Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants - Alaska (Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna and Sitka) | PA FPH 16 012

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This grant opportunity, titled "Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants - Alaska (Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna and Sitka)" (Funding Opportunity Number PA FPH 16 012), is a discretionary federal grant under CFDA 93.217 administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. It is part of the Title X family planning program and is intended to support organizations that will establish and operate voluntary family planning service projects in the named Alaska service areas. The core purpose is to make family planning services available to anyone who wants them, while giving priority to people from low-income families, consistent with Title X statutory requirements.

Eligible applicants are public and private nonprofit entities, particularly those operating at the local or regional level, because Title X allows these organizations to apply directly to the Secretary for funding. The projects funded through this announcement are expected to deliver a full range of family planning services, which includes clinical family planning and related preventive health services, along with education, information, and counseling tied to family planning. Where appropriate, projects are also expected to provide referral services so clients can access additional care beyond what the project directly delivers.

A key theme in the announcement is service coverage and the applicant's capacity to meet community needs across the anticipated service area. Applications that plan to rely on partner organizations or contractors to deliver services are not ruled out, but they are evaluated with special attention to how convincingly the applicant shows it can still ensure required services are provided and that the overall project will effectively reach and serve people most in need. In other words, the funder is looking for a clear, realistic plan that demonstrates the applicant can manage service delivery, maintain quality, and provide broad access in Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna, and Sitka.

If an applicant does not intend to provide all services directly, the announcement requires documentation of the process the applicant will use to make subawards available to qualified entities that are eligible to receive federal funds. This is essentially a requirement to show how the applicant will build out a service network and fairly offer opportunities to capable subrecipients, so services can be delivered throughout the region in a way that meets the needs of the people the project is supposed to benefit. The expectation is that the applicant will not only identify gaps and partners, but also explain the method it will use to select and oversee those partners to ensure program requirements are met.

Applicants are instructed to ground their proposals in the governing Title X legislation and applicable federal regulations, as well as legislative mandates and the program's operational guidance. The announcement specifically points applicants to the Title X Program Guidelines (issued in 2014), Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Policy Notices, and other priorities and key issues referenced in the notice and application package. Practically speaking, that means proposals should be designed to match Title X standards for client-centered, voluntary services; align with required program policies; and show an understanding of how Title X projects are expected to operate, document services, and maintain compliance.

From a funding perspective, the listed award ceiling is $329,000. The announcement also notes an expectation of 35 awards (as presented in the source data), and the original application closing date is April 1, 2016, with the opportunity created on October 23, 2015. Overall, this funding opportunity is aimed at strengthening or maintaining Title X-supported family planning access in specific Alaska communities by backing nonprofit or public entities that can directly provide services or competently coordinate a network of providers through documented subawards and referrals.

• The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants - Alaska (Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna and Sitka)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.217.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-10-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-04-01. (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 $329,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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