National Resource Center for HIV Prevention Among Adolescents
Specifically, the web-based resource center will
The Department of Health and Human Services is the Federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially to those who are least able to help themselves.
Program Contact: Ms. Evelyn Kappeler, Acting Director, Office of Adolescent Health, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, Tower Building, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Rockville, MD 20852; 240-453-2846.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Funding will allow for development and expansion of a resource center website to promote practical strategies for community-based service providers which include interactive multimedia and additional resources to move youth-serving professionals toward implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions and best practices targeted to adolescents.
Grant funds may not be used for: Building alterations or renovations; Construction; Fund-raising activities; Job training; Political education and lobbying; Vocational rehabilitation.
Grant funds may not be used for: Building alterations or renovations; Construction; Fund-raising activities; Job training; Political education and lobbying; Vocational rehabilitation.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Public organizations (including city, county, regional and State government) and private nonprofit entities.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Service providers, community-based organizations, and professionals who serve adolescents who reside in communities with high HIV prevalence and are at-risk. Public organizations and private nonprofit entities and institutes of higher education.
Credentials/Documentation
A nonprofit private entity must provide evidence of its nonprofit status. Allowability of costs charged to the grant will be determined in accordance with the following Cost Principles: OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions, OMB Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit organizations. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedures
Application will be screened upon receipt. Those that are deemed to be ineligible will be returned to the applicant. Accepted applications will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of independent experts who make recommendations for action to the Office of Adolescent Health. After considering the recommendation of this panel, the Director of the Office of Adolescent Health makes the final decision on the funding of applications. All applicants are notified in writing of actions taken on their applications. A Notice of Grant Award is issued for those applications that are approved and funded.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
Authorization
The statutory authority for awards under this Funding Opportunity Announcement is contained in Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 60 to 90 days.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Not Applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Grants may not exceed 3 years (subject to the availability of funds). Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Grantee must submit yearly program reports on progress to the project officer.
No cash reports are required.
Grantees must submit yearly program reports on progress to the project officer.
Quarterly Federal Financial Reports will be due 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter on one of the standard due dates by which cash reporting is required to be submitted to PMS.
Annual Federal Financial Reports will be due 90 days after the budget period/project period end date.
See above.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
HHS and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives shall have the right of access to any books, documents, papers, or other records of a grantee, subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor, which are pertinent to the HHS grant, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts. In accordance with 45 CFR, Part 74.53 and 45 CFR, Part 92, grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the end of a project period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0120-0-1-551.
Obigations
(Cooperative Agreements) FY 13 $0; FY 14 est $500,000; and FY 15 Estimate Not Available - New Program FY 2014.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
OAH anticipates awarding one (1) cooperative agreement up to $500,000 per year for up to three (3) years contingent upon the availability of funds.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Program Contact: Ms. Evelyn Kappeler, Acting Director, Office of Adolescent Health, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, Tower Building, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Rockville, MD 20852; 240-453-2846.
Headquarters Office
Eric C. West Tower Building Suite 550, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Email: eric.west@hhs.gov Phone: (240) 453-8822.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Applicants must demonstrate: (1) experience in the design, development, implementation, successful completion and evaluation of resource center activities, and experience with HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescents, (2) extensive experience in technical assistance and capacity building with a proven record of success, (3) a history of engaging in partnerships and networks with other organizations with a similar mission and focus. Proposed projects must include the following: (1) Develop and deploy a plan to specifically identify and highlight the resource needs of young men who have sex with men (MSM), especially young MSM of color, (2) Seek partnerships with HRSA/HAB and OMH, (3) Enhance partnership with AIDS.gov to increase the profile of the National Resource Center, (4) Develop practical tools and resources that promote the retention of adolescents along the HIV Care Continuum.
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