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USAID Community-Led Monitoring Activity in India

Deadline: 10-Jul-22

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/India) is seeking concept papers for a Fixed Amount Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the “Community Led Monitoring (CLM) Program”.

The goal of the Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) activity is to conduct systematic and routine monitoring of facility and community service delivery sites that receive US Government President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) investments and Government of India support and establish community-driven rapid feedback loops to improve health service delivery and outcomes.

Objectives

To achieve the goal above, the activity will:

  • Develop a shared understanding of the enablers and barriers to HIV prevention, testing, treatment adherence and retention in a manner that is productive, collaborative, respectful, and solutions-oriented
  • Demonstrate sustainable and scalable models of quality improvement (QI) protocols in HIV prevention and treatment services addressing the critical capacity and delivery gaps.
  • Facilitate a community-led approach to assessing the quality of services received and the satisfaction level of clients/beneficiaries with these services
  • Create pathways for translating assessment findings into a follow-up action plan
  • Deploy this action plan to encourage health service providers to continually improve the quality of their services through quarterly reviews and assessments.
Funding Information
  • Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
  • Subject to funding availability, successful ongoing implementation, and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide up to $1,500,000 in total USAID funding over a base period of three (3) years.
  • If USAID elects to renew the award in accordance with the process detailed in this NOFO, the renewal period will be for two (2) years. If the award is renewed, USAID intends to provide $1,000,000 during the renewal period, subject to the availability of funds.
  • Total award period of performance (Base + Renewal) will not exceed five (5) years
Target Beneficiaries
  • Target beneficiaries will comprise HIV service clients from the key population, People Living with HIV (PLHIV), as well as community stakeholder groups, service providers, and health system decision makers.
  • All CLM activities are required to include an explicit focus on key populations. This does not mean key populations are the only focus of CLM activities, but rather must be included. There can be multiple ways of meeting this requirement (e.g., ensuring KP-led organizations are among the funded monitoring organizations, ensuring KP-specific modules in monitoring tools, among others).

Geographical Focus: The CLM project will be implemented in the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, and Delhi. The districts are Rangareddy, Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Hyderabad in Telangana as well as Thane and Pune districts of Maharashtra. In Delhi, the model will cover the highly prevalent districts of HIV through a cluster approach.

Eligibility Criteria
  • This funding opportunity is restricted to the local non-governmental entities, who are eligible to submit an application.
  • A local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that
    • Is legally organized under the laws of; and
    • Has as its principal place of business or operations in; and
    • Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and
    • Is managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance.
  • For purposes of this section, “majority owned” and “managed by” include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.
  • These eligibility requirements apply to both the principal applicant and to any sub-awardee.
  • USAID welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID.
  • Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for federal financial assistance on the same basis as any other organization and are subject to the protections and requirements of Federal law.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341049