Girls Education - Strengthen Family and Community Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-656-14-000001 Opportunity Category: OtherFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 98.001Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: USAID-MOZClosing Date: May 07, 2014Award Ceiling: $15,864,752Expected Number of Awards: 7Creation Date: Mar 20, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The main goal of the USAID/Mozambique’s “Strengthening Family and Community Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children” (SFCS-OVC) activity is to reduce the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on OVC and their caregivers. The overall objective is to enhance the capacity of families and communities to support, protect, and care for OVC and caregivers. The activity will take a family-centered approach and offer a set of services that will strengthen families and communities to help OVC transition from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood, ensuring that they are AIDS-free, healthy, educated, and prepared to contribute to Mozambique’s development. The intermediate results of the activity are: 1) Strengthened coordination and harmonization of care, protection and support services for OVC households at the district and community level; 2) Increased access to education and improved learning outcomes for OVC; 3) Increased access to healthc...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding