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.
There is wide acceptance of the five key strategies for addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable
children that are presented in The Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and
Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS and Children on the Brink (2002). Economic
strengthening is an important component of the first three of these strategies (strengthening family
capacities, strengthening community capacities, and ensuring children's access to essential services). This
study is to be carried out in recognition of the importance of economic strengthening to these strategies.
Study Objective and Purpose.
The purpose of the study is to conduct a more rigorous impact assessment of economic strengthening
interventions that appear promising for scaling up and having a positive effect on orphans, and other
vulnerable children. Also, Assess cost-effectiveness Economic strengthening models taking into account the
economic level of households in which these children live, e.g. destitute, extremely poor and vulnerable to
being extremely poor. And also, provide strong evidence of the impact of certain approaches.
The objective of the study is to better inform programming for orphans, and other vulnerable children.
•Strengthen the economic capacity of vulnerable families and communities to provide more adequately for
their children's needs, and build the economic capacity of older children. Its purpose includes identifying
programs with economic strengthening interventions benefiting orphans and other vulnerable children, and
analyzing information on a sub-set of these programs
•Promote and facilitate linkages between current programs with economic strengthening activities benefiting
OVC and potential economic strengthening collaborators. The facilitation includes training on techniques for
identifying market demand, market competition, and establishing linkages with potential formal and informal
sector customers
The study broadly will consider "economic strengthening" activities and services that include the following:
1.Financial, such as savings and loans, and grants to individuals and households
2.Technical and skills training, such as agriculture, vocational training and apprenticeships
3.Asset protection and building, such as legal protection to children and widows and grants for community-
based asset building
4.Income generating activities, and Other, such as market linkages and improved technologies
Outcomes of the study
Identification of economic strengthening models that are suitable for OVC household economic situation.
Identification of good measures for classification of households and children in them, which can be
incorporated into program monitoring and evaluation systems,
•A better understanding of the effectiveness of certain approaches vis a vis certain types of households and
children (based on the classification system)
•Provide strong evidence of the impact of certain economic strengthening models, and better understanding
of best practices.
•This result should lead to identifying activities for scaling up and provide strong evidence for advocating for
more funds for economic strengthening to benefit orphans and vulnerable children.
