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72068023APS00001: APS - Strengthening Health Services, Demand, and Systems in Benin

Closed Closed June 23, 2023 Opportunity 72068023APS00001

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Benin USAID-Cotonou notices from 2023.

Benin USAID-Cotonou offered grants of up to $65.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on June 23, 2023.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 15, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMay 2, 2023
DeadlineJune 23, 2023
Archived by Grants.govDecember 31, 2023

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

Eligibility for Components 1 and 2 of this program are unrestricted, and therefore open to all entities. Component 3 is restricted to Benin Local Organizations.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

This Annual Program Statement (APS) publicizes the intention of the United States Agency for International Development, Benin (USAID/Benin) to fund one or multiple Cooperative Agreements to address the overarching APS programmatic purpose of implementing the Strengthening Health Services, Demand, and Systems in Benin program. The APS is composed of the following three components: Component 1, Health Systems Strengthening, focused on strengthening human resources, data driven decision-making, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) expansion as well as governance and accountability of the Ministry of Health (MOH). The geographic focus is national. Component 2, Health Facility Services, which will provide comprehensive support to the different levels of the MOH (central, departmental, facility) to ensure that quality maternal, neonatal, child and youth health care is offered in both public and private health centers. The geographic focus is all 24 communes in the departments of Atacora (9), Donga (4), Mono (6), and Plateau (5). Component 3, Community Health Outcomes Strengthening, which will support strengthening the network of interdisciplinary community health programs to improve the quality, access to, and uptake of high-impact services while increasing local administration of and citizen engagement in community health services. The geographic focus is the following 21 communes: Djougou, Copargo and Ouake (Donga Department); Come, Bopa, Houeyogbe, Grand-Popo (Mono Department); Natitingou, Toucountouna, Boukoumbe, Kouande, Kerou, Pehounco, Tanguieta, Materi, Cobly (Atacora Department); and Adja-Ouere, Ifangni. Ketou, Pobe, Sakete (Plateau Department). (See attached for the Complete Package)

Category: Health.

Who has won USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (98.001) awarded $37 billion across 4,233 grant awards, an average of $8.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Miscellaneous Foreign AwardeesDistrict of Columbia489$6.9 billion
Family Health InternationalNorth Carolina91$2.1 billion
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic BishopsMaryland128$1.2 billion
Save the Children Federation, Inc.Connecticut100$814 million
Research Triangle InstituteNorth Carolina33$756 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($13 billion), Maryland ($3.8 billion), North Carolina ($3.2 billion), New York ($1.9 billion), Massachusetts ($1.3 billion).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is 72068023APS00001 still open?

No. It closed on June 23, 2023.

Who can apply for APS - Strengthening Health Services, Demand, and Systems in Benin?

Benin USAID-Cotonou accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for APS - Strengthening Health Services, Demand, and Systems in Benin?

Closed June 23, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $65.0 million each.

Who has won USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Family Health International, Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The program made 4,233 awards worth $37 billion in that time.

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