NOFO: Strengthening CSO’s Capacity and Coordination to accelerate HIV Epidemic Control in Uganda

Aims

• This NOFO aims to reach populations that are at the highest risk of HIV in Uganda, including:
  • Key populations: female sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and transgender persons
  • Priority populations: fisher folk and truckers
  • Adolescent girls and young women.
• This NOFO builds on lessons from the Local Capacity Initiative and Key Populations Investment Fund. It aims to:
  • Address legal, policy, and structural barriers that limit access to services
  • Improve the capacity of CSOs to work effectively with CDC-funded implementing partners, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and other relevant government ministries to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS services.

Purpose

• The purpose of this NOFO is to strengthen the capacity, coordination, and partnerships of CSOs to accelerate HIV epidemic control in Uganda by:
  • Supporting equitable, person-centered, and comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment services to key and priority populations
  • Collaborating with the MoH, other government ministries, and stakeholders to address the legal, policy, and structural barriers that limit the access of key and priority populations to quality, integrated HIV services.

Funding Information

• Expected total NOFO funding for Year 1: $10,000,000
• Expected number of awards: 1-2. The number of awards is subject to available funds and program priorities
• Duration: They plan to award projects for five 12-month budget periods for a five-year period of performance.

Eligible Activities

• Enhance sustainable technical and financial capacity of CSOs to effectively manage HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services
• Support provision of quality, integrated, equitable, and client-centered community-based HIV prevention, care and treatment services
• Support efforts to overcome structural barriers to HIV service delivery
• Strengthen coordination of CSOs as a sustainable self-coordinating entity for HIV/AIDS response
• Strengthen CSO capacity for data management and health information systems to collect, analyze, report, and use data to improve quality of services and HIV/TB program.

Eligibility Criteria

• This is a fully competitive NOFO, and eligibility is unrestricted. Any and all types of organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply, including but not limited to those listed below:
  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
  • Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities
  • Native American tribal organizations, other than federally recognized tribal governments
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses
  • Foreign or non-U.S. based entities.

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