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DOS-MSU-PEPFARCLMCB-FY24: PEPFAR Small Grants Program, Capacity Building and Coordination for Community-Led Monitoring

Closed Closed May 26, 2023 Opportunity DOS-MSU-PEPFARCLMCB-FY24 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Advancing Global Health (DFOP0017890). Status: Closes February 14, 2027 (99 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Lesotho notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$50,000
• Award floor$20,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

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

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Non-governmental organizations; networks of key populations, people living with HIV and other affected groups; or other entities that gather data and observations about components of HIV services, with a focus on getting input from recipients of HIV services. • All applicants must be legally registered and have been in operation for at least five years to be eligible for funding. • Demonstrate experience in successfully delivering capacity building support to CSOs• Organizations must be able to demonstrate that they have adequate internal controls and financial monitoring procedures in place. Please note that organizations currently funded by PEPFAR to deliver health services either in the community or at the health facility are prohibited from applying for this grant.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs awards averaged $146,897; this notice allows up to $50,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (74% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION U.S. Embassy Maseru Special Projects Office announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a capacity building and coordination project for selected grantees of the PEPFAR Small Grants Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) Program. CLM is a technique initiated and implemented by local community-based organizations and other civil society groups, networks of key populations (KP), people living with HIV (PLHIV), and other affected groups, or other community entities that gather quantitative and qualitative data about HIV services. The CLM focus remains on getting input from recipients of HIV services in a routine and systematic manner that intends to inform action and improvements. In alignment with PEPFAR Country Operational Plan, CLM activities are required to ensure explicit focus on Key Populations. This does not mean KPs are the only focus on CLM activities but rather they must be included. Key Populations include men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, people who inject drugs, and people in prisons and other enclosed settings. The Community-Led Monitoring program is funded through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in support of the Ministry of Health’s effort to achieve HIV epidemic control through the implementation of evidence-based and client-centered interventions to accelerate progress in HIV prevention, care, and treatment. The initial full implementation of the program was in 2022. The goal of the CLM program is to help PEPFAR programs and health institutions identify persistent problems, challenges, and barriers to effective service and client outcomes at the site level in order to formulate workable solutions that overcome these barriers and ensure beneficiaries have access to quality services. The objective of the CLM program is to facilitate participation of local CSO players in the evaluation of HIV services, identify areas for improvement, advocate for change, guide the health care providers to incorporate monitoring as part of their routine activities, and popularize the CLM feedback tools among PLHIV groups. The CLM Capacity Building and Coordination organization overall objective will be strengthen the capacity of the engaged CLM grantees in the evaluation of HIV services, identify areas of improvement and advocating for change.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DFOP0017890, which is open now.

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