High-Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Programs for Health Departments

The High-Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Programs for Health Departments is a grant opportunity that seeks to prevent new HIV infections and improve the health of those already affected by the disease. The grant aligns with the Division of HIV Prevention's (DHP’s) strategic focus areas, which include enhancing community involvement, promoting health equity, and adopting comprehensive approaches to HIV prevention.

The funding opportunity gives applicants the chance to develop their own HIV prevention and surveillance programs tailored to their specific regions, based on need and available resources. The unique aspect of this grant is its flexibility, allowing resources to be targeted to areas with the highest HIV incidence and the greatest needs.

Primary objectives of the grant include increasing knowledge of HIV status, reducing HIV transmission, preventing new infections, enhancing linkage to healthcare and viral suppression, and sustaining the elimination of perinatal transmission. The grant also focuses on enhancing surveillance and program data accuracy, timeliness, and completeness for effective public health action. Furthermore, it aims to bolster efforts to respond to clusters and outbreaks to improve services for communities experiencing rapid transmission.

Applicants may propose optional activities that support surveillance, prevention, demonstration projects, and data modernization based on funding availability. This grant also supports the integration of core prevention, surveillance, and Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) funding, enabling jurisdictions to align their resources with the geographic prevalence of HIV infections. This alignment is meant to maximize the effectiveness of federal HIV prevention funding while improving HIV data collection and utilization for public health initiatives.