Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health

 

To promote program and systems innovation, policy and performance management, and strategic communications that will advance improvement for key issues in women's health. Programs will use evidence-based methodologies to support model programs, inform and advance policies, and educate the public and professionals. Evaluation and outcomes reporting will be integral activities.

Active 93.088 Office of The Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Not applicable. 42 U.S.C. 300u-2
42 U.S.C. 301u-1
42 U.S.C. 301u-3
42 U.S.C. 237a Nonprofit organizations may be required to provide evidence of tax-exempt status. When projects involve the collaborative efforts of more than one organization or require the use of services or facilities not under the direct control of the applicant, written assurances of specific support or agreements may be required from the affected parties. All women and girls, adults and children, including those underserved and minority populations, usually residing in the U.S., including Bone Fide territories, cities, and islands. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. To apply, applicants must access the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) thru www.grants.gov. Enter the Assistance Listing number and follow the website instructions. Applications submitted after the deadlines will not be accepted for review. The submission deadline will not be extended. Applications which do not conform to the requirements of the NOFO will be deemed ineligible and not reviewed. Applications may only be submitted electronically via www.grants.gov. Any applications submitted via any other means of electronic communication, including facsimile or electronic mail, will not be accepted for review. Final award recommendations will be made by the head of the program office to the Grants Management Officer, using information from the independent merit review panel and the Federal staff reviews. Following a risk assessment as required by 45 CFR part 75, the Grants Management Officer may issue awards. Funded organizations receive a Notice of Award that includes all of the details of their award, and are assigned to a project officer from the program office and a Grants Management Specialist from the OASH Grants and Acquisitions Management Division. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 60 to 90 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. An independent review panel evaluates applications that pass the screening and meet the responsiveness criteria in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). These reviewers are experts in their fields, and are drawn from academic institutions, non-profit organizations, state and local government, and Federal government agencies. Based on the Application Review Criteria as outlined in the NOFO, the reviewers will comment on and rate the applications, focusing their comments and rating decisions on the identified criteria. In addition to the independent review panel, Federal staff will review each application for programmatic, budgetary, and grants management compliance. Funds may be used to implement evidence-based strategies to achieve the HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH) program objectives. Applicants should identify, test, evaluate and promote effective, sustainable programs, policies and strategic communications for women and girls. Funds are to support reasonable program purposes including staffing, supplies, and services. Performance Reports: Submission of data to a central program performance monitoring platform may be required as part of an award. See Notice of Funding Opportunity for details. Audit requirements are specified in 45 CFR part 75, which substantially mirror those found in 2 CFR part 200. HHS and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives, shall have the right of access to any books, documents, papers, or other records of a recipient, subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor, which are pertinent to the HHS grant, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts. In accordance with 45 CFR 75.361, grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the end of a project period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Awards are generally funded in 12-month budget period(s). Awards generally have a period of performance of 1 to 3 years, but may be up to 5 years. Support beyond the first year is contingent upon acceptable evidence of satisfactory progress, availability of funds, continuing program relevance, and best interests of the government. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Recipients are notified of an award by Notice of Award (NoA) issued by the grants management officer. The NoA will contain instructions for drawing funds electronically from the HHS Payment Management System. In drawing funds from the award, the recipient certifies compliance with the terms of the award and designates whether the draw is a reimbursement or advance. Recipients are notified of an award via a Notice of Award (NoA) from the Grants Management Officer. An NoA will contain instructions for drawing funds from the HHS Payment Management System. Award recipients must certify each drawdown as either an advance or reimbursement. Recipients will receive funds via electron funds transfer (EFT). Office on Women's Health, DHHS 1101 Wotton Parkway, Plaza Level Rockville, MD 20852 Telephone 202-690-7650 Duane Barlow
1101 Wootton Parkway, Plaza Level
Rockville, MD 20852 US
duane.barlow@hhs.gov
Phone: (240) 453-8822 http://www.womenshealth.gov 75-0120-0-1-550 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$14,411,148.00; FY 23 est $15,340,000.00; FY 24 est $15,340,000.00; FY 21$10,500,000.00; FY 20$8,743,416.00; FY 18$6,175,415.00; FY 19 est $7,061,178.00; - Awards typically range from $300,000 to$1,000,000 per year. 45 CFR part 75 Not applicable.