Opportunity Information: Apply for WH HPP 12 002
Apply for WH HPP 12 002
- The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY12 HIV Prevention for Women Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands." and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.015 HIV Prevention Programs for Women.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 9, 2012 and posted on May 9, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 11, 2012 Refer to the grant announcement regarding application submission requirements, dates and times.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible Applicants must meet all of the following criteria 1. Applicant entity based in priority area St. Croix and St. Thomas. 2. Organizations with a history of serving Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean women, rural women, poor women, and women living with HIV/AIDS or whose lifestyles place them at high risk for HIV/STD infection. Eligible entities may include non profit community based organizations, faith based organizations, national organizations, colleges and universities, clinics and hospitals, research institutions, State and local government agencies, tribal government agencies and tribal/urban Indian organizations.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY12 HIV Prevention for Women Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number WH HPP 12 002) is a discretionary federal funding program administered under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, with a focus on HIV prevention and overall wellness for women and girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Structured as a cooperative agreement, the program is designed to strengthen community-level prevention and support activities on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix by funding eligible organizations that can deliver culturally informed, gender-specific, multi-level interventions. The core purpose is twofold: to provide accurate, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention information and to promote healthy behaviors that support both mental and physical health, ultimately increasing knowledge and reducing HIV risk among women in the territory.
The grant sets clear, territory-specific outcomes. At the community level, it aims to increase awareness of HIV and STD prevalence and prevention across the USVI. At the direct service level, it requires delivery of gender-specific prevention education to at least 150 women and/or teenage girls on St. Thomas and at least 150 women and/or teenage girls on St. Croix. Program objectives emphasize practical prevention impact: improving participants understanding of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, helping participants identify personal and situational risk behaviors while building self-protective skills, increasing awareness of the importance of knowing ones HIV status, increasing voluntary HIV/STD testing among participants reached through prevention education, and expanding outreach and health promotion activities across the islands.
Applicants are expected to build their approach on local evidence and to show that they understand the specific context of women in the USVI. A key early requirement is to review and incorporate relevant data on HIV incidence and related trends among women, using credible sources such as U.S. Census data, CDC surveillance reports, and other national health statistics systems (for example, the National Center for Health Statistics and similar datasets). This data-driven needs assessment is meant to guide program design, highlight local challenges, and clarify how social and structural conditions contribute to risk and vulnerability. The funded organization must then translate this understanding into a practical outreach model tailored to the USVI, showing sensitivity to culture and language and addressing gender-specific social determinants of health.
A central component of the work is selection and implementation of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for women. The opportunity specifically calls for interventions that address vulnerabilities and high-risk dynamics that often affect women and girls, including communication and negotiating skills, assertiveness, relationship dynamics, isolation and loneliness, concurrent partnerships, depression and other mental health concerns, intimate partner violence and sexual assault, substance use, and major access barriers such as childcare, transportation, confidentiality concerns, poverty, illiteracy, and financial dependence. The application is expected to include complete curricula and implementation details, including topics and content, facilitator guides, participant workbooks, evaluation tools, and pre- and post-assessment instruments. Applicants also need to spell out the delivery format, such as number of sessions, session length, and the overall timeline, along with training plans and teaching strategies (for example, interactive exercises, facilitated discussions, lectures, videos, or peer-led components). Because sustained participation is often a challenge in multi-session programs, the announcement also asks for retention strategies, including whether incentives will be used and how participants will be kept engaged.
Beyond education, the program is intended to move women toward concrete prevention services and care. Grantees must coordinate HIV counseling and testing for women who do not know their status and ensure that women who test positive are linked to medical care and other supportive services. To make that possible, the grant expects strong local partnerships formalized through Memoranda of Understanding with entities such as territorial or local health departments, social services, small businesses, and community- and faith-based organizations. These partnerships should support referral coordination for counseling, STD/HIV testing, well-woman screenings, additional social service needs, and logistical support that helps women overcome common barriers to accessing care.
Accountability and knowledge-sharing are built into the award. Grantees must conduct a local performance evaluation using specified indicators and metrics, demonstrating progress toward outreach, education, testing, and linkage-to-care objectives. The program also requires dissemination of lessons learned: at minimum, two abstracts must be submitted for presentation at local, territorial, or national conferences, and one White Paper must be drafted for presentation to OWH staff and partners, highlighting best practices, program lessons, and practical next steps based on the USVI experience. To support continued improvement and alignment with broader public health priorities, the grantee is encouraged (though not strictly required) to attend at least one national, regional, or state HIV/AIDS conference to stay current on evolving prevention strategies and national priorities.
Funding details reflect a modest, targeted initiative with a small number of awards. The program anticipated making two awards, with an award floor of $100,000 and a ceiling of $200,000, and it did not require cost sharing or matching funds. The opportunity was posted May 9, 2012, and closed June 11, 2012, with an archive date of July 11, 2012. It falls under CFDA 93.015, HIV Prevention Programs for Women, and supports health-focused programming rather than clinical research alone.
Eligibility is focused on organizations with deep local presence and demonstrated experience serving populations most affected or at risk. Applicants had to be based in the priority areas of St. Croix or St. Thomas and have a history of serving Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean women, rural women, poor women, and women living with HIV/AIDS or women whose circumstances place them at higher risk for HIV/STD infection. A wide range of entity types could apply, including nonprofit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, national organizations, colleges and universities, clinics and hospitals, research institutions, state and local government agencies, and tribal or urban Indian organizations, as long as they met the location and experience requirements.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a comprehensive community prevention initiative that combines culturally grounded outreach, structured evidence-based education, expanded HIV testing and linkage to care, formal partnership networks, rigorous performance evaluation, and real-world dissemination of results. It is not limited to awareness messaging; it expects measurable engagement with women and girls on both St. Thomas and St. Croix and requires applicants to address the social and practical barriers that often determine whether prevention knowledge translates into safer behaviors and improved health outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the FY12 HIV Prevention for Women Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands grant opportunity?
This is a discretionary federal funding opportunity focused on HIV prevention and overall wellness for women and girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). It is administered under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and is intended to strengthen community-level prevention and support activities on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this program?
The Funding Opportunity Number is WH HPP 12 002.
What type of award is this?
The program is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the funded work is expected to be carried out with a level of coordination and accountability consistent with cooperative agreements (including required evaluation and dissemination components described in the opportunity).
What is the main purpose of the program?
The core purpose is twofold: (1) provide accurate, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention information and (2) promote healthy behaviors that support both mental and physical health. The overall intent is to increase knowledge and reduce HIV risk among women in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Which islands or locations does the program focus on?
The work is focused on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What outcomes does the grant require at the community level?
At the community level, the program aims to increase awareness of HIV and STD prevalence and prevention across the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Are there required minimum numbers of people to be served?
Yes. The program requires delivery of gender-specific prevention education to at least 150 women and/or teenage girls on St. Thomas and at least 150 women and/or teenage girls on St. Croix.
Who is the intended population for services?
The program targets women and teenage girls in the USVI. The eligibility section emphasizes experience serving Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean women, rural women, poor women, and women living with HIV/AIDS or women whose circumstances place them at higher risk for HIV/STD infection.
What are the key program objectives for participants?
Objectives include improving understanding of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, helping participants identify personal and situational risk behaviors while building self-protective skills, increasing awareness of the importance of knowing one’s HIV status, increasing voluntary HIV/STD testing among participants reached through prevention education, and expanding outreach and health promotion activities across the islands.
Does the program require a data-driven needs assessment?
Yes. Applicants are expected to review and incorporate relevant data on HIV incidence and related trends among women and use that information to guide program design and explain local challenges and contributing social/structural conditions.
What data sources are specifically mentioned as credible for the needs assessment?
Examples named include U.S. Census data, CDC surveillance reports, and other national health statistics systems such as the National Center for Health Statistics and similar datasets.
What kind of intervention approach is expected?
The opportunity calls for culturally informed, gender-specific, multi-level interventions that are tailored to the USVI context and sensitive to culture and language, while addressing gender-specific social determinants of health.
Is an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention required?
Yes. A central component is the selection and implementation of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for women.
What issues and vulnerabilities should the intervention address?
The opportunity specifically highlights factors that can affect women and girls, including communication and negotiating skills, assertiveness, relationship dynamics, isolation and loneliness, concurrent partnerships, depression and other mental health concerns, intimate partner violence and sexual assault, substance use, and access barriers such as childcare, transportation, confidentiality concerns, poverty, illiteracy, and financial dependence.
What program materials and documentation are expected in the application?
Applicants are expected to include complete curricula and implementation details, including topics and content, facilitator guides, participant workbooks, evaluation tools, and pre- and post-assessment instruments.
Do applicants need to describe how the intervention will be delivered?
Yes. The application should spell out the delivery format, including number of sessions, session length, and the overall timeline, as well as training plans and teaching strategies (such as interactive exercises, facilitated discussions, lectures, videos, or peer-led components).
Are retention strategies expected for multi-session programming?
Yes. Because sustained participation can be difficult in multi-session programs, the announcement asks for retention strategies, including whether incentives will be used and how participants will be kept engaged.
Does the program include HIV testing and linkage to care requirements?
Yes. Grantees must coordinate HIV counseling and testing for women who do not know their status and ensure that women who test positive are linked to medical care and other supportive services.
Are local partnerships required?
Yes. The grant expects strong local partnerships formalized through Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs).
What kinds of partners are encouraged for MOUs?
Examples include territorial or local health departments, social services, small businesses, and community- and faith-based organizations.
What should partnerships support in practice?
Partnerships should support referral coordination for counseling, STD/HIV testing, well-woman screenings, additional social service needs, and logistical support to help women overcome barriers to accessing care.
Is performance evaluation required?
Yes. Grantees must conduct a local performance evaluation using specified indicators and metrics to demonstrate progress toward outreach, education, testing, and linkage-to-care objectives.
Are there dissemination requirements (sharing results and lessons learned)?
Yes. At minimum, two abstracts must be submitted for presentation at local, territorial, or national conferences. In addition, one White Paper must be drafted for presentation to OWH staff and partners that highlights best practices, program lessons, and practical next steps based on the USVI experience.
Is conference attendance required?
Attendance is encouraged, though not strictly required. The grantee is encouraged to attend at least one national, regional, or state HIV/AIDS conference to stay current on evolving prevention strategies and national priorities.
How many awards were anticipated?
The program anticipated making two awards.
What is the funding range for an individual award?
The award floor was $100,000 and the award ceiling was $200,000.
Is cost sharing or matching funds required?
No. The opportunity did not require cost sharing or matching funds.
What are the key dates for this opportunity?
The opportunity was posted May 9, 2012, and closed June 11, 2012. The archive date was July 11, 2012.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
This opportunity falls under CFDA 93.015, HIV Prevention Programs for Women.
Is this grant meant to support clinical research only?
No. The opportunity supports health-focused programming and expects measurable community outreach, structured prevention education, testing coordination, linkage to care, partnerships, evaluation, and dissemination rather than being limited to clinical research alone.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility focused on organizations with a deep local presence and demonstrated experience serving populations most affected or at risk. Applicants had to be based in the priority areas of St. Croix or St. Thomas and have a history of serving specified populations of women (including Black, Hispanic, Caribbean, rural, poor, and women living with HIV/AIDS or at higher risk).
What types of organizations could apply?
A wide range of entity types could apply, including nonprofit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, national organizations, colleges and universities, clinics and hospitals, research institutions, state and local government agencies, and tribal or urban Indian organizations, as long as they met the location and experience requirements.
What does it mean that the program must be tailored to the USVI context?
It means applicants are expected to demonstrate an understanding of local conditions affecting women in the USVI, use credible data to identify needs and drivers of risk, and translate that understanding into a practical outreach model that is culturally and linguistically sensitive and gender-specific.
What is meant by "multi-level interventions" in this opportunity?
Based on the description provided, it refers to interventions that go beyond basic awareness messaging by combining education, skills-building, outreach, testing coordination, linkage to care, partnership-driven referrals, and barrier-reduction supports that influence whether prevention knowledge becomes safer behavior and improved health outcomes.
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