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This document addresses some questions about funding opportunity announcement (FOA)   PS10-1057: Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI). The questions in this document are from potential applicants and the responses are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Please check this page frequently for updates.

General Questions

1. How is “Applicant” defined? Is “applicant” an individual, or an institution?
   

   For Part A and Part B, “Applicant” refers to a single organization or a coalition that will provide one singular application.

2. How are affiliates, constituents, or members being defined for the purposes of this FOA?
   

   These are all formal regional or local extensions of your national organization.

3. As a local health department applying for funding, how would we address some of the questions in the guidance that pertain to chapters/affiliates? For example: The question pertaining to the Expansion Phase asks the applicant to describe how applicant will increase the number of chapters and affiliates that are involved in HIV/AIDS mobilization activities. Would affiliates pertain to the other organizations that we partner with for HIV/AIDS activities?
   

   Chapters and affiliates refer to those local or satellite extensions of your organizations.

Budget and Budget Justification

1. Should organizations submit a five-year budget at a glance or submit a twelve-month budget?
   

   Applicants should submit a five-year budget period. The budget for each 12 month period (year) should not exceed $120,000.

Application Submission and Content

1. Does the application need to be submitted on June 9 or June 14?
   

   The application must be submitted by 5 PM EDT on June 14, 2010. You may, however, register and begin completing your application on www.grants.gov. Once you register you can complete and submit your application as many times as you like prior to the closing date of the application, but your final application must be submitted in grants.gov by 5PM EDT on June 14, 2010.

2. My institution plans to partner with community organizations and apply for this grant. Would I need to submit organizational information on the other organizations or should they be listed as partners within the application?
   

   The organizations should be listed as partners in the application. However there can only be one lead organization and only one application should be submitted on behalf of the coalition. Note that this coalition will have to be able to demonstrate national reach.

3. Our organization is part of two coalitions. Could we apply separately under both coalitions?
   

   Yes, ONLY if there is clear separation of the coalitions, for example, two distinct DUNS or EIN number.

4. The parent company of our organization is a 501(c)(4) organization, however an entity within the organization is not 501(c)(4) and has its own for-profit tax ID number. The entity will apply for this funding opportunity. Should the entity reference the parent company in the application?
   

   It is recommended that the parent company not be referenced in the application as the entity may be deemed non-responsive or deemed ineligible.

Eligibility

1. Is funding for Part A available only to organizations with subsidiaries in the continental United States?
   

   Yes. AAALI is part of the Act Against AIDS Campaign (AAAC) that is focused on the HIV epidemic in the United States. For this reason, funding will only be provided to applicants whose activities will be conducted in the U.S.

2. Are Community Based Organizations in Puerto Rico eligible to apply?
   

   Yes. Note that the organization must have national reach. We would encourage you then to work with other organizations to expand your national reach.

3. Are national organizations such as sororities and fraternities eligible to apply?
   

   Yes. This funding opportunity is for full and open competition so organizations that fit the criteria described in pages 25 - 27 are eligible to apply. Organizations can only apply for Part A or Part B. You cannot apply for both parts of the FOA.

4. We are an academic institution with several distinct academic campuses, each with an independent administrative structure; however we have only one EIN number. Does each campus submit a different application?
   

   Only one application can be submitted for either Part A or Part B; therefore only application can be submitted by the academic institution.

5. If an organization is applying under Part B, do they have to be a national organization with affiliates?
   

   For both Part A and B, we invite national organizations or organizations that have national reach to apply. Note that organizations that apply under Part B can be a coalition. For Part B then, organizations may partner to apply as a coalition so as to expand their national reach. If you choose to apply as a coalition, the coalition can submit only one application for the entire coalition.

6. Under Part B, does the coalition have to be a national coalition or can it be a local coalition?
   

   The coalition has to be national. It may be comprised of local organizations across the country that have come together to create national reach.

7. Are health departments eligible to apply for funding?
   

   State and local health departments are eligible to apply for funding. Please refer to pages 25 and 26 of the FOA.

8. What if a state or local health department does not have national reach?
   

   The health department would have to partner with another organization(s). For example, a health department may partner with other organizations to form a coalition and apply for funding under Part B.

9. The parent company of our organization is a 501(c) (4) organization, however an entity within the organization is not 501(c)(4) and has its own for-profit tax ID number. Is the entity eligible to apply, and what is the application process?
   

   As long as the entity is not a small business or cannot be considered a 501(c)(4) organization, you may apply using the entity’s tax ID number and Duns number. The application process is the same as outlined in the FOA.
   Please note that under the Special Eligibility Criteria (pages 27 and 28), it is stated that Title 2 of the United States Code, Section 1611 states that an organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds constituting a grant, loan, or an award.

10. We are a non-profit organization awaiting its 501(c)3 approval, a small, minority and woman owned business, as well as a community-based organization. We feel that we are able to carry out the mandates of this opportunity, but lack a nation-wide identity. However, we have access to one of the largest nationwide entities that engages African Americans. Therefore, we are asking if it is at all possible for this organization to apply for this funding as the lead agency that will implement training, education and creative endeavors to address HIV/AIDS in African American communities.
    

    Part B allows for organizations to form coalitions to reach MSM. For Part A, it is our assumption that your organization would have a national reach that would allow you to integrate HIV into every part of your organization.

Project Narrative

1. For Part B: Is there a defined age group for the target audience?
   

   The FOA does not have specific age restrictions. The program should reach Black MSM or MSM of all races. Note that that your application has to demonstrate an understanding of the HIV epidemic

2. Could you clarify the annual performance targets under Education? There are activities listed for Years 1-4, but nothing for Year 5. Are these training activities separate from those described under Commitment?
   

   The assumption is that 100% of your organization's active members will have been educated and/or trained by Year 5.

Pre-application Web Conference

1. Do the Web conference presentation slides have all the information that is included in the FOA?
   

   The presentation slides do not have all of the information included in the FOA. The FOA can be accessed by following these steps:

   • Go to: www.grants.gov
   • Select: “For Applicants”
   • Select: “Apply for Grants”
   • Select: “Step 1: Download a Grant Application”
   • Type in the Funding Opportunity Number, formatted as: CDC-RFA-PS10-1057