At a glance
This cooperative agreement funds work in Ukraine to help the Ministry of Health’s Public Health Center sustain HIV testing, prevention, treatment, retention, and related care for people at higher risk for HIV. The announcement says eligible applicants are unrestricted and include governments, nonprofits, schools, for-profits, small businesses, and foreign entities, but the project must be carried out in Ukraine. The expected total funding for Year 1 is $10,000,000, with one award planned, and later years depend on available funds and satisfactory progress. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The NOFO gives a funding preference for local organizations, with 30 extra points if they document that they meet the local organization definition.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $10,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO aims to help the Public Health Center (PHC) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) enhance life-saving assistance for HIV and associated prevalent health conditions. This should be accomplished with targeted HIV testing, prevention, and treatment activities amid ongoing instability.The objectives of this NOFO include:Working to ensure that targeted HIV testing, treatment, retention, and prevention services are widely available for people who are at higher risk for HIV. Services should be provided in community settings using social network strategies (SNS). Activities include:Targeted community-based case finding.Immediate linkage to available treatment.Retention support.Management of advanced HIV disease and HIV/TB co-infection.Improving the availability of HIV services by mobile HIV testing, treatment, and prevention. You should use targeted mobile HIV case finding, treatment, retention, and prevention services. Activities include:Streamlining immediate linkage to treatment.Strengthening ongoing adherence support.Improving the availability and quality of HIV services at medical facilities by implementing differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. Activities include enhancing patients" retention, adherence, and access to HIV services at the facility level.Enhancing essential, targeted HIV prevention service provision for people at higher risk for HIV, focusing on availability, quality, coverage and timely initiation.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Unrestricted