Section 42.200  Grants

a)         The Board shall establish a Community Health Center Construction Grant Program and may make grants to eligible community providers subject to appropriations for that purpose. The grants shall be for the purpose of:

1)         Purchasing equipment; 

2)         Acquiring a new physical location for the purpose of delivering health care services; or

3)         Constructing or renovating new or existing community health center sites.  

b)         A recipient of a grant to establish a new community health center site must add each such site to the recipient's established service area for the purpose of extending federal FQHC or FQHC Look-Alike status to the new site in accordance with federal regulations (see 42 CFR 51c). (Section 10-10 of the Act) Failure to comply with this Part or any other State law or regulation may result in the recovery of grant funds as described in the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.

c)         The Board will provide the Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Catalog of State Financial Assistance for the State of Illinois.  The notice shall include a deadline for receiving applications and details of the application process.  The Board will accept applications for a minimum of 60 calendar days, although a longer period may be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 3732, effective February 29, 2024)