Enhancing national STD/HIV prevention efforts by promoting holistic, comprehensive, and evidence-informed health and wellness approaches through strategic partnerships | CDC RFA PS17 1708

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA PS17 1708

This funding opportunity (CDC RFA PS17-1708) is a discretionary cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), designed to strengthen national STD and HIV prevention by supporting the National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH). The core idea behind the award is to push prevention efforts beyond a narrow, disease-by-disease model and instead promote a more holistic, integrated health and wellness approach that explicitly includes sexual health. In practice, the CDC is looking to accelerate progress on STD/HIV prevention by helping NCSH advance frameworks that normalize sexual health as part of overall well-being, encourage informed and ongoing conversations, and increase the availability and use of high-quality sexual health information and services across the United States.

The opportunity centers on strategic partnerships and coalition-building. NCSH is expected to continue expanding and maintaining a nationally representative coalition made up of diverse organizations that play meaningful roles in sexual health and STD/HIV prevention. That includes not only traditional public health and clinical stakeholders, but also other sectors that influence education, communications, service delivery, and community norms. The work involves leading and facilitating the coalition itself, convening partners and action groups, and organizing collaborative efforts that translate shared priorities into practical products, messaging, and coordinated activities. A key emphasis is sustaining momentum at the national level so the coalition remains active, relevant, and productive over time rather than operating as a short-term campaign.

Beyond partnership management, the FOA highlights several concrete categories of work. The coalition is expected to carry out programmatic activities and evaluation activities, indicating that CDC wants both implementation and measurement, not just convenings or awareness-raising. Communications is another major component: dissemination and promotion of coalition products, along with maintaining and updating coalition websites, are explicitly called out. The action groups are meant to function as working bodies that can leverage the coalition’s collective expertise to advance sexual health through evidence-informed tools, resources, and coordinated outreach, thereby supporting STD/HIV prevention goals in a way that resonates with broader health and wellness conversations.

While STD and HIV prevention are the central focus, the FOA makes clear that a holistic sexual health approach also supports other public health priorities. It notes relevance to viral hepatitis prevention and control, improved reproductive health (including prevention of teen and unplanned pregnancy), and the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. The underlying logic is that improving sexual health literacy, strengthening access to appropriate services, and promoting healthy relationships and communication can produce benefits across multiple interconnected outcomes, rather than treating each issue in isolation.

In terms of alignment with national priorities, the program explicitly ties to Healthy People 2020 focus areas, particularly Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, and Public Health Infrastructure. That framing signals an intent to improve not only individual-level outcomes, but also the systems, partnerships, and communication infrastructure that make prevention efforts more effective and scalable nationwide.

Eligibility and administrative details are relatively specific. Only domestic institutions or organizations are eligible; foreign institutions are not eligible, and individuals cannot apply. Applications must be clearly tied to one or more CDC “Focus Areas of Programmatic Interest,” listed as HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, or TB prevention. Proposals that do not meet that requirement are considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed, so applicants are expected to explicitly map activities to at least one of those focus areas. The opportunity anticipates a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1), reinforcing that it is structured to support the coalition effort in a centralized way. The posted closing date was May 22, 2017, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 93.978. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically indicates the ceiling was not specified in the public summary or is determined through other budget guidance in the full FOA rather than being presented as a fixed maximum in the synopsis.

• The Centers for Disease Control - NCHHSTP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhancing national STD/HIV prevention efforts by promoting holistic, comprehensive, and evidence-informed health and wellness approaches through strategic partnerships" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.978.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-03-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-05-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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