The U.S. Mission Kingston’s PEPFAR Coordination Office (PCO) is pleased to issue this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for their Small Grants Program.

PEPFAR awards a limited number of grants to non-governmental organizations and other civil society entities in support of initiating a Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) program. 

This Program is aimed at improving client-centered HIV services under the Ambassadors Small Grants Program (ASG).  These grants advance PEPFAR’s overarching goal of ending the HIV epidemic in Jamaica.  The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the U.S. government’s response to the global HIV epidemic and represents the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history.

Program Goals

• Improve client experiences and retention on HIV treatment by assessing services at treatment facilities in Jamaica.
• Drive action to address issues identified as barriers by PLHIV clients.
• Help to center PLHIV community perspectives and needs in HIV treatment.

Projects which may be funded should cover the following

Monitoring of all PEPFAR-supported HIV treatment sites in Jamaica, with details as follows:

• Assess all PEPFAR-supported HIV treatment sites in Jamaica at least twice during the grant period.  PEPFAR-supported sites are:
  • JASL Kingston, JASL St. Ann, JASL Montego Bay
  • CHARES
  • Comprehensive Health Centre
  • Cornwall Regional Hospital
  • Duncan’s Health Centre
  • Kingston Public Hospital
  • Lucea Health Centre
  • Mandeville Health Centre
  • May Pen Health Centre
  • Montego Bay Type 5
  • Port Maria Hospital
  • St. Ann’s Bay Health Centre
  • St. Jago Park Health Centre
  • Savanna La Mar Hospital.
• Develop survey to learn from PLHIV clients about their treatment experiences regarding the following three areas:
  • current operational procedures,
  • stigma and discrimination, and
  • the extent to which PLHIV are involved in the decision-making/planning process.
• Administer survey to at least twelve clients per site during each assessment.
• Examples of items to assess include – appointment systems, wait times, clinic hours, use of technology, treatment literacy, stigma and discrimination related to HIV status or status as a key population (KP), and opportunities for client support from PLHIV peers.
• By the end of each quarter, develop a report including:
  • Data / data analysis
  • Discussion of findings
  • Targeted recommendations for improving program structure
  • Action plan for the next quarter
• At the end of the project, provide a comprehensive report that covers:
  • Data / data analysis
  • Discussion of findings
  • Progress in addressing gaps identified in initial assessments
  • Next steps for community-led monitoring.

Funding Information

• Number of Awards anticipated:  One (1) award
• Award amount:  $35,000
• Total available funding: $35,000

Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are eligible to apply:

• Registered not-for-profit organizations including think tanks, civil society/non-governmental organizations, community-based groups, faith-based organizations, and groups of persons living with HIV. Organizations should have programming and/or project management experience.
• Organizations cannot be primary or secondary recipients of PEPFAR funding.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Jamaica.