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.
Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
Community Grants (CG) supports health system strengthening to grass-root Community and Faith Based organizations (CBOs) that provided critical services to People Living with HIV /AIDS and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), throughout South Africa with an emphasis on hard to reach and under serviced peri-urban and rural communities. Coordinators strive to link CBOs with larger PEPFAR partners and SAG entities to build capacity and ensure project sustainability. Organizations providing services and community awareness activities must either partner with local clinics, social workers or schools.
Coordinators monitor programs and outcomes through frequent emails, phone calls and site visits. Coordinators evaluate the quality of services provided through direct observation, review of financial and beneficiary logs, conversations with clinics, local SAG counterparts, and meetings with careworkers and beneficiaries.
CG implement cost efficient mechanisms by grouping visits to potential recipients, combining workshops, networking with public and private entities to provide training and commodities. We seek adaptable CBOs able to deliver services efficiently which reduces losses due to incompetence, misunderstanding or poor procedures.
Coordinators vet applicants and interview potential recipients by phone and a site visit. Projects are reviewed by Country Coordinator, Grants Officer, local review committees, a technical Mission Health Committee and the Ambassador. Once awarded, recipients receive training on implementation, expenditure documentation and documentation of beneficiaries based on PEPFAR’s indicators. This training aims to increase accountability and create stronger SAG partners to transition from direct USG funding support to a NGO-SAG relationship.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
