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July

Program will review and revise program documents for upcoming grant year.

October

Program will prepare and submit Grant AccountabilityTransparency Act (GATA) Subrecipient vs. Contractor checklist to the CAO’s office for review.

November

Program will review/prepare and submit GATA exceptions to CAO for review and submission to Grant Accountability Transparency Unit (GATU).

January

Prepare/submit proposed NOFO and Programmatic Risk Assessment (PRA) questions to the CAO’s office for review/approval.

February

NOFOs posted to the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) and the IDHS website for 30 – 45 days. Program may request an exception to posting the NOFO for a shorter duration.

Note: Applicants can register (or update) and pre-qualify at www.grants.illinois.gov. Fiscal Year (FY) Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) and PRA availability is subject to change

March

If applicable, program will conduct technical session for NOFO. Applications, uniform grant budgets completed in the Community Service Agreement (CSA) and any program supporting documents must be submitted by applicants to the grant programs.

April

All grant applications/budgets should be received by applicants. NOFOs closed. Grant programs have 30 working days to review application packets. Grantee exhibits must be uploaded into the CSA for review/approval. Issue Notice of State Award (NOSA) in the GATA Portal. Issue Non-Selection.

May

NOFOs scored, budgets approved by program and fiscal staff, and NOSAs issued electronically from the GATA Portal.

June

Office of Contract Administration (OCA) begins publishing the grant agreements.

July

New Fiscal Year (FY) grant programs commence. Lapse period begins. Final opportunity for grantees to remit payment vouchers to be paid from grant program year appropriations. Lapse period ends October 31.