OpportunityTitle: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program
CategoryExplanation: https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=337372ff-44c9-4656-b11e-aed922c39547
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility for RWHAP Part A grants is based in part on the number of confirmed AIDS cases within a statutorily specified &#8220;metropolitan area.&#8221;&#160; The Secretary uses the Office of Management and Budget&#8217;s (OMB) census-based definitions of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in determining the geographic boundaries of a RWHAP metropolitan area. &#160;HHS utilizes the OMB geographic boundaries that were in effect when a jurisdiction was initially funded under RWHAP Part A.&#160; For all newly eligible areas, the boundaries are based on current OMB MSA boundary definitions.&#160;      RWHAP Part A recipients that are classified as an EMA or as a TGA and continue to meet the status as an eligible area as defined in statute are eligible to apply for these funds.&#160; For an EMA, this is more than 2,000 cases of AIDS reported and confirmed during the most recent five (5) calendar years, and for a TGA, this is at least 1,000, but fewer than 2,000 cases of AIDS reported and confirmed during the most recent five (5) calendar years for which such data are available. &#160;In addition, for three (3) consecutive years, recipients must not have fallen below both the required incidence levels already specified, and required prevalence levels (cumulative total of living cases of AIDS reported to and confirmed by the Director of CDC, as of December 31 of the most recent calendar year for which such data are available). &#160;For an EMA, the required prevalence is 3,000 living cases of AIDS. &#160;For a TGA, the required prevalence is 1,500 or more living cases of AIDS. &#160;However, for a TGA with, as of the end of the most recent fiscal year, not more than five (5) percent of the total amount from grants awarded to the area under Part A unobligated, the required prevalence is at least 1,400 (and fewer than 1,500) living cases of AIDS.&#160;      This competition is open to eligible Part A jurisdictions to provide comprehensive primary health care and support services for low income, uninsured and underserved PLWH in their service areas as listed in Appendix B.
Description: This notice solicits applications for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program. RWHAP Part A provides direct financial assistance to an eligible metropolitan area (EMA) or a transitional grant area (TGA) that has been severely affected by the HIV epidemic. Grant funds assist eligible jurisdictions to develop or enhance access to a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community-based care for low-income people living with HIV (PLWH) through the provision of formula, supplemental, and Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) funds.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact Steve Young at (301)443-9091 or email syoung@hrsa.gov
GrantorContactText: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration&lt;br/&gt;syoung@hrsa.gov&lt;br/&gt;