Slots: 1
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Friday, January 31st, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.
LOI: N/A
External Deadline: March 11, 2025
Award Information
Award Type: New
Estimated Number of Awards: 10
Anticipated Award Amount: $365,000 per Demonstration Site per year
Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/354785
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part F Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 to fund 10 organizations under the announcement Street Medicine Interventions for People with HIV who are Unsheltered – Demonstration Sites (HRSA-25-056).
Using an implementation science approach, the 10 demonstration sites will collaborate with each other and the Capacity Building Provider (HRSA-25-055) and Evaluation Provider (HRSA-25-057) within this initiative to adapt, document, evaluate, and disseminate street medicine interventions for people with HIV. For this initiative, street medicine is the provision of health services in unsheltered environments (e.g., on streets, under bridges, other public or open space) to people with HIV who are out of care or not consistently engaged in care and unstably housed and reside in unsheltered.
This field of medicine and public health response holds much promise to improve the health and quality of life of people with HIV. This improvement may be demonstrated through innovative approaches to assess needs to re-engage clients into prior HIV care, link others to HIV care provisions, offer access to antiretroviral therapy, and monitor the response for viral suppression, along with addressing other HIV primary care needs as identified. The initiative will identify the core program components, strategies to scale interventions, implementation within the context of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), and sustainable interventions in communities with variable resources. Additional priority populations are identified by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) (2022-2025), which are:
• Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, in particular Black, Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native men;
• Black women;
•Transgender women;
•Youth aged 13–24 years; and
•People who inject drugs.
The demonstrations sites will work with the Capacity Building Provider (HRSA-25-055) and Evaluation Provider (HRSA-25-057) to implement this initiative. HRSA encourages you to read and familiarize yourself with the program expectations of the companion NOFO.
The funded Demonstration Sites (HRSA-25-056) will:
•Participate with the Capacity Building Provider and Evaluation Provider to adapt, document, implement, evaluate, and disseminate street medicine interventions that effectively respond to the needs of people with HIV who are unsheltered.
•Make sure the interventions are equitable, inclusive, and client-centered, and incorporate the reduction of stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
•Create an interdisciplinary team consisting of medical, mental health, substance use, and social services staff who:
◦Are skilled and experienced in the needs and barriers experienced by people who are unsheltered,
◦Can swiftly respond with appropriate services and resources, and
◦Consider safety and environmental factors of the care delivery area.
•Participate with the Capacity Building Provider and Evaluation Provider in the activities outlined in the initiative’s communications and dissemination plan, including the creation of user-friendly, multimedia materials such as publications and implementation manuals.
•Participate in the initiative’s implementation science multi-site evaluation.
•Participate with the Capacity Building Provider and Evaluation Provider in all activities of the initiative including:
◦Evaluation,
◦Data collection,
◦Strategic planning meetings, and
◦The initiative’s multi-site meetings.
Review HRSA-25-055 Capacity Building Provider and HRSA-25-057 Evaluation Provider to understand the initiative activities.
HRSA expects that the recipients funded from these funding opportunities will work together to achieve the initiative goals and objectives.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.