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.
SUMMARY: In collaboration with the South African Department of Social Development (DOSD), PEPFAR funds will be used to co-fund activities that support the protection and care of OVC. This activity will focus on co- funding and supporting programs that the DOSD would like to scale up as well as activities that encourage and entrench collaboration between partners across the entire spectrum of services areas.
A service provider to implement this activity will be selected in March 2010. USAID will expand its collaboration and partnering with the South Africa Department of Social Development in areas that promote the well-being of OVC and will seek to co-fund activities that support the protection and care of OVC. This new activity will reach more children in need of care, support and improve their access to essential services.
ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS: PEPFAR support will include:
• Exploring opportunities for co-funding programs and technical activities. • Continuation of efforts to develop an OVC Quality Improvement Program for OVC service in South Africa. This support may include monitoring stakeholders implementation of National Quality Standards for the protection, care and support of orphans and vulnerable children. • Partnerships with local level faith based organizations and community based organizations and provision of technical support to build the capacity of local organizations will be a major focus. • The program will be implemented in all nine provinces, with a major emphasis on the provinces with the highest OVC burden, (Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng). • Activities will focus on a variety of Child Protection interventions; • Making general health care accessible; including reproductive health, counseling and testing, monitoring of immunization status and general health of children. • Psychosocial care: Psycho-social support will be provided through short-term holiday camps, kids' clubs, after-school programs, counseling programs, succession planning, family conferencing, memory work and
life skills training. In addition workshops to equip caregivers with the skills and knowledge to organize structured after school care programs that respond to the physical, emotional and social needs of children and implement them according to national guidelines for early childhood and after school care programs will be supported. • General education: These activities will promote school registration, homework support, reading lessons, monitoring school attendance and performance. HIV prevention education will be major component covering topics such as reproductive health, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, communication skills, substance abuse, responsible adulthood, dealing with peer pressure and behavior change and strengtherning decision making skills. • Vocational training: Activities included in this type of support include youth career guidance workshops and links to employment, tertiary education opportunities, skills development and small business training. • Economic opportunity/strengthening: These activities promote economic self-sufficiency at OVC household and community level.
This support will be aligned to achieve the objective of several South African policy frameworks, including the HIV&AIDS and STI National Strategic Plan 2007-2011, the National Action Plan for OVC and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV and AIDS ((NAPOVC), the National Guidelines for Social Services to Children Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS and is rooted in conducting all activities in line with the new Children's Act (CA).
