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The U.S. Mission to Zambia is excited to announce its PEPFAR Community Led Monitoring Program to help improve the quality of HIV care in Zambia.

PEPFAR Zambia recognizes the importance of engaging with communities in the development and implementation of its HIV programming.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 1,150,000

• Award Ceiling: $115,000

• Award Floor: $25,000

Deliverables

• The deliverables are:

  • Include low and high-volume health facilities offering PEPFAR supported HIV related services across the province, as part of data collection.

  • Collect feedback from all PLHIV constituencies, including but not limited to KP, AGYW, persons with disability, and  PBFW.  Applications which do not include plans for the inclusion of all constituencies will not be considered. 

  • Submit monthly programmatic reporting.

  • Submit quarterly summarized programmatic indicators and financial reporting

  • Track changes in recipient of care feedback and service provision between phase one and two feedback collection. 

  • Participate in quarterly meetings with government, community, United States Government (USG) and implementing partners.

  • Make actionable recommendations to improve client care based on feedback from recipients of care. 

Eligibility Criteria

• Not-for-profit organizations, including civil society, non-governmental organizations, and public and private educational institutions.

• Organizations must be registered with the Government of the Republic of Zambia. 

• Must have established offices, at least 12 months prior to application submission, in the province for which they are applying to implement the CLM program.

• An organization may apply for consideration for more than one province but is only eligible to be one prime CLM Grantee.

Application Requirements

• Applicants must ensure:

  • The proposal clearly addresses the goals and objectives of this funding opportunity

  • All documents are in English

  • All budgets are in U.S. dollars and calculated at USD 1= K25 (as of July 2024) 

  • All pages are numbered

  • All materials are submitted to Grants.gov, by midnight February 17, 2025.

Eligibility

• Not-for-profit organizations, including civil society, non-governmental organizations, and public and private educational institutions.

• Organizations must be registered with the Government of the Republic of Zambia. 

• Must have established offices, at least 12 months prior to application submission, in the province for which they are applying to implement the CLM program.

• An organization may apply for consideration for more than one province but is only eligible to be one prime CLM Grantee.

• Criteria:  Each application submitted under this announcement will be evaluated and rated based on the criteria enumerated in the evaluation section. The criteria are designed to assess the quality of the proposed project, and to determine the likelihood of its success.

• Acknowledgement of receipt:  Applicants will receive acknowledgment of receipt of their proposal.

• Review: A technical review panel will review the proposal and based upon the criteria noted in evaluation section. A determination will be made regarding the CLM proposal and activities, and those applications that are the best fit will be given additional consideration.

• Follow up notification: Applicants will be notified within 60 days after the NOFO deadline regarding the results of the review panel.

Posted Date: Dec 09, 2024