Deadline: 3 December 2019

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for its program entitled “Service Delivery for Vulnerable Children and Adolescents (Round 3)” to promote new and underutilized partnerships to accelerate and sustain HIV epidemic control in Zambia through the delivery of high impact HIV prevention, care and support services to vulnerable children, adolescents and care givers affected or infected by HIV.

Activities

• Health: Improve children and adolescents’ access to health services with a focus on high impact HIV services (e.g. HIV Testing Services (HTS); HIV care and support; Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT); ART adherence support; Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC); Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) screening and treatment; condoms; Tuberculosis screening, diagnosis, and treatment; post-violence care and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)); Strengthen and support of linkages and referral systems between community and clinic-based programs;
• Education support: Increase school access, attendance, and progression of VCA. Education activities will be aligned with ongoing USAID Education programs where practical;
• Psychosocial Care and Support: Structured, evidence-based interventions that support VCA to build self-efficacy and enable them to navigate the social and psychological vulnerabilities of adolescence, especially those focused on sexual and reproductive health and prevention of HIV and sexual violence;
• Household Economic Strengthening (HES): Structured, evidence-based interventions that reduce the economic vulnerability of families, strengthen their resilience, and empower them to provide for the essential needs of the household;
• Child Protection: Prevent and respond to child abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with particular focus on prevention of sexual violence for 9-14 year-old adolescents;
• Capacity Building: Capacity-building and systems strengthening interventions: (e.g. trainings in case management; data collection, use and analysis; service quality assurance and improvement; and financial management).

Funding Information

• Award Ceiling: $50,000,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Under Round 3: SDVCA of the APS, the organization must align with modality one (1) and/or modality (3) to be considered eligible.
  • Modality 1: Direct awards are given to new and underutilized organizations that are local entities in the host country(ies) in which the applicant is applying. New and underutilized partners that are local entities in Zambia may apply for direct funding in Round 3: SDVCA issued under the NPI GH APS. An underutilized partner is defined by the Agency as an organization that has received less than $25 million in direct or indirect awards from USAID over the past five years. The five years is relative to when the organization is applying to a USAID procurement/funding opportunity.
  • Round 3: SDVCA uses the PEPFAR definition of a Local Partner. Under PEPFAR, a local partner may be an individual, a sole proprietorship, or an entity. However, under this phase, for the applicant to be considered a local partner, the applicant must self-certify and submit supporting documentation demonstrating their organization meets the criteria listed below.
    • An entity (e.g., a corporation or partnership):
      • Must be incorporated or legally organized under the laws of, and have its principal place of business in the country served by the PEPFAR program with which the entity is or may become involved;
      • Must be at least 75% beneficially owned by individuals who are citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of that same country, per sub-paragraph (2)(a),;
      • At least 75% of the entity’s staff (senior, mid-level, support) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of that same country, per subparagraph (2)(a), and at least 75% of the entity’s senior staff (i.e., managerial and professional personnel) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of such country; and
      • Where an entity has a Board of Directors, at least 51% of the members of the Board must also be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of such country.
  • Modality 3: Sub-awards to local new or underutilized partners via prime awardees serving in a limited mentorship role. NPI recognizes the important role and capacity that established partners (defined in this APS as those organizations that already have a financial relationship with USAID above the threshold established in the APS of $25M in USAID funds in the past five years) bring to local new and underutilized organizations around the world. NPI acknowledges that many partners lack the capacity, or desire, to comply with the stringent requirements associated with awards from the U.S. Government. This modality will allow established partners to build the capacity of local new and underutilized partners to meet the requirements to become a USAID direct awardee or provide them the support they need to implement programs under this APS that have measurable impact. Established partners will play a support role to build the capacity of local new and underutilized partners (e.g., through technical oversight, compliance support, and mentoring).

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via given website.

For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=321477