>> Hello, I'm Rashad Burgess,
the chief of the capacity building branch
within the division of HIV and AIDS prevention at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
I am very excited to speak to you
about our newly released funding opportunity announcement,
Capacity Building Assistance
for High Impact HIV Prevention, PS14-1403.
This announcement is listed on CDC's web page.
The purpose of this funding opportunity is
to strengthen the capacity of the HIV prevention workforce
to optimally plan, implement,
and sustain high impact prevention activities
and strategies within health departments,
community based organizations, and healthcare organizations
to reduce HIV related morbidity, mortality, and disparities
across the United States and its territories.
In fiscal year 2012 CDC revised its HIV prevention
by health departments program
to better match HIV prevention funding to the geographic burden
of HIV infection and prioritized activities
that will have the greatest impact on the epidemic.
In fiscal year 2014, CDC will institute Community High Impact
HIV Prevention, known as CHIP,a new initiative
to shift programmatic efforts of capacity building
and community based organizations
to further maximize HIV prevention impact.
This funding opportunity will support the single flagship
capacity building assistance program
that fully reflects CDCs new direction.
Awardees of this program will constitute a national capacity
building assistance provider network.
Available funding is categorized
by the primary organizational consumers
of capacity building services, Category A, health departments.
Category B, community based organizations
and Category C, healthcare organizations.
In addition, a fourth category, Category D,
CPN provider network resource center will provide overarching
network coordination and support awardees funded
under Categories A, B, and C.
Awardees will implement all program requirements
and deliver free, high quality capacity building assistance
services including information dissemination,
training for skills development, and technical assistance
for health departments, community based organizations,
and healthcare organizations to plan, implement,
and sustain high impact prevention activities.
This table summarizes the scope of work under PS14-1403.
Applicants for Category A, B, and C must limit the focus
of their CPN program to three
of the components listed for each category.
Applicants for Category D must address all listed components.
Based on the availability of funds
and desired programmatic coverage,
there may be up to 25 awards.
The average award is an estimated $1.25 million dollars
with a minimum of 500,000 and a maximum of $3 million dollars
depending on the funding category.
Applicants may apply for no more than two categories
under this funding opportunity announcement.
Please be aware that separate applications are required
for each category.
To apply for this funding opportunity,
please visit grants.gov.
This funding opertunity, PS14-1403 fully reflects
CDC's new direction
for providing high quality capacity building assistance
to support CDC's high impact HIV prevention and achieve the goals
of the national HIV AIDS strategy.
I encourage you to regularly visit the CDC program web page
for up-to-date information regarding pre application
technical assistance events,
frequently asked questions, and other resources.
I'm Rashad Burgess.
Please let us know if you have any questions
by reaching us at hipta@cdc.gov.
That's H-I-P-T-A @ cdc.gov.
Thank you for your interest in this funding opportunity.