Violence Against Women Act Sexual Assault Services Program

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals under Notice of Funding Opportunity 1743-033026 for the Violence Against Women Act Sexual Assault Services Program, commonly identified as VAWA-SASP. The solicitation will make VAWA SASP FFY25 funds available to support services for victims of sexual violence. A total of $770,515 is available through the solicitation for a 12-month period. The funding opportunity is administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and the stated purpose is to provide a grant to a state sexual assault coalition lead entity that will manage subgrants to organizations delivering core services to victims of sexual violence. The selected lead entity is expected to distribute funds to subgrantees, conduct structured monitoring of all subgrantees, and provide subject matter expertise and technical assistance aligned with U.S. Department of Justice grant policies and procedures, specifically those of the Office on Violence Against Women. Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. Section 12511(a)(1), program funds must be used to provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault; family and household members of such victims; and persons collaterally affected by the victimization, except the perpetrator. SASP Formula Program funds must support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other nongovernmental or tribal programs and projects that assist individuals victimized by sexual assault without regard to age. Eligible applicants must have a statewide network of direct service providers in place, possess subject matter expertise and an established record of providing services specific to the VAWA SASP grant, and have the structural capacity to oversee all aspects of monitoring subgrantees. The solicitation specifically states that statewide sexual assault coalitions are eligible to apply. Applicants also must be pre-qualified through the Illinois Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Grantee Portal. The pre-qualification process includes Unique Entity Identification verification, a check of debarred and suspended status, and a financial and administrative risk assessment using an Internal Controls Questionnaire. Applicants must be in good standing with applicable GATA pre-qualification requirements and receive approval of the SFY27 Internal Control Questionnaire before execution of the grant agreement. The solicitation provides $770,515 in total available funding. Applicants may request a minimum grant of $700,000 and a maximum grant of $770,515. No cost-share or matching requirement is stated in the provided source. Funding is available for a 12-month performance period beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027. Recipients must submit periodic financial reports, periodic performance reports, final financial and performance reports, and a calendar-year-end financial report in accordance with CFR Part 200 Uniform Requirements. Future awards may be withheld when required reports are delinquent. The NOFO was posted March 30, 2026. The timeline identifies April 9, 2026, as the NOFO question submission deadline and April 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CST as the application deadline. Completed application materials were required to be submitted through Euna. Applications were not accepted by mail, fax, or in person, and incomplete or late applications were not reviewed. The timeline identifies June 2026 for Budget Committee review and approval of recommended designations, followed by the July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 performance period. The provided source also contains a conflicting statement saying questions could be submitted to CJA.LeadNofos2026@illinois.gov until October 23, 2025; because this date predates the March 30, 2026 NOFO posting and conflicts with the formal timeline's April 9, 2026 question deadline, the conflict should be verified rather than silently reconciled. The source identifies Malea Conro of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority as the contact and provides CJA.LeadNofos2026@illinois.gov as the program email. No telephone number is provided. The source lists a VAWA SASP Q&A PDF and a NOFO packet ZIP as attachments but does not provide an explicit absolute PDF URL suitable for extraction. No recurring or annual application schedule is stated. The April 13, 2026 application deadline has passed, and the source itself identifies the funding opportunity as expired on that date.

Submit complete application materials through Euna by the deadline because incomplete and late applications will not be reviewed and mail, fax, and in-person submissions are not accepted. Maintain GATA pre-qualification and demonstrate a statewide direct-service-provider network, VAWA SASP subject matter expertise, an established service record, and structural capacity to monitor subgrantees.