Section 975.210  Sustainability Funding

a)         Sustaining funds shall be available to grantees under Section 10 of the Act that have met the initial proposed project objectives and can demonstrate continued financial need. These funds shall be provided by the Department for a 3-year period, subject to appropriation. Funds granted each year under this Section shall be in an amount up to 50% of a grantee's third-year-grant funding under Section 975.200.  (Section 10.5 of the Act)

b)         Sustaining grant funding will be awarded to grantees meeting the following requirements:

1)         Be a prior recipient of a Community Health Center Expansion Act grant;

2)         Be able to document successful accomplishment of goals and objectives from the originally funded project; and

3)         Be able to document the need for additional funding from the Community Health Center Expansion Act for the continuation of the goals and objectives presented in the original application.

c)         Grantees shall be limited to three years of initial funding and three years of sustainability funding. (See Sections 10(b) and 10.5 of the Act.)

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 14202, effective August 4, 2011)