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.

The Ambassadors Small Grants Fund for HIV/AIDS (ASGF) run by State serves as an opportunity to engage small indigenous organizations the Malawi PEPFAR program may miss through other USG programs. The ASGF serves to address pressing interventions particularly for HIV/AIDS prevention and care and support to People with Disabilities (PWDs), including Children with Disabilities and their parents who are affected by HIV or who live in the high HIV prevalence area. Malawi has approximately 500,000 People with Disabilities and their access in HIV services is low. The projects should (1) Guarantee disabled people’s equitable access to HIV prevention, treatment and care services; or (2) Increase disabled people’s access to and control of strategic and protective health, social and economic assets which assist in preventing and mitigating the effect of HIV/AIDS. Under oversight of Ambassador, the PEPFAR office at State manages the ASGF, through annual new solicitation, selection and awarding of the grant recipients, monitoring and reporting during the SAPR and APR. Grant recipients will be selected through competitive process using predefined criteria. Eventhough PWDs are spread throughout the country, applicants from rural areas will be prioritized. Grants will be one-time contribution of $10,000 for their community program, not for the staff salary or major admin cost. Grant recipients submit quarterly financial and technical reports, which will be supplemented by semi-annual visits by PEPFAR office. As the projects are on one year cycle, any pipelines will be used for the following grants cycle.

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.