Opportunity Information: Apply for SOL 611 12 000004
Apply for SOL 611 12 000004
- The Zambia USAID Lusaka in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Stamping Out and Preventing Gender Based Violence (STOP GBV) Survivor Support Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 15, 2012 and posted on Jan 20, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 20, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $7,900,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,900,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Stamping Out and Preventing Gender Based Violence (STOP GBV) Survivor Support Program is a USAID-funded, five-year cooperative agreement opportunity administered by the USAID Mission in Lusaka, Zambia. It is designed to help the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) advance its national goal of eliminating gender-based violence through a holistic, systematic, and comprehensive response that brings multiple sectors together rather than treating GBV as a single-agency issue. The program sits within USAID's health funding category and is structured to strengthen the full continuum of survivor support in Zambia, with an emphasis on improving both the availability of services and the likelihood that survivors can actually access and use them.
At the center of the program is a survivor-focused objective: increasing the availability and uptake of quality GBV services for both adults and children. The opportunity highlights three major categories of support that applicants are expected to strengthen and integrate. First are clinical services, which typically include timely medical care for survivors (for example, post-violence clinical management, treatment of injuries, and referral pathways). Second are psychological supports, reflecting the need for trauma-informed counseling and other mental health and psychosocial services that respond to the longer-term impacts of violence. Third are economic assistance services, recognizing that financial dependence and economic instability often trap survivors in unsafe situations; the program therefore anticipates efforts that help survivors stabilize economically, such as linkages to livelihoods support, skills-building, or other forms of economic empowerment aligned with survivor safety and choice. The overarching intent is not simply to add services, but to improve their quality and ensure survivors can reach them through functional, survivor-centered systems.
A notable feature of this opportunity is that it is also meant to strengthen local implementation capacity across the broader STOP GBV portfolio. In addition to direct survivor support, the Survivor Support Program is expected to build the capacity of local prime implementers involved in two related USAID efforts: the STOP GBV Prevention and Advocacy Program and the STOP GBV Access to Justice Program. In practical terms, this signals a coordinated strategy where prevention, justice, and survivor care are expected to reinforce each other. The survivor support award is therefore positioned not only as a service delivery investment, but also as a way to develop and bolster Zambian organizations that can lead and sustain GBV programming over time.
From a funding and competition standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued under Funding Opportunity Number SOL-611-12-000004. USAID anticipated making a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $7,900,000. The ceiling is also $7,900,000, while the award floor is $1,000,000, indicating USAID expected substantial proposals and a sizeable implementation footprint. The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies more substantial USAID involvement during implementation than a standard grant, often through collaboration on planning, monitoring, and key technical decisions. Cost sharing or matching is not required, lowering a common barrier for applicants.
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity was open to a wide range of entity types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full Request for Applications (RFA). The posting date was January 20, 2012, with the closing date set for February 20, 2012. USAID provided a point of contact for applicants who had trouble accessing the announcement electronically: Shahid Pervaiz, Senior Acquisition and Assistance Specialist at USAID Lusaka, with a listed phone number and business email.
Overall, the STOP GBV Survivor Support Program is framed as a comprehensive, multi-sectoral effort to improve the real-world support available to GBV survivors in Zambia, while simultaneously strengthening local leadership and coordination across prevention, advocacy, justice, and survivor services so that the national response becomes more effective, connected, and sustainable over the long term.
FAQs: STOP GBV Survivor Support Program (USAID Lusaka, Zambia)
What is the STOP GBV Survivor Support Program?
The Stamping Out and Preventing Gender Based Violence (STOP GBV) Survivor Support Program is a USAID-funded, five-year cooperative agreement opportunity administered by the USAID Mission in Lusaka, Zambia. It is intended to support the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) in advancing its national goal of eliminating gender-based violence (GBV) through a holistic, systematic, and comprehensive response.
Which USAID office is administering this opportunity?
The opportunity is administered by the USAID Mission in Lusaka, Zambia.
What is the primary goal of the program?
The program is designed to help advance Zambia's national goal of eliminating gender-based violence by strengthening a coordinated response that brings multiple sectors together rather than treating GBV as a single-agency issue.
What is the survivor-focused objective of this program?
The central survivor-focused objective is to increase the availability and uptake of quality GBV services for both adults and children.
Who are the intended beneficiaries (adults, children, or both)?
The opportunity emphasizes improving services for both adults and children who are GBV survivors.
What types of services are applicants expected to strengthen and integrate?
The opportunity highlights three major categories of survivor support that applicants are expected to strengthen and integrate: clinical services, psychological supports, and economic assistance services.
What does the opportunity mean by clinical services?
Clinical services typically include timely medical care for survivors, such as post-violence clinical management, treatment of injuries, and referral pathways.
What does the opportunity mean by psychological supports?
Psychological supports refer to trauma-informed counseling and other mental health and psychosocial services that respond to the longer-term impacts of violence.
What does the opportunity mean by economic assistance services?
Economic assistance services recognize that financial dependence and economic instability can trap survivors in unsafe situations. The program anticipates efforts that help survivors stabilize economically, such as linkages to livelihoods support, skills-building, or other forms of economic empowerment aligned with survivor safety and choice.
Is the program only about adding more services?
No. The stated intent is not simply to add services, but to improve service quality and ensure survivors can reach and use services through functional, survivor-centered systems.
How does the opportunity describe its overall approach to GBV?
It is framed as a holistic, systematic, and comprehensive response that connects multiple sectors, treating GBV as a cross-sector issue rather than a single-agency responsibility.
What funding category does this program fall under?
The program sits within USAID's health funding category.
What is meant by strengthening the "full continuum" of survivor support?
Based on the opportunity description, strengthening the full continuum refers to improving the availability, quality, integration, and real-world accessibility of clinical, psychological, and economic assistance services so survivors can effectively access and use them.
Does the award include a capacity-building component?
Yes. A notable feature is strengthening local implementation capacity across the broader STOP GBV portfolio, including building the capacity of local prime implementers involved in related USAID efforts.
Which related USAID efforts are expected to be supported through capacity building?
The Survivor Support Program is expected to build the capacity of local prime implementers involved in the STOP GBV Prevention and Advocacy Program and the STOP GBV Access to Justice Program.
How are prevention, justice, and survivor support expected to connect in this opportunity?
The opportunity signals a coordinated strategy in which prevention, justice, and survivor care are expected to reinforce each other, strengthening the overall national response.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON) for this announcement?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SOL-611-12-000004.
What is the instrument type for this award?
The instrument type is a cooperative agreement.
What does a cooperative agreement imply compared to a standard grant?
The opportunity notes that a cooperative agreement generally implies more substantial USAID involvement during implementation than a standard grant, often through collaboration on planning, monitoring, and key technical decisions.
How many awards did USAID anticipate making?
USAID anticipated making a single award.
What is the estimated total funding amount?
The estimated total funding amount is $7,900,000.
What are the award ceiling and floor?
The ceiling is $7,900,000 and the award floor is $1,000,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. Cost sharing or matching is not required.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to a wide range of entity types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full Request for Applications (RFA).
When was the opportunity posted?
The posting date was January 20, 2012.
What was the application closing date?
The closing date was February 20, 2012.
Who can applicants contact if they have trouble accessing the announcement electronically?
USAID provided a point of contact for applicants who had trouble accessing the announcement electronically: Shahid Pervaiz, Senior Acquisition and Assistance Specialist at USAID Lusaka, with a listed phone number and business email in the announcement.
What is the program trying to improve in terms of survivor access?
The program emphasizes improving both the availability of services and the likelihood that survivors can actually access and use them.
Where is the program intended to operate?
The program is focused on Zambia, in support of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and a strengthened national response to GBV.
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