Opportunity Overview
The Illinois Department of Early Childhood (DEC) lists the FY27 opportunity Child Care Assistance Program – Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants, CSFA 480-20-3714, also identified by the State as Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. The program coordinates infant and early childhood mental health consultation statewide through Child Care Resource and Referral service-delivery areas, helping child care providers recognize, understand, and respond to the social-emotional needs of children from birth through age five.
Funding and Award Structure
The controlling Illinois Euna/AmpliFund opportunity page lists $5,075,159 in FY27 opportunity funding. The funding source is Federal/Federal Pass Through, with Assistance Listing 93.596. The announcement is a Renewal and the award type is Non Competitive. The current public opportunity does not publish an applicant-level maximum award amount.
Illinois GATA currently lists three active FY27 awards under this program: Chaddock Attachment and Trauma Services – $3,778,783; Illinois Action for Children – $1,199,780; and 4-C: Community Coordinated Child Care – $96,596. Those awards total the full $5,075,159 opportunity amount shown on the current State opportunity page.
Deadline and Submission
The current Illinois GATA program page lists the FY27 application range as April 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026. The accessible public Euna/AmpliFund opportunity fields do not publish a closing clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. Applicants use the State’s grant-management pathway associated with the opportunity.
Eligibility
The controlling current opportunity expressly states Continuation Applications Only and does not allow multiple applications. Accordingly, Atlas does not treat this as a broadly open competitive grant for new organizations, even though the underlying CSFA program page contains broader general program eligibility language. The three State-listed FY27 awardees should be treated as incumbent continuation recipients unless DEC issues an amendment or successor opportunity expanding eligibility.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 58/100. The program has substantial Illinois early-childhood mental-health relevance and $5.075 million in FY27 funding, but its current continuation-only, noncompetitive structure sharply limits new applicant pursuit.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. The verified program is centered on early-childhood mental-health consultation and service coordination. The controlling sources do not establish a remote physical examination, vitals, or telehealth-enabled clinical examination role for Nonagon N9+, so Atlas should not force N9+ into this opportunity.
Next Action
Existing continuation recipients should verify any remaining FY27 continuation and administrative requirements with DEC and monitor Illinois GATA/Euna for amendments. Organizations that are not current continuation applicants should not pursue this as an open competitive round unless the State changes eligibility or issues a successor solicitation.