Opportunity Overview
The Illinois Department of Early Childhood (DEC) lists FY27 480-40-3723 Family Health Technical Assistance as a current FY27 renewal opportunity supporting statewide training, technical assistance, coaching, and professional learning for IDEC-funded home visiting and doula programs.
Funding and Current Award
Illinois GATA reports $1,121,382 in program obligations and identifies Start Early as the FY27 grantee for the full $1,121,382, with an award period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
Deadline and Eligibility
Illinois GATA lists the FY27 application range as April 21, 2026 through September 30, 2026. The public record does not publish a closing clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. The controlling program record states Renewal applications only and describes the assistance as Non-competitive, so this is not a broadly open new-applicant competition.
Program Scope
Verified deliverables include Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers model-specific training and fidelity support, trauma-informed practice, domestic-violence and substance-use topics, infant mental health, maternal and newborn health, support for families experiencing child-welfare involvement or housing instability, developmental-disability supports, evaluation and continuous quality improvement, and statewide professional-learning coordination.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 55/100. The program is relevant to Illinois maternal, infant, and early-childhood health infrastructure, but FY27 is a noncompetitive renewal with an identified incumbent recipient, sharply limiting new-applicant pursuit.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. The verified scope is training, technical assistance, coaching, professional learning, and program-support infrastructure rather than clinical examination technology procurement. Atlas should not force N9+ into this award.
Next Action
Treat Start Early as the current FY27 prime recipient and monitor IDEC/GATA for amendments or successor competitive opportunities. Do not create new-applicant outreach from this FY27 renewal.
Official source: Illinois GATA CSFA program 480-40-3723.