Building Capacity along the Continuum from Prevention to Care and Treatment for | CDC RFA GH15 151002CONT16

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This grant opportunity, titled "Building Capacity along the Continuum from Prevention to Care and Treatment for Key Populations in the Central America Region under PEPFAR," is a continuation funding announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It sits within CDCs global health and HIV programming work funded through PEPFAR (the US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and focuses on strengthening services across the full HIV continuum, from prevention activities through linkage to care, treatment initiation, and sustained retention in care for key populations in Central America.

The key point about this announcement is that it is not open competition. It is explicitly structured as continuation funding, meaning it is intended only for organizations that were already funded under the prior award "CDC-RFA-GH15-1510" with the same program title and scope. In practical terms, this type of notice signals that CDC plans to provide additional funding to existing grantees to maintain momentum, continue implementation, and potentially scale or refine activities that were already approved and underway under the earlier cooperative agreement. Because of this, new applicants generally cannot apply, and eligibility is effectively limited to previously selected recipients (listed broadly as "Others" in the eligibility field, but constrained by the continuation-only language).

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the project beyond what is typical for a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement structure, recipients usually collaborate closely with CDC on technical guidance, performance monitoring, strategic adjustments, and alignment with PEPFAR policies, targets, and reporting requirements. The activity category is health, and the CFDA number listed is 93.067, which corresponds to CDC infectious disease and related public health assistance programming, often including HIV-focused initiatives.

The award ceiling is listed as 0, which commonly indicates that a specific maximum funding level is not being publicly stated in the announcement record, that it varies by recipient, or that funding amounts are governed by internal allocations and continuation decisions rather than a competitive cap. The entry also does not specify the number of expected awards, which is consistent with continuation actions that are tied to the number of existing recipients rather than a new cohort of awardees.

From a programmatic standpoint, the emphasis on "building capacity" and "the continuum from prevention to care and treatment" for "key populations" suggests work that may include strengthening community-based HIV prevention services, expanding or improving HIV testing and counseling approaches suited to key populations, improving referral systems and navigation to connect individuals who test positive to clinical services, supporting rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy, and reinforcing adherence and retention supports. In the Central America regional context under PEPFAR, "key populations" generally refers to groups disproportionately affected by HIV and often facing barriers to care due to stigma, discrimination, mobility, or legal and social constraints. Activities under such programs commonly incorporate stigma reduction, rights-informed service delivery, data and surveillance strengthening, quality improvement, and partnerships with local ministries of health and civil society organizations to ensure services are accessible and sustainable.

Administrative details in the source record show an original closing date of 2015-11-25 and a creation date of 2015-09-18, which indicates the continuation action was processed during that period as an extension of the earlier funding opportunity. Overall, the opportunity functions as a mechanism for CDC to continue supporting previously funded partners to sustain and advance HIV prevention, care, and treatment capacity for key populations in Central America under the PEPFAR framework.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building Capacity along the Continuum from Prevention to Care and Treatment for" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.067.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-11-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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