Dear DHS Grantee,

We understand that grantees have faced unprecedented funding and contract delays that have affected programming this year.  We invite you to a session hosted by the Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) and Afterschool for Children and Teens Now (ACT Now) in partnership with the Illinois Department for Human Services to address these concerns. The agenda for this meeting will include:

• The process for contract and funding releases
• The timelines for the release of funding and contracts moving forward
• Suggested next steps while programs await contracts
• Opportunities to ask IDHS questions