OpportunityTitle: Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARs)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: Government Organizations: State or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia); Local governments or their bona fide agents; Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; State controlled institutions of higher education; American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized); Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities; Non-government Organizations: American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations;  Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education); Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education); Private colleges and universities; Community-based organizations; Faith-based organizations; For-profit organizations (other than small business); Small businesses.
Description: The purpose of the program is to announce the availability of fiscal year 2014 funds for project grant applications to support local implementation of community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) to achieve health equity, identification and implementation of systems and environmental change strategies that promote sexual health and support healthy behaviors, facilitate community-clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STI disparities, enhance and sustain partnerships, support communication strategies that promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STI, HIV, viral hepatitis control and prevention, and evaluate the efficacy of this intervention approach.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC  &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: 3/17/2014.    Application Deadline: 4/10/2014, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov.    Informational conference call for potential applicants: Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:30-4:00PM EST.  Audio: Phone Number: 1-888-810-3952 Passcode: 2206511.  Live Meeting Link: Participants can join the event directly at: URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW4315624&amp;p=2206511&amp;t=c    URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/     Conference number: PW4315624 Audience passcode: 2206511