FY27 APS Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation Services Program - Cook County

The FY27 APS Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation Services Program - Cook County is a grant opportunity that aims to provide intensive, family-centered intervention to empower and strengthen families to become self-sufficient in their communities. The program will provide a range of services, including comprehensive assessment, clinical services, case management, advocacy, and support groups. The program's primary goal is to support the permanency of adoption or guardianship by maintaining, strengthening, and safeguarding the functioning of families. • The program will serve families with youth who have an open Illinois DCFS subsidy case. • The program will provide services to families who are experiencing significant emotional or behavioral issues, loss/grief/separation issues, medical/organic/neurological disabilities, and adjustment issues relating to adoption/guardianship. • The program will have a budget of $730,631.00 and will be subject to state statutory requirements that limit the administrative costs to 20%. • The program will require grantees to submit both periodic performance reports and monthly financial reports.