within its designated geographic area. IDEC is required to assure the designation of regional points of entry to accomplish consistent and equitable intake and service coordination throughout the State, with services defined in Section A.2. Separate proposals for each geographical intake region must be submitted for those agencies submitting for more than one geographical intake region.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

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.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

To fund a qualified applicant to provide comprehensive professional learning opportunities that support best practices in Preschool for All and Preschool for All Expansion grant-funded programs, to include trainings, webinars, program supports, professional learning communities, coaching, resources, technical assistance, and other services as determined by ISBE.

Early Childhood · Amount varies

The Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSCO) is a federal-state partnership funded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start as the state point of contact for Head Start and collaboration to assist in building early childhood systems and access to comprehensive services for all low income children. The Illinois HSCO: • Encourages widespread collaboration between Head Start and other appropriate programs, services and initiatives. • Augments Head Start's capacity to be a partner in State initiatives on behalf of children and families; and • Facilitates Head Start's involvement in state policies, plans, processes, and decisions affecting the Head Start target population. The HSCO accomplishes these purposes by working with Head Start, state, federal and community stakeholders in the eight federal priority areas of child care, education, health, welfare, community services, disabilities, homeless services, and family literacy. The HSSCO supports collaboration and alignment between local Head Start programs to support Illinois’ goal of ensuring equity and efficiency for families and providers.

Finance Authority · Up to $1M

In July 2024, Illinois was announced as one of the recipients of an award under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) awarded $430,251,378 to the State of Illinois to implement a variety of programs over the five-year grant period (2024-2029). Stretch Code Adoption Grants are one of these programs. The 2023 Illinois Stretch Energy Code, established under 20 ILCS 3125/55, took effect on January 1, 2025. Illinois developed this stretch code as part of its broader efforts to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and align with the state’s ambitious climate goals. By adopting a stretch energy code, municipalities have the opportunity to exceed the baseline statewide energy efficiency requirements. ICB anticipates the release of a 2026 Illinois Stretch Energy Code by the Capital Development Board (CDB) later this year. The 2026 Stretch Code will include changes to the target dates for the site energy index standards. Projects under this grant program may target adoption of either the 2023 Stretch Code or the 2026 Stretch Code, once released.

Environmental Protection · Up to $35K

In accordance with 415 ILCS 5/22.15(i), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Materials Management and Compliance Section (MMCS) has the authority to administer grants funding household waste collections. This grant opportunity is open to units of local government to implement a residential sharps collection. Each unit of local government is eligible for the actual costs of sharps collection and disposal, up to $35,000.00. Eligible costs include: costs for advertising sharps collection stations, costs for educational materials focused on proper disposal of sharps, costs to obtain collection containers for use by individual residents, collection receptacles to store sharps at the sharps collection station, mobilization fees assessed by an appropriately permitted potentially infectious medical waste (PIMW) transporter to pick up collected sharps, disposal fees for the collected sharps, and indirect costs. Sharps accepted at the sharps collection station shall only be sharps collected from private residents; no business waste may be combined with the sharps collected under this funding opportunity.

Commerce And Econ Opp · $1–$250K

Emergency Mgt Agency · Amount varies

The REP grant is a State Funded Preparedness Program intended to support local government planning, training and exercise requirements associated with, off-site disaster response and recovery from a Nuclear Power Plant accident. Grants are made primarily to local government entities located within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone.