Positive Organizing Project (POP): Year Three Request for Proposals. Virtual Meeting August 18, 2016

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1 Positive Organizing Project (POP): Year Three Request for Proposals Virtual Meeting August 18, 2016

2 Virtual Meeting Agenda 1. AIDS United and POP Overview 2. Previous Project Highlights 3. Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (MIPA) 4. Overview of Positive Organizing 5. Year 3 Project Expectations 6. Eligibility and Grant Requirements 7. Application Narrative 8. Attachments 9. Timeline 10. Q & A

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4 Positive Organizing Project

5 Technical Assistance provider for Positive Organizing Project

6 Previous POP Highlights POP has been funded for two previous grant years and began in 2014 AIDS United has funded $295,000 to 12 grantees Grantees funded were: AIDS Partnership Michigan - Detroit, MI Brothers United - Indianapolis, IN Chicago Women's Project - Chicago, IL Down East AIDS Network - Ellsworth, ME Georgia Equality - Atlanta GA Housing Works - Brooklyn, NY Legacy Community Health Services - Houston, TX Lifelong AIDS Alliance - Seattle, WA Louisiana Public Health Institute - New Orleans, LA Mazonni Center - Philadelphia, PA Positive Women's Network Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA Unified Detroit, MI

7 Previous POP Highlights

8 What is MIPA? Meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS: Recognizing the important contribution people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS can make in the response to HIV; and Creating space within society for the involvement and active participation of people living with HIV in all aspects of that response.

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10 MIPA/GIPA Pyramid UNAIDS (1999) Decision Makers Experts Implementers Speakers Contributors Target Audiences

11 What is Positive Organizing? Mobilizing people living with HIV at the local level to: Address HIV stigma Raise HIV education and awareness among community leaders and policymakers Ensure that meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS is present at all levels

12 POP Year 3 Goals Increase grassroots mobilization Promote, increase, and strengthen leadership development for people living with HIV Measurably address stigma Improve policy, social, and community environment for effective HIV programs Vigorous engagement of people living with HIV

13 Year 3 Project Expectations Two Tracks to apply for this year: 1. Building a MIPA-driven organization: projects focused on concrete activities to strengthen the organizational practices and that operationalize MIPA values at the organizational level. 2. MIPA-driven grassroots projects: projects focused on specific grassroots activities that involve PLWH leadership.

14 Year 3 Expectations Address the following: Incidence and/or prevalence of HIV; Socioeconomic and health disparities; Opportunity and timeliness for policy initiatives; Applicant is well-positioned; Impact of the investment; and Sustainability of the effort.

15 Year 3 Priority Areas Stigma reduction and community mobilization Meaningful involvement of people living with HIV Project leadership reflective of people living with HIV

16 Eligibility & Grant Requirements Nonprofit status Organizational viability Current, previous or new grantee 8-month grant period Reporting cycle Grantee convening AIDSWatch 2017

17 Project Narrative Epidemiology, demographics, and organization background (10) Populations of interest (10) MIPA within your organization (20) Project goals and activities (25) Organization positioning (10) Impact of project on organization s broader work (15) Evaluation (10)

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21 Attachments Project Budget Organization Operating Budget 2014 Audit Diversity Table Memoranda of Agreement & Letters of Support

22 Application Timeline August 9 & 18, 2016 September 1, 2016 October 13-14, 2016 October 18, 2016 Application assistance conference calls Complete applications due by 5:00 pm ET Approved applicants will be notified of funding decisions Negotiation of final budget, grantee profiles complete, and execution of grant agreements

23 Grant Year November 1, 2016 Grant period begins January, 2017 Two-day grantee convening March 31, 2017 Interim grantee progress calls and budget expenditure reports due June 15, 2017 Grant period ends June 30, 2017 Final grantee progress reports due

24 Questions?