Emerging Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People Aging with HIV: Capacity-Building Provider

This notice (HRSA-22-027), announces the opportunity to apply for FY22 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part F: Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) funding for the Emerging Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People Aging with HIV: Capacity-Building Provider. This initiative will fund three components: a capacity-building provider (HRSA-22-027), demonstration sites (HRSA-22-028), and an evaluation provider (HRSA-22-029). All three components of the initiative will work together using the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) implementation science framework to conduct the following activities simultaneously: • Implement emerging strategies that comprehensively screen and manage comorbidities, geriatric conditions, behavioral health, and psychosocial needs of people 50 years and older with HIV; • Assess the uptake and integration of emerging strategies; • Understand implementation processes including assessing specific implementation strategies; • Understand and document broader contextual factors affecting implementation; • Evaluate the impact of the emerging strategies; and • Document and disseminate the emerging strategies.

Eligible applicants include entities eligible for funding under RWHAP Parts A - D of Title XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, including public and nonprofit private entities; state and local governments; academic institutions; local health departments; nonprofit hospitals and outpatient clinics; and community health centers receiving support under Section 330 of the PHS Act. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply

Marlene Matosky

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