AIDS Education and Training Center National Clinician Consultation Center | HRSA 25 061

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 25 061

The AIDS Education and Training Center National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) funding opportunity (HRSA-25-061) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary cooperative agreement focused on strengthening the clinical workforce that delivers HIV prevention and care. The core purpose of the NCCC program is to provide rapid, expert, and culturally competent clinical consultation to health care team members, so clinicians and other providers can make timely, evidence-informed decisions when caring for people with or at risk for HIV. In practice, the NCCC functions as a national resource that clinicians can turn to when they need quick, practical guidance on real-world cases, emerging issues, or complex co-morbidities that can affect HIV outcomes.

The program supports consultation and educational services delivered through several access points designed to meet providers where they are: telephone-based warmlines, a hotline, and internet-based educational consultation. The clinical scope is broad and covers both prevention and treatment. Key areas include general HIV prevention, care, and treatment (spanning diagnosis, testing strategies, and antiretroviral therapy decision-making), as well as dedicated support for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The NCCC also addresses common and high-impact clinical intersections, including treatment and management of hepatitis B and hepatitis C (especially in the context of HIV coinfection), care strategies for substance use disorders among people with or at risk for HIV (including opioid use disorder and related co-morbidities), and perinatal HIV care and management to support prevention of perinatal transmission and appropriate treatment during pregnancy and postpartum care.

A central feature of this opportunity is its emphasis on reaching and being relevant to diverse settings and communities affected by the HIV epidemic. The NCCC is expected to demonstrate an informed understanding of HIV trends, barriers to care, and practical service realities across Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) jurisdictions, rural communities, and areas experiencing disproportionate impacts from substance use disorders and other co-occurring health challenges. It also explicitly highlights the need to effectively serve communities where many people with HIV identify as members of non-white racial or ethnic groups, reinforcing the expectation that consultation services are culturally responsive and equity-oriented rather than one-size-fits-all.

The goals of the NCCC are aligned with the broader Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part F AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program. These shared goals focus on: (1) expanding the number of health care team members who provide HIV care and prevention services, including growing and diversifying the provider pipeline; (2) improving the ability of health care teams to deliver effective HIV care and prevention through skill-building and decision support; (3) advancing health equity by integrating HIV services into primary care and other settings that serve underserved populations; and (4) strengthening the overall capacity of the AETC Program to train health care team members to serve people with or at risk for HIV. Taken together, these goals position the NCCC as an enabling infrastructure that helps providers deliver higher-quality, more equitable HIV prevention and treatment, particularly in settings with limited specialty access.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of applicants: state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); and other entities. Applicants must be based in, or operate within, the United States or specified U.S.-affiliated jurisdictions: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.

Administrative details from the notice include an original closing date of February 10, 2025, with HRSA as the sponsoring agency and an expected single award (ExpectedAwards: 1). The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the provided source data, which typically indicates the ceiling is not specified in that field or may be defined elsewhere in the full announcement package rather than implying no funding. The opportunity is cataloged under CFDA 93.145 and uses a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning the awardee should expect substantial federal involvement and ongoing coordination with HRSA in implementing the program’s national consultation and training-support functions.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "AIDS Education and Training Center National Clinician Consultation Center" 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 2024-12-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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