03-22-24: 2025 R3 NOFO Applicant Questions

Posted: March 22, 2024

Question Received 3/17/24

How would we know if we are in an eligible R3 zone?

Response

Use this interactive online map tool to determine whether a specific address, neighborhood, or community falls within an R3 area. R3 areas appear in colored patches across the map.

Type the address of the applicant organization into the Search Bar and hit Enter or scroll to a proposed service area on the map to determine whether it appears within a colored (grant-eligible) area.

Question Received 3/17/24

Our organization is in its 3rd year with an overall annual budget between $2 million and $3 million. We meet all of the other requirements but seem to be ineligible because our budget is too much for Tier 2 but our service period is too short for Tier 3. Can you please confirm that we are NOT eligible to apply for this opportunity as an organization with a $2.6 million budget in our 3rd year of service provision? If I’m incorrect, can you please clarify for which tier we would be eligible to apply?

Response

Tier 2 will include agencies with two to five years of service provision OR whose annual budgets are under $2 million. An organization with a $2.6 million budget in its third year of service provision would be placed under Tier 2.

Question Received 3/15/24

Can our existing program, which is in year 2, submit for a different funding goal priority area but still for the alternative school program?

Response

Current R3 grantees may only apply for funding to provide services in a separate (or second) region. Applications for funding to expand service provision in a currently operating R3 program will not be accepted.

Question Received 3/15/24

If we have received the grant in the past, are we allowed to apply for the same programming in this new grant offering? Can we use these funds to continue to grow the existing program?

Response

If you received an R3 grant for service delivery in the past that is no longer active, you may apply for a 2025 R3 grant. If you grant is active, you may only apply for funding to provide services in a separate (or second) region.

Question Received 3/13/24

Is there a method we should use to determine which one would be best to apply under? There seem like there could be programs that would overlap between both.

Response

As this is a competitive funding opportunity, ICJIA staff is unable to advise organizations on how to craft their proposals or whether their proposed activities align with the outlined priorities. However, unfunded organizations may propose programs that cross multiple priority areas.

Question Received 3/13/24

When will the R3 notice of awards be made for the applications that are submitted by the April 30th 2pm CST deadline?

Response

ICJIA anticipates announcing 2025 R3 grant awards in June 2024, subject to change based on a variety of factors that impact application processing.

Question Received 3/12/24

Is the open grant a drawdown or reimbursement grant?

Response

Grantees will be reimbursed. ICJIA also offers some advance payment options to qualifying organizations.

Question Received 3/12/24

I am writing to inquire about the ICJIA grant. Are organizations that provide programming in public schools to at risk youth eligible to submit an application?

Response

Yes, as long as the service population resides in and/or service delivery is provided in an eligible R3 zone.

Question Received 3/12/24

My organization does not yet have a SAM.gov account, but we will be signing up for one. I see on the SAM.gov website that DUNS has been replaced by UEI numbers. Since we are young enough of an organization to not have a DUNS number, will this UEI be an acceptable replacement?

Response

Yes. If you register for a SAMS.gov account, your organization will receive an assigned UEI number. This federally assigned unique identifier is an acceptable replacement for a DUNS for the purpose of this funding opportunity.

Question Received 3/7/24

As current grantees of a 3 year funding agreement, will we need to apply to the NOFO that has just been released for 4/30? Or is this opportunity just for a new cohort of applicants?

Response

Current grantees do not need to re-apply to continue an existing award. This NOFO is for a new cohort of applicants.