PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
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The Grants, Solicitation, and Management program will assist USAID/Jamaica in making and managing small-sized sub-grants to local PVOs/NGOs in Jamaica and the Bahamas working in HIV Prevention. GSM in close collaboration with USAID/Jamaica will determine the scope of the solicitation and the selection criteria to be used for these procurements and the technical review process. GSM will perform cost analyses and determine whether potential grantees meet financial and other criteria to receive USAID funds and provide ongoing financial oversight of grantees. USAID will make the final determination on each award. The NGO strengthening program will involve a grants component along with targeted technical assistance and training.
The main objective of this activity is to build the financial, technical and management capacity of local PVOs/NGOs working in HIV Prevention to improve the quality and sustainability of HIV prevention services in Jamaica and the Bahamas. The Jamaican Ministry of Health has noted that the poor staffing and limited technical and administrative skills of local partners has greatly impeded the implementation of current Global Fund programs. They have requested PEPFARs assistance in strengthening the capacity of local partners so that both Global Fund and PEPFAR resources can be better used. This activity will support a number of CRPF goals, including sustainability, human capacity development, and improved HIV prevention programming. It is anticipated that this activity will help strengthen the overall health system and social services by building the knowledge and skills of the men and women who are working on the front lines of HIV prevention and care in the community.
The target population for this activity will be the staff of the selected local NGOs, all of whom will be working with most-at risk populations and people living with HIV. The local partners will report up to GSM their accomplishments and targets reached. USAID/Jamaica will be able to more clearly define the interventions, targets, and populations once the partners are selected.
In terms of cost-effectiveness, GSM has already developed tools and mechanisms to evaluate and select grantee organizations to assure their sustainability and viability for participation in projects and beyond. One of these tools is the Participatory Institutional Analysis Instrument specifically calibrated to measure the sophistication and development-stage of the organizations.
GSM will use a comprehensive performance management approach to analyze performance gaps within institutions, and to provide targeted interventions to address those gaps. Often termed Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD), this approach addresses the complete performance environment of an organization and its performers. It is a process that focuses on the organizational and workplace environment, and recommends and implements interventions to improve organizational performance as well as individual performance. This approach develops sustainable capacity so that organizations can implement prevention activities more effectively.
GSM's grants management approach includes hands-on training and intensive mentoring for grantees that outline compliance strategies, procurement of essential resources and services for institutional strengthening, and support for development of appropriate management information systems (MIS) to standardize data collection and analysis. This analysis and mentoring are essential elements in assuring grantees' sustainability throughout the project and beyond and in ensuring that donor goals are met under each award while simultaneously guaranteeing the growth and development of grantee organizations.
GSM will provide supportive supervision to each of the NGOs selected and will measure performance improvements over time. It is envisioned that the grants would be for 3 years and range in size from $25,000 - $75,000 a year, but contingent on satisfactory engagement, improvement, and results. Additional NGOs will be selected as funding allows with the anticipation of supporting 10 to 15 NGOs by Year 2.
The target population for this activity will be the staff of the selected local NGOs, all of whom will be working with most-at risk populations and people living with HIV. The local partners will report up to GSM their accomplishments and targets reached. USAID/Jamaica will be able to more clearly define the interventions, targets, and populations reached once the partners have been selected. Additional indicators will be developed to track the success of this program, such as number of staff trained in financial management.
