(410 ILCS 100/25)
    Sec. 25. Grant proposal requirements.
    (a) A proposal for a grant under this Act must be submitted to the Department for review.
    (b) A proposal for a grant must include each of the following elements:
        (1) The purpose and objectives of the proposed
    
project, including identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the project will address. The proposal must address one or more of the following priority areas:
            (A) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
maternal and infant mortality rates.
            (B) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
morbidity and mortality rates relating to cancer.
            (C) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
morbidity and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS.
            (D) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
morbidity and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease.
            (E) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
morbidity and mortality rates relating to diabetes.
            (F) Increasing adult and child immunization
        
rates in certain racial and ethnic populations.
            (G) Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in
        
oral health care.
        (2) Identification and relevance of the target
    
population.
        (3) Methods for obtaining baseline health status
    
data and assessment of community health needs.
        (4) Mechanisms for mobilizing community resources
    
and gaining local commitment.
        (5) Development and implementation of health
    
promotion and disease prevention interventions.
        (6) Mechanisms and strategies for evaluating the
    
project's objectives, procedures, and outcomes.
        (7) A proposed work plan, including a timeline for
    
implementing the project.
        (8) The likelihood that project activities will
    
occur and continue in the absence of funding.
    (c) The Department shall give priority to proposals that:
        (1) Represent areas with the greatest documented
    
racial and ethnic health status disparities.
        (2) Exceed the minimum local contribution
    
requirements specified in Section 30.
        (3) Demonstrate broad-based local support and
    
commitment from entities representing racial and ethnic populations, including non-Hispanic whites. Indicators of support and commitment may include agreements to participate in the program, letters of endorsement, letters of commitment, interagency agreements, or other forms of support.
        (4) Demonstrate a high degree of participation by
    
the health care community in clinical preventive service activities and community-based health promotion and disease prevention interventions.
        (5) Have been submitted from counties with a high
    
proportion of residents living in poverty and with poor health status indicators.
        (6) Demonstrate a coordinated community approach to
    
addressing racial and ethnic health issues within existing publicly financed health care programs.
        (7) Incorporate intervention mechanisms that have a
    
high probability of improving the targeted population's health status.
        (8) Demonstrate a commitment to quality management
    
in all aspects of project administration and implementation.
(Source: P.A. 94-447, eff. 1-1-06.)