USAID Uganda is offering a grant opportunity for organizations to enhance health, nutrition, education, and psychosocial wellbeing for children and youth affected by HIV and other adversities in the Eastern and Northern Regions. The funding aims to reduce abuse, exploitation, and neglect among orphaned and vulnerable children. This grant opportunity, funded through a five-year Cooperative Agreement, aligns with the mission to improve outcomes for children and youth in Uganda, in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Application deadline: Oct 17, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 263228
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-617-14-000009 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | USAID Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda |
| Opportunity Category:: | Earmark |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Education |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | Yes |
| Version:: | Synopsis 4 |
| Posted Date:: | Aug 27, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Sep 24, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Archive Date:: | Nov 15, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 23,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $23,500,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Uganda USAID-Kampala |
| Description:: | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Uganda is seeking applications to fund one or more organizations through a five-year Cooperative Agreement to improve health, nutrition, education, and psychosocial wellbeing, and reduce abuse, exploitation and neglect among children and youth orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV (OVC) and other adversities in Uganda, and particularly in the Eastern and Northern Regions; as described in Section I of this RFA. The authority for the RFA is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 4 | Changes made under this RFA:
1. Incorporated Conscience Clause Implementation (Assistance) – Solicitation Provision (February 2012) under Section IV – Application Review Information. 2. Incorporated New Standard Provisions: Condoms (Assistance) (September 2014) and Prohibition on the Promotion or Advocacy of the Legalization or Practice of Prostitution or Sex Trafficking (Assistance) (September 2014) under Section VI – Award Administration Information and 3. Stated point of contact for this RFA under Section VII – Agency Contacts |
Sep 24, 2014 |
| Synopsis 3 | The purpose of this modification is to: post revised RFA, response to questions and extend the RFA closing date from October 14, 2014 to October 17, 2014. | |
| Synopsis 2 | This modification is to; post questions and answers, post revised RFA and extend the RFA closing date from October 14, 2014 to October 17, 2014 | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1