HIV Early Intervention Services (EIS Program) Existing Geographic Service Areas (EISEGA)

 

This announcement solicits new and competing continuation applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS).  Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS) funds support outpatient HIV early intervention and primary care services targeted to low-income, medically underserved people living with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part C EIS Program is to provide HIV primary care in the outpatient setting. Applicants must propose to provide a comprehensive continuum of outpatient HIV primary care services in the designated service area including: 1) targeted HIV counseling, testing, and referral; 2) medical evaluation and clinical care; 3) other primary care services; and 4) referrals to other health services.  Primary care for persons with HIV disease should start as early in the course of the infection as possible.  However, entry into a Part C EIS program may take place at any point in the spectrum of the disease or the patient¿s lifespan.

Deleted 04/15/2014 (Archived.) HRSA-14-117 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Grant 11 https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=2d718c4b-c6e7-4b8e-90ad-25e5117ee122 This competition is open to existing Part C EIS grantees with project periods ending April 30, 2014, to new organizations proposing to replace a current grantee, and to applicants for open service areas as described in Appendix B.  New organizations who seek to replace current grantees must demonstrate that they will serve the existing patients, target populations, scope of services, and service areas currently served by the grantee they intend to replace.  Applicants must identify the grantee they intend to replace.  Eligible applicants may include State and local governments, their agencies, and Indian Tribes or tribal organizations with or without Federal recognition. Community-based and faith-based organizations are also eligible to apply. Applicants must be public entities and nonprofit private entities that are: a)   Federally-qualified health centers under section 1905(1)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act; b)   Grantees under section 1001 (regarding family planning) other than States; c)   Comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers; d)   Rural health clinics; e)   Health facilities operated by or pursuant to a contract with the Indian Health Service; f)   Community-based organizations, clinics, hospitals and other health facilities that provide early intervention services to those persons infected with HIV/AIDS through intravenous drug use; or g)  Nonprofit private entities that provide comprehensive primary care services to populations at risk of HIV/AIDS, including faith-based and community-based organizations. All applicants must document Medicaid provider status.  Applicants may document formal agreements with Medicaid providers for provision of all services covered under the Medicaid State plan.  This requirement may be waived for free clinics that do not impose a charge for health services and do not accept reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance.  All applicants must document that they are fully licensed to provide clinical services, as required by their State and/or local jurisdiction. Medicaid provider status and licensure must be in place prior to submitting an application. 02/14/2014 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
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