Deadline: 21-Jul-21
The Department of Health and Human Services and Health Resources and Services Administration is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Global Reach II Program.
The purpose of this initiative is to collaboratively formulate and deliver high quality solutions across the range of programming required to achieve sustainable HIV epidemic control as guided by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator of the U.S. State Department, emphasizing new and innovative approaches pursued jointly with HRSA and other stakeholders.
An additional purpose is to assist with translating new science into programming and to mitigate the impact of forces such as global pandemics in the HIV response. P
rograms and activities are to span health services, structural interventions, and data use and tracking systems.
Categories
Global Reach ΙΙ encompasses four major categories of support:
- HIV Direct Service Delivery: The PEPFAR programs should highlight four key themes in planning and implementation for COP21:
- Client-Centered Services
- Community Engagement
- Resilient and Adaptive Approaches
- Support for Sustainable Capacity
- Human Resources for Health (HRH): The Guidance states that “In planning for COP21, countries should prioritize:
- ensuring the safety and well-being of the workforce;
- further optimizing the health and social welfare workforce to efficiently and effectively achieve epidemic control; and
- advancing the sustainability of the health and social welfare workforce for maintaining epidemic control under local leadership”.
- Quality Improvement (QI): The Guidance suggests that PEPFAR country programs must incorporate explicit quality management practices, including both quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) activities, into service delivery and partner management.
- Health Systems Strengthening (HSS): This initiative will support diverse HSS needs, all HSS support as well as other areas of support through this initiative, you must identify host country national counterparts, individuals, groups, or organizational units, who will become the ultimate host of this transitioned and sustainable capacity.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $20,000,000 may be available annually to fund up to two recipients. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $20,000,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect costs) per year.
- The period of performance is September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2026 (5 years).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include domestic and foreign public or private, nonprofit entities, including institutions of higher education, and for-profit entities. Faith-based and community-based organizations, Indian Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.
- If you are an applicant from a U.S. domestic organization, HRSA encourages you to form a consortium of partners to include foreign institutions with the relevant expertise, with the long-term goal of strengthening networks, ensuring sustainability, and providing in-country personnel.
- If you are a foreign applicant, you may include collaboration with U.S. and other foreign institutions with particular expertise in the proposed priority areas as sub-recipient consortium partners.
- The applicant institution must meet the eligibility requirements and assumes all legal, programmatic, and financial responsibilities under the award. Consortium participants are sub-recipients under the award. Sub-recipients are subject to all programmatic terms and conditions of the award. Depending on the type of engagement and scope of work, consortium agreements may be in the form of memorandums of understanding (MOUs), sub-awards, or contracts.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334268