The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $12,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. 
 
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support the Government of Sierra Leone to accelerate progress to achieve epidemic control in line with UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 targets through direct service delivery and technical assistance to strengthen health systems and implementation of HIV treatment and care program. NOFO also seeks to build local capacity and partnerships to sustain progress towards epidemic control.

Objectives include:

• Strengthen technical and managerial capacity of national, district health management teams and civil society organizations (CSOs) to provide sustainable high-quality HIV care and treatment services.
• Address service delivery related barriers to antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation and retention for people living with HIV and members of populations of focus.
• Improve monitoring and evaluation systems and build the capacity for high-quality data collection, analysis, and use of strategic information related to HIV response at community, facility, district and national levels.
• Support national level policy, guidelines, advocacy, materials, and procurement for a comprehensive package of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services with optimized quality improvement and quality assurance (QI/QA) and related support services at facility level

Government

• Special district governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Public and Indian housing authorities
• State governments
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Miscellaneous

• Unrestricted

Nonprofit

• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
• Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
• Other Native American tribal organizations

Education

• Public and state institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Independent school districts

Business

• Small businesses
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses