OpportunityTitle: Assisting Directly Funded AIDS Directors in Urban Jurisdictions and Other HIV Prevention Partners in Meeting the Changes in the Public Healthcare Systems and HIV Prevention Landscape
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1.Eligible Applicants:   Non-government Organizations:  &#149;Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education).  2.Special Eligibility Requirements:   &#149;This FOA is limited to national nonprofit organizations with an established 501(c) (3) status (e.g., public nonprofit, private nonprofit) with national HIV/AIDS programmatic experience working with directly funded AIDS Directors in urban jurisdictions, and Federal, State, and local entities.  Nonprofit organizations are selected because of their demonstrated experience providing services to individuals living with HIV and those at high risk for HIV infection.  Eligible applicants must meet the criteria outlined in the FOA.  &#149;The applicant organization must demonstrate evidence of experience providing the proposed services at a national level and of a public health mission. Articles of incorporation, board resolution or by-laws are acceptable forms of evidence. Evidence can be submitted by uploading this documentation in Grants.gov under &#147;Other Attachment Forms.&#148; Each document should be labeled (e.g., &#147;Proof of Experience&#148; working with directly funded AIDS Directors/HIV prevention programs and &#147;Proof of Public Health Mission&#148;).  &#149;Proof of 501(c) (3) status for non-profits. The applicant must provide evidence of federally assigned 501(c) (3) status designation by submitting a copy of the current, valid IRS determination letter. Evidence can be submitted by uploading this documentation in Grants.gov under &#147;Other Attachment Forms.&#148; The document should be labeled &#147;Proof of Nonprofit Status&#148;.  Other:   &#149;Other organizations are not eligible because of their lack of ability to provide national leadership to achieve the goal of reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS infection, and to educate about, as well as to promote communication between, state and local health departments and HIV/AIDS programs.    &#149;Applicants cannot be a non-profit organization with 501(c) (4) Internal Revenue Service tax exempt status. Title 2 of the United States Code Section 1611 states that an organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds constituting a grant, loan, or an award.    &#149;State and local governments are not eligible to apply for funding opportunity announcement.  &#149;If a funding amount requested is greater than the ceiling established for the award range, the application will be considered non-responsive and will not be entered into the review process. The applicant will be notified that the application did not meet the eligibility requirements.   &#149;Documentation of eligibility must be included with the application. The documentation of eligibility will not count toward the page limit of the project narrative for HIV Prevention Programs. This section will determine if the application meets the eligibility requirements to move to the next phase in the application review process.   &#149;If the documents required in this section are not submitted with the application in Grants.gov under &quot;Other Attachment Forms&quot; the application will non-responsive and will not entered into the review process.  &#149;To be eligible, the application must meet all of the criteria listed in the Eligibility Information section of this announcement.  If the application fails to meet all of these requirements, the application will not be further reviewed.
Description: CDC is committed to working with public health systems to ensure planners, developers, and implementers of public health initiatives possess the skills and resources needed to better address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The purpose of this FOA is to support AIDS Directors representing directly funded urban jurisdictions and other constituents in complying with the responsibilities established in NHAS, HIP and address: &#149;Changes in the public health systems and HIV prevention landscape have increased the demand for: utilizing s data to make programmatic decisions; increased collaboration and coordination across federal funding streams at the local level; as well as, new and different business models. &#149;Demand for information around CDC&#146;s programs, policy changes, and update is not being met in a timely manner. &#149;Few resources increased the need and demand for strategic national, community-level,public, and private sector partnerships with AIDS Directors representing directly funded urban jurisdictions and other prevention partners. &#149;Changes in the public health systems and HIV prevention landscape have increased the demand for the practice based approaches that has been proven to be successful and most easily acquired through peer-to-peer support for program development, planning, management and administration. This program will have two tiers of activities: &#149;(Category A) Ensure the provision of high-quality technical assistance to facilitate active communication, consultation, and problem solving between local and state health departments and other prevention partners. These services will support the implementation of high impact HIV prevention programs in order to achieve maximal results in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and reducing new HIV infections. &#149;(Category B) Additional services provided under this FOA are geared to enhance or secure billing methods, as well as develop formal public and private partnerships to streamline services in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: 4/30/2014. LOI is requested but not required.  Application Deadline: 5/16/2014, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov