Strategies to Link, Engage, and Retain Men with HIV in Care: Evaluation Provider
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HRSA-26-087
- Agency
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Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,300,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- City/Township Governments
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- County Governments
- Points of contact
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- Natha Bakayoko spns@hrsa.gov (301) 443-7753
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About this opportunity
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau seeks applicants for one cooperative agreement serving as Evaluation Provider for the "Strategies to Link, Engage, and Retain Men with HIV in Care" initiative, with an application due July 8, 2026. This is a single-award opportunity with a three-year funding ceiling of $4.4 million ($1.3 million Year 1, $1.3 million Year 2, $1.8 million Year 3) through August 31, 2029.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, county and special district governments, tribal governments (federally recognized and not federally recognized), tribal organizations, institutions of higher education (public and private), independent school districts, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits.
The Evaluation Provider will lead a multi-site implementation science evaluation across up to eight implementation sites funded through a companion ITAP cooperative agreement (HRSA-26-088). Core responsibilities include conducting quantitative and qualitative data collection, developing and maintaining a secure digital platform for data management and reporting, providing evaluation-specific technical assistance to implementation sites, obtaining institutional review board approval, assessing implementation outcomes (barriers, facilitators, acceptability, feasibility, cost), and producing conference abstracts and peer-reviewed publications. The initiative emphasizes rapid adaptation and evaluation, broad-scale implementation producing generalizable findings, and dissemination products grounded in human-centered design and adult learning principles.
Merit review evaluates applications on Need (10 points), Response/Approach (40 points), Performance Reporting and Evaluation (10 points), Impact (10 points), Resources and Capabilities (25 points), and Support Requested (5 points), for a maximum of 100 points. A 2-point funding priority applies to proposals in Ending the HIV Epidemic priority states.
Applications require a 60-page project narrative, budget and budget narrative, work plan, staffing plan with biographical sketches, organizational chart, and letters of agreement with collaborating entities. The CFDA number is 93.928 (Special Projects of National Significance). The expected award date is September 1, 2026.
Synopsis
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to award one cooperative agreement recipient to serve as the Evaluation Provider (EP). This funding opportunity has a companion funding opportunity to fund an Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP). The two recipients will work collaboratively, but conduct distinct activities that support the overall initiative. The proposed initiative will be comprised of one Evaluation Provider (EP), one Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP) funded as a separate cooperative agreement, and up to eight (8) implementation sites sub-awarded by the ITAP. This initiative will use implementation science to adapt, implement, and evaluate the implementation of interventions that serve men with HIV who are not consistently engaged in care or experiencing barriers to staying in care This initiative directly aligns with Ryan White Program 2030 (RWP2030), which is a renewed vision for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). Building on the foundation of the RWHAP and the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative, the RWP2030 framework is designed to sustain high-quality care and treatment for people currently receiving services through the RWHAP while expanding efforts to identify and engage individuals with HIV who are undiagnosed or out-of-care. The funded Evaluation Provider (EP) will lead a multi-site evaluation of the project and will provide evaluation-specific technical assistance (TA) to the implementation sites. The evaluation activities that the EP will conduct will draw from frameworks and approaches developed in the field of implementation science, including HAB"s Implementation Science Framework. The initiative emphasizes: 1) rapid adaptation, implementation, and evaluation; 2) implementation at a broad scale to produce generalizable findings; 3) public release of dissemination products based on human-centered design and adult learning principles, which foregrounds sustainability, rapid dissemination of findings, and replication of best practices.
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