Capacity Development Program (United States)

Deadline: 18-Mar-25

Applications are now open for the Capacity Development Program to strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high-quality HIV primary health care services for low-income and underserved people with HIV.

Categories 

• You may submit a proposal for only one of the following two categories:
  • HIV Care Innovation 
    • If you select this activity, it must address at least one of the following components and address at least one or more of the stages of the HIV care continuum:
      • Partnership Development
        • Craft and execute a plan to collaborate with strategic, non-traditional partners (e.g. treatment facilities, homeless shelters, local jail or prison, housing and employment programs, emergency rooms, etc.) that focus on serving people at highest risk of HIV/AIDS with a priority population of hard-to-reach and underserved people with HIV to engage and/or re-engage them into care or provide early linkage to medical and support services.
        • Develop and maintain a robust network of culturally responsive referral partnerships that include but are not limited to health care providers, mental health services, substance use treatment facilities, social services programs, education and vocational training programs and organizations addressing housing and food insecurity.
      • Training and Capacity Building
        • Train community health workers and/or peer navigators from the community, such as members of faith base organizations with skills to identify and engage those with HIV, emphasizing culturally competent care and confidentiality. You can also train peers, especially those with lived experience, to provide support and navigate care systems, offering mentorship and fostering trust within the community.
        • Hire a Strategic Partnerships Lead to meet, engage, and identify health-related partners in the local community, establish partnerships, educate partners on those Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs in the community, and to oversee and implement the partnership plan.
        • Develop and promote tools, trainings, and resources for primary care professionals, behavioral health professionals, treatment facilities, social service organizations providing housing and employment services, and other community organizations serving with those priority populations with HIV and those groups at highest risk for HIV infection.
  • Infrastructure Development 
    • Telehealth:
      • If you select this activity, you must develop and acquire, through lease or purchase, computer hardware and software, audio and video equipment, computer network equipment, interactive equipment, data terminal equipment, and/or other equipment that furthers the objectives of the proposed telehealth activity.
    • Dental equipment for expanding dental service capacity:
      • If you select this activity, you must purchase dental equipment for the purpose of developing, enhancing, or expanding oral health care services for people with HIV. Specifically, this activity involves creating or expanding a dental operatory in a clinic or in a mobile unit (e.g., van) through purchasing such equipment as dental patient chairs, sterilization units, X-ray imaging instruments, dental operating lights, operatory cabinets, hand pieces, etc.). Purchase of a van is not allowable under this activity.

Funding Information

• Application type: New Expected total available funding in FY 2025: $9,000,000 Expected number and type of awards: 60 grants
• Funding range per award: up to $150,000 per organization
• They plan to fund awards in one 12-month budget period for a total 1-year period of performance of September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria

• Public or non-profit private entity
• Community-based organization
• Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status
• State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states
• Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations
• Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO. Foreign entities are not eligible for this award.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.