Cicatelli Associates, Inc.

Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (doing business as CAI), a New York-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, delivers national training, technical assistance, and capacity-building services to federal health agencies and state health departments as a prime grant recipient. CAI operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with no contract prime awards; the organization functions as a recipient under federal grant programs administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Office of Adolescent Health, alongside a small subrecipient footprint under state and university grantees.

CAI's capability portfolio centers on implementation-focused technical assistance in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, substance use disorder and behavioral health, sexually transmitted infection prevention, tobacco use disorder reduction, and community health worker training and employment. The organization brings four decades of experience in capacity-building and stakeholder engagement, particularly within historically marginalized populations and safety-net health systems. Representative recent work includes a $16 million four-year project grant from HRSA to serve as the Clinical and Preventive Excellence National Technical Assistance Program, delivering national webinars, communities of practice, and outcomes-focused cohorts to support health centers in clinical performance improvement across controlled hypertension, weight assessment and counseling for children and adolescents, and cancer screening (awarded August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2030); a $1.5 million project grant from the HIV/AIDS Bureau to deliver national training and technical assistance to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients in eight non-Ending the Epidemic states (awarded April 1, 2026, completing March 31, 2027); a $3 million project grant from the Bureau of Health Professionals to train 240 community health workers and health support workers in core public health skills through field placements and Department of Labor-registered apprenticeships in New York City (awarded September 15, 2022, completing March 31, 2026); and a $1.4 million cooperative agreement from the Office of Adolescent Health to implement evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention interventions in Buffalo, New York (awarded July 1, 2023, completing June 26, 2026).

Customer concentration is heavy within the Department of Health and Human Services. The top five HHS offices and bureaus account for 66% of awards by count: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (12 awards), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (8 awards), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (7 awards recurring in the list) lead award volume. CAI operates as a prime recipient in 85% of its awards and as a subrecipient in 15%; recent subrecipient work includes capacity-building technical assistance to Harm Reduction and trauma-informed care agencies under prime grants to the New Jersey Department of Health, rape prevention and education technical assistance under Health Research, Inc. grants, and program data management and user training support under a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center prime grant.

Activity has accelerated in recent years — one award in 2022 climbing to seven in 2023, then moderating to two in 2024 and five in 2025 before three awards in 2026 (the most recent dated August 1, 2026). Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. CAI's stated mission emphasizes building capacity among organizations serving vulnerable and underserved populations, centering equity and community voice in program design and implementation.