Violence Against Women Act VAWA - Culturally Specific Grant

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals under Notice of Funding Opportunity #1744-0618 for the Violence Against Women Act VAWA - Culturally Specific funding opportunity. The solicitation makes a total of $825,000 in Violence Against Women Act funding available for a 12-month period. The Culturally Specific Program is intended to address an identified service gap in Illinois by supporting culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. The notice was posted June 18, 2026, and the application deadline was July 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The program will support the development, enhancement, and expansion of culturally specific victim services. It also supports efforts to raise public awareness of victim services, particularly within culturally specific communities. Its stated goal is to establish, maintain, and expand sustainable and culturally appropriate services that respond to the unique needs and challenges experienced by victims from culturally specific communities. The source does not provide individual award minimums, individual award maximums, the expected number of awards, or detailed allowable and prohibited cost categories. No cost-share or matching requirement is stated in the provided material. Eligibility is limited to private nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to one or more of the racial and ethnic communities identified in the notice. Those communities are American Indians, including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts; Asians; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; Blacks; and Latinx communities. Applicants must be pre-qualified to do business with the State of Illinois. Agencies also must be registered through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Grantee Portal and must be in good standing with all GATA pre-qualification requirements before the application due date. Approval of the Internal Control Questionnaire is required before a grant agreement can be executed. Completed application materials were required to be submitted through Euna by 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, July 20, 2026. Applications could not be submitted by email, mail, fax, or in person. The notice states that incomplete applications would not be reviewed and that late applications could not be submitted and would not be reviewed. The provided material does not enumerate the individual application forms, narratives, attachments, evaluation criteria, scoring methodology, or individual award amounts. Registration and GATA pre-qualification are eligibility requirements rather than pre-application competitive gating stages. The NOFO was posted on June 18, 2026. Questions concerning the NOFO could be submitted through July 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time to CJA.VAWA.NOFO@Illinois.gov. Substantive questions and responses were to be posted publicly, and updates to NOFO materials and responses were to be posted periodically on the ICJIA website and within the Euna application portal. Because the solicitation is competitive, applicants were instructed not to discuss the opportunity directly or indirectly with ICJIA employees except through the designated NOFO email address. The contact information section separately identifies Shataun Hailey and lists CJA.RSATNOFO@Illinois.gov; however, the designated address specifically provided for questions regarding this VAWA NOFO is CJA.VAWA.NOFO@Illinois.gov. The performance period is October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. Budget Committee review and approval of recommended designations is scheduled for October 2026. Recipients must submit periodic financial reports, periodic performance reports, final financial and performance reports, and a calendar year-end financial report in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Future awards and fund drawdowns may be withheld when required reports are delinquent. The provided source does not state that this opportunity recurs annually or on another regular schedule, so no future application cycle is inferred.

Ensure GATA registration and pre-qualification are complete before the deadline; submit a complete application through Euna because incomplete applications will not be reviewed and late applications cannot be submitted; do not submit by email, mail, fax, or in person; direct substantive NOFO questions only to the designated VAWA NOFO email address.