FY26 Renewal: Family Foundations

Family Foundations provides weekly counseling services to parents and children. The 20-week program utilizes Nurturing Skills for Families curriculum to strengthen families' protective factors. The staff will counsel families on intervention strategies; through five core competencies (Appropriate Expectations of Children, Developing Empathy in Parents and Children, Discipline with Dignity, Self-Awareness and Appropriate Family Roles, and Empowerment and Independence). Each competency will include three consecutive weekly sessions with the parent, children and Family Foundations staff in the family home. Children and parents will follow a curriculum mirrors one another. The Family Intervention Specialist will meet with the family for a minimum 60 (sixty) minutes per session. The Family Foundations Supervisor will assist the in-home sessions as needed. There will be parent child group sessions led by the Family Intervention Specialist under the supervision of the Family Foundations Supervisor quarterly. The group sessions will focus on the same core competencies. Group sessions will allow for families to meet one another and form important connections within community while strengthening the intervention strategy through parent-child activities. Provider home visiting and group services are provided in conjunction with the clients’ schedules, to include daytime and evening hours as arranged on a case-by-case basis.

Indirect Costs are allowed. To charge indirect costs to a grant, the applicant organization must have an annually negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA). There are three types of NICRAs: 1. Federally Negotiated Rate. Organizations that receive direct federal funding, may have an indirect cost rate that was negotiated with the Federal Cognizant Agency. Illinois will accept the federally negotiated rate. The organization must provide a copy of the federal NICRA. 2. State Negotiated Rate. The organization may negotiate an indirect cost rate with the State of Illinois if they do not have a Federally Negotiated Rate. If an organization has not previously established an indirect cost rate, an indirect cost rate proposal may be submitted to the State of Illinois through the indirect cost rate system no later than three months after the effective date of the award. If an organization previously established an indirect cost rate, the organization must continue to use that rate until its expiration. Upon expiration, the organization may re-submit a new indirect cost proposal through the system annually, within six months after the close of the grantee’s fiscal year, OR an organization may elect to use the de minimis rate instead of their State Negotiated Rate. 3. De Minimis Rate. An organization may elect a de minimis rate of 15% of modified total direct cost (MTDC). Once established, the de minimis rate may be used indefinitely. The State of Illinois must verify the calculation of the MTDC annually in order to accept the de minimis rate. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE • All grantees must complete an indirect cost rate negotiation or elect the De Minimis Rate in the indirect cost rate system to claim indirect costs. Indirect costs claimed without an established negotiated rate or a De Minimis Rate election in the system may be subject to disallowance. • Grantees have discretion not to claim payment for indirect costs. Grantees that elect not to claim indirect costs cannot be reimbursed for indirect costs. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Department of Children and Family Services must receive a full application.

NOTE: This application is for Year 2 or 3 of a multi-year award. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete the following: 1) UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR STATE GRANT ASSISTANCE

Renewal applications only.

Awarded applicants will receive two emails. One stating the status of the application has been updated to Approved. The second prompting to login to view the Award Details. Denied applicants will receive a letter of notice.

Grantees will be expected to submit both (monthly or quarterly) periodic performance reports and monthly financial reports. The exact reporting requirements of this award will be defined in the program plan of the Uniform Grant Agreement.

Questions regarding this Notice of Funding Opportunity should be addressed to: ILDCFS Accountability Unit Email: DCFS.GATA@Illinois.gov