Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, awarded a Project Grant of $125,812.00 to Housing Options For The Mentally-Ill In Evanston, Inc. (doing business as Impact Behavioral Health Partners) under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness while providing rapid housing solutions that minimize trauma and dislocation for homeless individuals and families. The program enables recipients to establish and operate projects across five core components: permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing; transitional housing; supportive services; Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS); and homelessness prevention activities.

Impact Behavioral Health Partners will utilize this funding to deliver comprehensive housing and support services in Evanston, Illinois, leveraging its established expertise in serving low-income individuals with serious mental illnesses and those experiencing homelessness. The organization's CoC-funded activities may include rapid rehousing assistance, transitional housing operations, case management and supportive services, rental assistance, and capacity-building initiatives. As a nonprofit provider with over fifteen years of federal partnership experience, the organization continues to serve vulnerable populations, particularly Hispanic and African American communities in the Chicago area, through evidence-based interventions addressing housing instability, mental health challenges, and employment barriers.