Illinois grants for Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

This program provides funding for projects that electrify mobile sources to improve air quality and reduce emissions in Illinois.

This program provides financial support to local governments, public colleges, and qualified nonprofits to help hire and retain law enforcement officers, improving recruitment and retention efforts across the state.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to local law enforcement agencies in Illinois for acquiring and improving equipment related to ballistic testing and analysis to enhance their crime-solving capabilities.

This funding opportunity provides community colleges in Illinois with up to $25,000 each to create programs that assist students facing homelessness or housing insecurity.

This funding program provides financial support to improve tourism attractions and events in Illinois, helping local economies thrive by increasing visitor engagement.

This grant provides $40,000 to small businesses in Springfield, Illinois, that have suffered revenue losses due to construction disruptions near the Capitol Complex.

This funding opportunity provides $10,000 to individual artists in Illinois to support their professional development and enhance community engagement through their creative practices.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to educational institutions and organizations to develop programs that prepare students for careers in the clean energy sector, focusing on skills development and workforce readiness.

This funding opportunity supports high schools and post-secondary institutions in Illinois to develop clean energy career pathways, particularly for students facing employment barriers, by providing education and training for jobs in the electric vehicle sector.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for commercial, cultural, industrial, and mixed-use development projects in Chicago, aimed at enhancing community development and economic growth.

This funding opportunity is designed to help rural law enforcement agencies create outreach programs that connect individuals who have experienced an opioid overdose with necessary recovery services.

The FY25 Mental Health Early Action on Campus (MHEAC) grants aim to support and enhance mental health services at Illinois public universities, with a focus on underserved and underrepresented students, by funding new strategies for service expansion, awareness, and accessibility, as well as the continuation of previously approved programs.

This grant provides financial support to organizations that offer care services for seniors aged 55 and older in central Illinois, specifically in designated counties.

This grant provides funding for nonprofit organizations and government entities in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston, and Logan counties to support youth-focused initiatives that actively involve young people in the application process.

The Harm Reduction Community Linkages Project is to support capacity building at harm reduction organizations statewide to expand their client base and develop more comprehensive linkages to prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including prescription opioids as well as illicit drugs such as heroin. This project is funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action – States (OD2A-S) Cooperative Agreement and Illinois General Revenue Funds. Organizations selected for this funding will need to demonstrate success in engaging individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including prescription opioids as well as illicit drugs such as heroin; have experience in linking individuals to opioid use prevention, OUD treatment and injection harm reduction services through community referral networks; and show capacity to cover large geographic regions in Illinois focusing on communities that demonstrate a high burden of opioid overdose. These funds will be used to strengthen partnerships between injection harm reduction community stakeholders and providers of OUD treatment and other needed social services to improve local coordination, connect more individuals to the appropriate support services and treatment for OUD, and provide case management as needed among persons who use opioids.

Grant program designed to train underrepresented population to successfully enter the construction industry and the trades. The program focuses removing barriers for entry and transitioning graduates to DOL-registered apprenticeship programs. The goal of the Illinois Works Act is to ensure that all Illinois residents have access to State capital projects and careers in the construction industry and building trades, as well as provide contracting and employment opportunities to historically underrepresented populations in the construction industry and the trades. The Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship NOFO and program is a critical component in the success of the Act, by increasing the number of qualified construction and building trades apprentices who are women, people of color, veterans or from otherwise underrepresented populations (as defined by the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act) and preparing them to enter full apprenticeship programs on their way to careers in construction and the building trades.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations to create after-school programs that enhance academic achievement and offer enrichment activities for children in low-income and underperforming schools.

Utilizing CMP funds from the federal CMS, facilities will apply to obtain this grant to provide the Head-to-Toe Infection Prevention training in long-term care facilities. In an effort to support the maintenance of cognitive and mobility skills, the Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Healthcare Regulation (OHCR) announces an opportunity for certified facilities to submit applications to implementation changes to increase the quality of life within their facility. This grant seeks to provide facility staff training in the areas of; (1) wound treatment and care, (2) skin & oral care, (3) urinary care, and (4) adapting care to fit each resident. The grantee will utilize the Head-To-Toe Infection Prevention provided by IDPH which, by addressing each of these topics, the overall quality of life within Long Term Care facilities will increase.

Utilizing CMP funds from the federal CMS, an organization, agency, or entity would provide training to long-term care facility staff regarding ensuring proper resident hygiene, nutrition, and promoting social interation. In an effort to support the maintenance of cognitive and mobility skills, the Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Healthcare Regulation (OHCR) announces an opportunity for certified facilities to submit applications to implementation changes to increase the quality of life within their facility. This grant seeks to provide facility staff training in the areas of; (1) showering and personal care, (2) nutrition, choking, and dietary issues, (3) social interaction / social isolation, and (4) showering and personal care. By addressing each topic individually for two hours bi-annually, the overall quality of life within Long Term Care facilities will increase.

Utilizing CMP funds from the federal CMS, long-term care facilities will be able to implement as few as one (1) and as many as six (6) projects for their Long-Term Care facility. In an effort to support the maintenance of cognitive and mobility skills, the Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Healthcare Regulation (OHCR) announces an opportunity for certified facilities to submit applications for projects that must provide the residents of long term care facilities with a program or project deliverable that meaningfully improves the quality of life or quality of care for residents in the facility. These projects should deliver direct improvements to quality of life, direct improvements to quality of care, alternatives to pharmacological interventions, alternative behavioral management, training programs and implementation.