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Winning Grant Expertise At Your Service

The R1 team is ready to assist with your grant needs. We have access to a rich database of grant opportunities to pursue based on your organization’s priorities, whether you need us to design a project or program and write the proposal, or simply provide technical advice for the proposal your team writes. Our skilled team includes staff experienced in economic development, community health, education, historic preservation, and more.

  • Grant Research

  • Technical Assistance

  • Grant Writing

  • Program Planning

  • Budget Development

  • Grant Administration


Recent Clients

A wide variety of clients in the public and private sectors including healthcare, education, and social services, employ R1’s innovative approaches to help them meet their needs.

  • Northern Illinois Workforce Alliance

  • Northwest Fire Protection District

  • Riverfront Museum Park

  • Rockford Area Arts Council

  • Rockford Area Venues and Entertainment Authority (RAVE)

  • Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB)

  • Rockford Area Economic Development Council

  • Rockford Family Peace Center

  • Rockford Housing Authority

  • Rockford Local Development Corporation

  • Rockford Park District

  • SwedishAmerican Health System

  • US Department of Justice

  • Village of Machesney Park

  • Village of Poplar Grove

  • Village of Winnebago

  • Winnebago County

  • Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department

  • Belvidere CUSD 100

  • Boone County

  • Boone County Emergency Telephone System (911) Board

  • Boone County Health Department

  • Boone County Multi-Disciplinary Task Force

  • Belvidere School District 100

  • City of Belvidere

  • City of Freeport

  • City of Rockford

  • City of Rockford Family Peace Center

  • City of Rockford Police Department

  • Discovery Center/Riverfront Museum Park

  • Friends of the Coronado

  • Illinois Action for Children

  • Illinois Criminal Justice Authority

  • Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

  • KFACT

  • McHenry County


Recent Grant Awards

2021

$16,384,905 RAISE grant for the Downtown Complete Streets Revitalization Project

FEMA and Illinois Emergency Management Agency $1,755,345.00 to Village of Machesney Park for Flood Mitigation Assistance

Winnebago County Mental Health Board awarded $8,800,000 for new/increased mental health and substance abuse services

IDOT & the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) awarded $2,660,600 to Winnebago County and Loves Park to improve alternate transportation systems

City of Rockford, Family Peace Center R3 Juvenile Recovery and Crime Prevention Program $520,790.00

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Broadband READY Program, $50,000 to launch pilot Chromebook lending program through Rockford Public Library and create a regional Digital Divide Elimination Plan

2020

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Economic Development, $1,981,751.50

US Department of Justice-Office of Justice Programs-Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program $599,552

US Department of Justice-Office of Violence Against Women-Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program $449,976

US Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance-Office of Justice Programs-Project Safe Neighborhoods 2020 $465,668

Illinois Action for Children, Community Parenting Saturation Program, $500,000

Illinois Criminal Justice Authority, Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program Service Delivery Grant Program, $520,790

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Broadband Connected Communities Program, $15,000

  • Purpose: Create a broadband strategic plan for Winnebago County

US Department of Justice-Corona Virus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $572,968.00

Illinois Department of Human Services 2020 Census Grant (Phase III) $432,941.00

2019

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Law Enforcement Personnel Training Grant $48,308.00

Illinois Department of Transportation Statewide Planning & Research Program $140,386.00

Illinois Department of Transportation Statewide Planning & Research Program $196,200.00

Illinois Housing Development Authority Abandoned Property Program $37,000.00

SwedishAmerican Foundation $15,000.00

Community Foundation of Northern Illinois: Community Grants Program $65,000.00

Illinois Housing Development Authority - Land Bank Capacity Program $250,000.00

Illinois Department of Human Services 2020 Census Grant (Phase I-II) $1,015,000.00

US Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance-Project Safe Neighborhoods 2018 $904,052.00

US Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance-Project Safe Neighborhoods 2019 $462,187.00

US Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance-Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program $599,769.00

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Community-Based Violence Intervention Program $179,043.00

Illinois Department of Transportation Statewide Planning & Research Program $245,250.08

Illinois Department of Transportation Statewide Planning & Research Program $143,108.95

2018

Illinois Housing Development Authority Abandoned Property Program $125,000.00

US Department of Justice Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Grant Program $449,870.00

Illinois Department of Human Services Hospital SOR and Warm Handoff Grant $1,826,479.00

Illinois Housing Development Land Bank Capacity Program $225,000.00

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Community Based Violence Intervention Program $201,074.00

For more information, contact Isaac Guerrero at iguererro@r1planning.org or (815) 319-4181.