This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) (RWHAP Part D WICY or RWHAP Part D) Grants Supplemental Funding for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
The purpose of this supplemental funding is to strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high quality, family-centered HIV primary health care services for low income, uninsured, and underserved WICY with HIV.
HRSA intends funding under this program to support one short-term activity that can be completed by the end of the one-year period of performance. You may propose an expansion of an activity previously supported under FY2019 or FY2020 RWHAP Part D Supplemental (HRSA-19-026; HRSA-20-068) or Part C Capacity Development funding (HRSA-19-031; HRSA-20-067) for either an HIV Care Innovation or Infrastructure Development activity; however, HRSA will not fund the same activity in FY 2021 as HRSA funded previously in FY2019 or FY2020. If the proposed project is an expansion of a previously funded activity, you must provide a clear rationale for how the proposed activity builds upon and furthers the objectives of the previously funded HIV Care Innovation or Infrastructure Development activity. You may select only one (1) activity under the selected category.
HIV Care Innovation
HIV Care Innovation activities support progress along the HIV care continuum to improve the health and increase the life span of people with HIV, and prevent new infections. There are five (5) activities from which to choose. If applying under this category, select only one of the five activities listed below:
• Community Health Workers
• Intimate Partner Violence Screening & Counseling
• Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
• Transitioning Youth into Adult HIV Care
• Youth Stable Housing Collaboration
Infrastructure Development
Infrastructure Development activities support organizational development and will increase the capacity of organizations to respond to changes in the health care environment. There is only one activity to choose.
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Collectively, activities will allow RWHAP Part D programs to better align with priority areas for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), including investing in addressing the opioid crisis, mental health, and promoting collaboration. The selected activity should target populations that are disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic and experience adverse health outcomes. Successful applicants will demonstrate your organization’s intent and ability to sustain proposed HIV Care Innovation activities or proposed Infrastructure Development enhancements without additional federal funds beyond the one-year period of performance. Furthermore, successful applicants will demonstrate that the proposed activity will strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high-quality HIV primary health care services for low income, uninsured, and underserved people with HIV.
