Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Leveraging Health Service Equity Approaches for Sustainable HIV Epidemic Control program.
The purpose of this program is to develop and expand unique platforms to bring best practices from domestic experiences to assist the global HIV/AIDS program to sustain the goal of reaching epidemic control in Malawi, Zambia and other PEPFAR countries as identified. Funds will be used to scale current activities for impact in HIV/AIDS treatment services in these PEPFAR-supported countries.
The successful recipient will work with HRSA to develop and implement strategies to address social determinants and health inequalities found within the healthcare system to improve the delivery of quality HIV/AIDS services in Malawi, Zambia, and potentially in other identified PEPFAR-supported countries.
Objectives
The key objectives of Leveraging Health Service Equity for Sustainable HIV Epidemic Control, in collaboration with HRSA, are to:
- Provide strategies for advancing health equity in host countries toward continued sustainability of HIV programs, as they approach the achievement of PEPFAR goals;
- Introduce innovations to reach sub-populations with unmet needs, and provide result-driven innovative implementation models for sustainable HIV epidemic control;
- Determine and disseminate best practices and innovative models that are person-centered and address social determinants of health to deliver high-quality health services;
- Strengthen health system capacities to enable seamless transition of HIV services to host country governments across PEPFAR-supported countries; and
- Monitor and evaluate the process of transition efforts to assure maintenance of positive health outcomes and performance results.
Focus Areas
This funding will focus on addressing the following:
- promote empowerment and linkage to health services among all adolescent girls and young women residing in targeted areas;
- increase the capacity of health facilities to improve linkage to and continuity of HIV care;
- partner with high-volume treatment sites to provide differentiated service delivery (DSD) models that address treatment interruption and improve viral suppression rates;
- use quality improvement and family-centered strategies to support the care needs of mothers and their HIV-exposed infants throughout pregnancy and the post-partum breastfeeding period up to 24 months;
- ensure optimized client care records and reporting and related data use to improve the HIV continuum of care at all stages.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $10,000,000
- Period of Performance: September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2027 (5 years)
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- 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.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339951