FY27 480-30-3720 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families - Early Intervention - Clearinghouse

The State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Early Childhood, seeks an organization with which to contract for the establishment and maintenance of an Early Intervention Clearinghouse (EIC), a resource for the parents/caregivers, general public and early intervention professionals to access information and other resources related to early intervention issues including, but not limited to, culturally inclusive and culturally responsive resources. The EIC provides current, up-to-date information and reference materials that are used by parents to learn more about normal development and specific disabilities. This information is also used by educators and EI professionals to maintain and improve competencies in the evaluation and treatment of children with developmental disabilities and delays. The EIC serves as a communication link between the EI Program and families served by the program through newsletters, a Web site, and reference and lending library services. The EIC maintains a federally required central directory.

Continuation Applications Only 1) Current SAM.gov account; 2) Current FEIN; 3) Good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State (Illinois Secretary of State Business Services website: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html 4) Not on the Illinois Stop Payment List; 5) Not on the SAM.gov Exclusion List; 6) Not on the DHFS Sanctioned Party List. State agencies are federally required to evaluate the risk posed by each applicant. Risk assessments are a pre-award requirement and include two components: fiscal/administrative and programmatic. Illinois uses an Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) to complete the fiscal/administrative component. Entities are required to access, complete and submit the ICQ through the Grantee Portal for the state fiscal year associated with the grant funding. The programmatic risk assessment is distributed by the state awarding agency as part of the application process. Both the ICQ and the programmatic risk assessment must be accepted by the state and approved before a grant award can be executed.

Early Intervention stakeholders, professionals, and families.