Addendum 1: Community Health Workers Programming under the Integrating Community Health APS

The summary for the Addendum 1: Community Health Workers Programming under the Integrating Community Health APS grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Agency for International Development, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Addendum 1: Community Health Workers Programming under the Integrating Community Health APS: Applicants are encouraged to review the entire Integrating Community Health APS (APS-OAA-15-000004) in addition to the following community health worker specific information included below.

The focus of this Addendum is to improve population health by increasing effective coverage of high impact health and nutrition interventions through: addressing barriers to scaling up and sustaining high quality CHW programming.

USAID seeks Applicants to play a substantive role in helping foster better harmonization by addressing fragmentation of CHW programming, identifying knowledge gaps in planning and implementation of CHW programs, and translating new knowledge to influence decisions and actions from the community to the national policy and program levels. Applicants are strongly encouraged to identify barriers and solutions by applying a joint community-health systems focus. Emphasis should be placed on strengthening community engagement with CHW programs to enhance their performance and impact.

Applicants are encouraged to utilize this Addendum to:
• Support governments and their partners in identifying the most critical barriers impacting the scale and sustainability of high quality CHW programming;
• Develop local and national capacity and leadership to institutionalize a data-driven problem identification-solution approach in CHW programming; and,
• Document the actions and activities taken to identify and overcome barriers; the impact that these actions had on CHW performance; and, the broader influence and impact on policies, systems, and programs.

Federal Grant Title:	Addendum 1: Community Health Workers Programming under the Integrating Community Health APS
Federal Agency Name:	Agency for International Development
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	APS-OAA-15-000005
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	98.001
CFDA Descriptions:	USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 30, 2015
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 30, 2015
Posted Date:	May 21, 2015
Creation Date:	May 21, 2015
Archive Date:	Jul 30, 2015
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$10,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Expected Number of Awards:	10
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Only local Applicants may apply under Category 1.

All eligible Applicants may apply under Category 2.

Local Applicants must meet the following definition:
Non-profit or for-profit that is not affiliated with a foreign government, including universities, professional associations, etc. A non-U.S. local/national NGO must: 1) Be a local non-governmental organization organized under the laws of the country or region of the proposed activity; 2) Have its principal place of business in the country or region of the proposed activity; 3) Be managed by a governing body, the majority of which consists of citizens or lawful permanent residents of the country or region of the proposed activity; 4) Not be controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of the recipient country; 5) Attach official documentation of its formal legal status as an NGO in the host country or in a country in the region. Local/national NGOs are not required to register with USAID; and 6) if a for-profit, profit must be waived per USAID policy.

Individuals and governments are not eligible to apply.
Grant Announcement Contact: Courtney Magill Contract Specialist Phone 202-567-4097
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