PEPFAR Community Led Monitoring – Mozambique Relief Programs

<p>&nbsp;<strong style="color: black;">U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">U.S.

Embassy Maputo</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (</strong><strong>PEPFAR) Community Grants Program</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Notice of Funding Opportunity</u></strong></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Section A.&nbsp;Funding Opportunity Program Description</u></strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Assistance Instrument Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: black;">Grant</span></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Funding Opportunity Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><em style="color: black;">PEPFAR Community Led Monitoring – Mozambique </em></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Funding Opportunity Number:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><em style="color: black;">MAPUTO-PCO-FY22-01</em></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Assistance Number:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: black;">19.029 </span><em style="color: black;">-- The U.S.

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS&nbsp;Relief Programs</em></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Funding Amount:</strong> <em style="color: black;">25,000 USD</em></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Number of Awards:&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24</span></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Key Dates:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color: black;">Applications must be submitted by 11:59PM on August 8th, 2021</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>N<span style="color: black;">otification of project approval and award signing expected by September/October 2021. </span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Eligibility Category:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;N<span style="color: black;">on-profit Mozambican Community Based organizations (CBOs) that are led by People Living With or Affected by HIV and&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> <span style="color: black;">networks of Key Populations&nbsp;</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">The </span><em style="color: black;">U.S.

Embassy in Mozambique/Bureau of Africa</em><span style="color: black;"> at the U.S.

Department of State (DOS) announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Community-Led Monitoring.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">A Grant for up to $25,000 U.S.

Dollars (USD) in FY 2022 will be awarded for work that will support Community-Led Monitoring.&nbsp;The expected period of performance is 12 months.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Geographic Region:&nbsp;</strong><em style="color: red;">&nbsp;</em></p> <p>Projects which may be funded will cover the following Geographic Regions:</p> <p><span style="color: black;">PEPFAR-supported HIV treatment sites in Maputo Province, Inhambane Province, Gaza Province, Nampula Province, Manica Province, Sofala Province.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Note:</strong><span style="color: black;"> Projects will be in these provinces with districts and health facility sites determined after </span>proposal <span style="color: black;">selection and in coordination with other donors and implementing partners.

Funder will ensure that sites will not overlap with current organizations supporting community led monitoring activities at the same health facility or in the same communities.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">The selection committee will endeavor to fund organizations in each of the selected provinces.</strong><em style="color: black;"> </em></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Should there not be a proposal submitted from one of the provinces listed above, the discretion will fall to the PEPFAR Coordination Office to determine which additional organizations to fund.</span><em style="color: black;"> </em><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">A.1.

Background:</strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) guidance for the Country Operational Plan for FY22 (COP 21) states that it is a minimum program requirement that HIV affected populations are provided continuous, quality, client-centered services, and that independent, routine, national community-led monitoring efforts to improve the accessibility and quality of services are part of the HIV response.

Towards this end, the PEPFAR Coordination Office intends to finance Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and other civil society groups to initiate, lead, and implement community-led monitoring (CLM).

Community-led Monitoring is an accountability mechanism for the national HIV response, led and implemented by local community-led organizations of people living with HIV (PLHIV), networks of Key Populations (KPs), or other affected groups.

These organizations will document the experiences of beneficiaries of HIV services in a routine and systematic manner, using data routinely collected from clinic users by trained, paid clinic monitors. These data will focus on the accessibility and quality of HIV services.

These data will be analyzed by communities and used to develop community-led interventions at the facility, district, provincial and national levels to correct the problems uncovered by community-led monitoring, ultimately leading to improved HIV outcomes.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Technical assistance, including training on methods and tools as well as other needed support, will be provided to all recipient organizations.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">A.2.

Program Objectives: </strong></p> <p><strong>Objectives and Expected Outcomes: </strong>The Recipient agrees to perform the program and meet the specific objectives below:</p> <ol> <li>Education on health-related rights for PLHIV;</li> <li>Listening, monitoring, and resolving complaints and concerns;</li> <li>Independent evidence-based advocacy based on findings from community-led monitoring.</li> </ol> <p><br></p> <p><strong>A.3.

Expected Results</strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Expected results include the following:</span></p> <ul> <li>Improve the quality of services provided at the health facility;</li> <li>Create demand for humanized health services;</li> <li>Increase the proportion of PLHIV on treatment retained in ART at the health facility.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;A.4.

Main Activities</strong></p> <p>To achieve the goals and expected results, the program should include the following:</p> <ul> <li>Implement 4 cycles of CLM, including quantitative and qualitative data collection (health facility observation and patient interviews, focus group discussions, individual testimonies and door to door interviews);</li> <li><span style="color: black;">Conduct community education sessions around health rights for PLHIV;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Convene smaller groups to hear concerns/grievances regarding barriers to care and treatment;</span></li> <li>&nbsp;Participate in the health (community) and co-management (facility) committees;</li> <li><span style="color: black;">Collaborate with health facility staff to ensure presentation/discussion of grievances reported by patients and to seek resolution of grievances that meet the needs of patients and PLHIV; </span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>A.5.

Performance Indicators</strong></p> <p>The following are required indicators.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Output 1: Number of barriers/grievances identified per session</li> <li>Output 2: Number of actions taken, and the results obtained based on grievances identified</li> <li>Output 3:&nbsp;Reach to patients at the health facility (numbers of unique patients reached with sessions)</li> </ul> <p>Other indicators will be developed according to the national CLM program guidance, which is currently being finalized.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong><u>Section B.

Eligibility Information</u> </strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">B.1.

Eligible Applicants </strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">The PEPFAR Community Grants Office welcomes applications from: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: black;">registered non-profit Mozambican organizations that are led by People Living With (Infected) or Affected by HIV focusing on Key Population groups (</span>f<span style="color: black;">emale </span>s<span style="color: black;">ex workers, </span>men who have sex with men<span style="color: black;">, </span>p<span style="color: black;">eople who inject drugs, and prisoners), youth (adolescent </span>boys and adolescent girls), young men,<span style="color: black;"> and HIV+</span> individuals with disabilities. <span style="color: black;">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: black;">The following organizations are NOT eligible to apply in response to this NOFO: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: black;">For-profit and commercial firms;</span></li> <li>Civil Society Organizations that do not fall within the definition of community-led or KP-led organizations.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;</span><strong style="color: black;"><u>Section C.

Application and Submission Information</u> </strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Applications must be submitted by 11:59PM on&nbsp;August 08th&nbsp;2021. </span>Please refer to the NOFO Guidance on <a href="https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/" target="_blank"><u>https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/</u></a><u style="color: black;"> </u>for further details on Application and Submission.</p> <p><strong style="color: black;">C.1.

Content and Form of Application Submission&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Any prospective applicant who has questions concerning the contents of this NOFO should submit them by email to [email protected].</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Proposals that do not meet the requirements of this announcement or fail to comply with the stated requirements will be ineligible.</span></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">Application must have the following format: </strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: black;">The proposal clearly addresses the goals and objectives of this funding opportunity;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">All documents are in English;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">All budgets are in U.S. dollars;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">All pages are numbered;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">All documents are formatted to A4 paper, and</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">All Microsoft Word documents are single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with a minimum of 1-inch margins.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: black;">Complete applications must include the following required documents listed below and proposals must be submitted using the attached template.

You can also access the template </span><a href="https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/" target="_blank"><u>https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/</u></a><u style="color: black;"> </u></p> <p>1.<strong> Mandatory application forms that must be completed and signed:</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*These include SF-424, SF424A, SF424B.

Forms are available electronically via <a href="http://www.grants.gov/" target="_blank"><u>www.grants.gov</u></a>.</p> <p>2.<strong> Summary Page:</strong> Cover sheet stating the applicant’s name and organization, and brief purpose of the program.</p> <p>3. <strong>Table of Contents</strong> that lists application contents and attachments.</p> <p>4<strong>.

Proposal Narrative (10 pages maximum)</strong></p> <p>Please see the “Narrative Components” section below for details on the information to include in the proposal<strong>.</strong>&nbsp;<em>(The 10-page limit does not include the Summary Page, Table of Contents, Budget, Budget Narrative, Letter of Disclosure, Letters of Institutional Support, CVs, Official permission letters, SF-424s). </em>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong style="color: black;">Narrative Components: </strong><span style="color: black;">the proposal must include the following information:</span></p> <p>a.

Executive Summary</p> <p>b. Organizational Capacity and Past Performance</p> <p>c. Program Strategy</p> <p>d. Management Plan</p> <p>e. Program Partners</p> <p>f.

Future Funding or Sustainability&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: black;">5. </span><strong style="color: black;">Summary Budget and Detailed Line-Item Budget </strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">6.</span><strong style="color: black;"> Budget Narrative</strong><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p>7. <strong>Work Plan and Project Timeline:</strong>&nbsp;Refer to Guidance document on <a href="https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/" target="_blank"><u>https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/</u></a> for Workplan and Project Timeline information which must be included.&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: black;">8.</span><strong style="color: black;"> CV or resume of key personnel</strong><span style="color: black;"> who are proposed for the program. </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: black;">Include names, titles, roles and experience/qualifications of key personnel involved in the program.&nbsp;What proportion of their time will be used in support of this program?&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Note the location where key staff will be based.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: black;">9.</span><strong style="color: black;"> Official permission letters</strong><span style="color: black;">, if required for program activities.</span>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>C.2.

Required Registrations:</strong></p> <p>All organizations applying for grants (except individuals) must obtain these registrations.&nbsp;All are free of charge:</p> <ul> <li>Unique entity identifier from Dun &amp; Bradstreet (DUNS number)</li> <li>NCAGE/CAGE code</li> <li><strong>www.SAM.gov registration </strong>&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong style="color: black;">C.3.

Funding Restrictions</strong></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">The following activities and costs are not covered under this announcement. </strong><span style="color: black;">Please refer to this link </span><a style="color: black;" href="https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/" target="_blank"><u>https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/</u></a><span style="color: black;"> for a full list of activities that are not funded under this funding announcement.&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: black;">Direct support or the appearance of direct support for any religious organization, to include repair or building of structures used for religious purposes;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Duplication of services immediately available through municipal, provincial, or national government;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Expenses made prior to the approval of a proposal or unreasonable expenditures will not be reimbursed;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Charitable or development activities;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Lobbying for specific legislation or projects;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Projects intended primarily for the growth or institutional development of the organization;</span></li> <li><span style="color: black;">Projects seeking funds for personal use;</span></li> <li>Projects that require a participation fee.</li> </ul> <p><strong style="color: black;">C.4.

Other Submission Requirements</strong></p> <p><strong>Attachments: Please download the attachments listed below on </strong><a href="https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/" target="_blank"><u>https://mz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/pepfar-us-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/pepfar-community-grants/</u></a><u style="color: black;"> </u></p> <p>Attachment 1: Budget Guidance and Template for New Awards (FY2021)</p> <p>Attachment 2: Budget Narrative Template – Sample Format</p> <p>Attachment 3: Proposal Template</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>