Upcoming CBO Funding Opportunity Announcement

Dear Colleagues:

We are excited about the opportunity to communicate to you an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for community-based organizations (CBOs). The new FOA is expected to be published in the next several weeks. Interested applicants will have 60 days to develop and submit applications.

The purpose of the new program announcement for CBOs is to:

1. Support effective community-based HIV prevention programs that reflect local prevention priorities and best serve persons at high risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV;
2. Promote collaboration and coordination of efforts among CBOs, health departments, and private agencies;
3. Build the capacity of CBOs delivering selected interventions to persons at high risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV;
4. Improve the performance of CBOs delivering particular behavioral interventions by monitoring outcomes, as well as assessing the fidelity of the implementation of the selected intervention.

The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention will have opportunities for applicants to access technical assistance in developing their responsive proposals. Technical Assistance (TA) will include conference calls, and webcasts, and workshops are planned to take place in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Oakland. Dates for the workshops will be shared with partners and grantees when they have been finalized.

We want you to know that sending communication notices about upcoming FOAs will become a routine part of the Division’s efforts to keep grantees and partners informed. We urge you to encourage CBOs that you know are providing exemplary HIV prevention services to apply for funding.

Should you have questions or concerns, please forward them to the CBOFOA@cdc.gov mailbox.

Thank you for your continued commitment and support to HIV prevention.

Jonathan H. Mermin, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

Janet C. Cleveland, M.S.
Deputy Director, Prevention Programs
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention