Fostering Collaboration Across Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs (RWHAPs) to Engage People with HIV in Care | HRSA 26 014

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Fostering Collaboration Across Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs (RWHAPs) to Engage People with HIV in Care is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) cooperative agreement designed to tighten coordination across the different parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program within selected states, with the practical aim of finding people with HIV who are not currently in care and helping jurisdictions bring them into sustained HIV treatment. The core idea is that many communities already have pieces of the solution spread across RWHAP Parts A, B, C, D, and the Part F AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs), but those pieces are not always aligned in a way that consistently reaches people who have fallen out of care. By strengthening collaboration, mapping resources, and turning plans into specific joint actions, the opportunity supports state and local goals tied to Ending the HIV Epidemic efforts and to each jurisdiction's Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan, including the Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need (SCSN).

The award will fund one organization to serve as a technical assistance (TA) provider. That TA provider is responsible for planning and coordinating statewide convenings in eight states, bringing together leaders and implementers from the major RWHAP components (Parts A, B, C, and D, plus Part F AETCs). The convening model is meant to be flexible and responsive: the TA provider can use a mix of virtual preparatory meetings and an in-person statewide meeting, depending on what local recipients need to make the work productive. A key expectation is that high-level state stakeholders, such as state health officers, will be invited into the process so the resulting plan has stronger support, faster decision-making, and a clearer path to implementation across agencies and systems.

A major deliverable for each state is a comprehensive asset map that identifies existing resources and services, gaps, and potential new partners that could help reach out-of-care populations. This mapping is not just an inventory; it is intended to surface where collaboration could unlock underused capacity, reduce duplication, improve referral pathways, and connect HIV service systems with other sectors that influence care engagement (for example, community-based organizations, tribal organizations, faith-based organizations, training and clinical workforce supports through AETCs, and other local service providers). Using that asset map and the convening discussions, participants will develop a concrete action plan that lays out specific steps to locate, re-engage, and retain people with HIV who are not currently receiving ongoing HIV medical care.

State selection will be driven by unmet need data, with particular attention to states that are not receiving Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative funds. The rationale is both public health and equity-focused: improving engagement in care and increasing viral suppression reduces HIV transmission because people who are virally suppressed do not transmit HIV sexually, and the notice highlights that a large share of new infections is associated with people with HIV who are not yet successfully engaged in care. In other words, the work is framed as a systems-level strategy to reduce preventable infections by strengthening care engagement and continuity, not simply as a planning exercise.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary HRSA opportunity (CFDA 93.145) offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning HRSA will likely have substantial involvement in shaping and overseeing the project as it is carried out. The opportunity number is HRSA-26-014. HRSA expects to make one award, with a ceiling of $1,500,000. The original closing date listed is 2025-11-17, and the opportunity was created on 2025-09-15.

Eligibility is broad and includes national organizations; state, local, and Indian tribal governments; institutions of higher education; other non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations); and academic health science centers. In practice, the successful applicant will need to demonstrate they can operate as a high-capacity TA provider: convening and facilitating multi-part stakeholder groups, producing usable resource and partner maps, coordinating across multiple states and RWHAP parts, and guiding the development of action plans that are specific enough to implement and track, while still tailored to the realities of each state and the out-of-care populations most affected there.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fostering Collaboration Across Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs (RWHAPs) to Engage People with HIV in Care" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.145.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-11-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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