USAID/Nigeria has issued a request inviting grant applications from interested organizations for funding through a Cooperative Agreement to expand care and support services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in selected states in Nigeria. The program specifically aims to strengthen institutional and technical capacity of State and Local Government in providing integrated comprehensive care to OVC and their families.
Objectives
To improve the well being of OVC and caregivers through a sustainable, comprehensive and coordinated program. Specifically the objectives are:
- Strengthen institutional and technical capacity of State and Local Government to provide, manage and monitor integrated comprehensive care to OVC and their families
- Strengthen organizational and technical capacity of civil societies to manage OVC programs
- Increase caregivers access to Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Resources
- Increase OVC households access to nutrition and food security resources
Funds Available
Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to allocate a total of up to $32.5 million dollars to each of the two Cooperative Agreements for the two identified regions (Region 1 and Region 2) where a significant amount of the funding is expected to pass through to the grantees over a five-year period.
Award Schedule
It is anticipated that the two Cooperative Agreements will be awarded for a period of five years beginning o/a April 01, 2012. The Cooperative Agreements will be incrementally funded by USAID/Nigeria, subject to the availability of funds.
Program Activities
– Strengthened Capacity of State and Local Government to provide manage and monitor integrated comprehensive care to OVC and their families
-> Strengthening the Organizational Capacity for States/LGAs
-> Strengthening Technical Capacity of State and LGAs
– Sub-Granting/Sub-Grant Management
– Strengthening Civil Society Organizational Capacity
-> Strengthening the Technical Capacity for Local Sub-Grantees
-> Increasing Access to Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Resources
-> Increasing Access to Nutrition and Food Security Resources
Last date for submitting the applications is January 6, 2012.
For more information, visit this link and search by the Funding Opportunity Number RFA-620-11-012.
