Funding Opportunity Announcement
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
March 5, 2015
Funding Opportunity Number: PRM-PRMOAPAF-15-009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.517 – Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa
Announcement issuance date: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Proposal submission deadline: Monday, April 6, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. noon EDT. Proposals submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
**ADVISORY: All applicants must submit proposals through the website Grants.gov NOT through GrantsSolutions.gov. Please note that if you apply on the GrantSolutions.gov site, your application will be disqualified. PRM strongly recommends submitting your proposal early to allow time to address any difficulties that may arise.**
If you are new to PRM funding, the Grants.gov registration process can be complicated. We urge you to refer to PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
“New to PRM Funding” section for information and resources to help
ensure that the application process runs smoothly. PRM also strongly
encourages organizations that have received funding from PRM in the past
to read this section as a refresher.
Full Text of Notice of Funding Opportunity
A. Program Description
This announcement references PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
which contain additional information on PRM’s priorities and NGO
funding strategy with which selected organizations must comply. Please
use both the
General NGO Guidelines
and this announcement to ensure that your submission is in full
compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities are in
line with PRM’s priorities. Submissions that do not reflect the
requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be considered.
Current Funding Priorities:
(a) Proposed activities should primarily support refugees in Uganda,
Tanzania (Nyarugusu Camp), and Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Equateur Province) as outlined below. All proposals should target
beneficiaries as identified in collaboration with UNHCR and local
authorities.
(b) Because of PRM’s mandate to provide protection, assistance, and
sustainable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict, PRM will
consider funding only those projects that include a target beneficiary
base of at least 50% refugees. Activities should be implemented in close
collaboration with UNHCR and local authorities.
Country-specific Provisions:
Uganda
(c) Proposals must focus on assistance to either refugee settlements
OR to urban refugee communities.
(d) For proposed activities in Uganda’s settlements, at least 80% of
beneficiaries must be refugees with the remainder, if any, being
vulnerable individuals in host communities. Proposals may focus on one
or more of the following areas of intervention:
(i) Life-saving basic preventative and curative healthcare assistance
(ii) Protection and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and
response targeting vulnerable groups, including lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals
(iii) Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
(iv) Peacebuilding and conflict resolution, including information
sharing, promotion of social cohesion, and/or conflict sensitivity
activities
(v) Livelihoods, including vocational training/education
(e) For proposed activities in urban settings, PRM will consider
funding only those projects that include a target beneficiary base of at
least 50% refugees to allow PRM-funded programs in urban areas to
pursue a community-based approach that also benefits host communities,
wherever possible. Proposals may focus on the following areas of
intervention:
(i) Protection and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and
response targeting vulnerable groups, including lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals
(ii) Livelihoods, including vocational training/education
Tanzania
(f) Proposals must focus on the following sector in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in western Tanzania:
(i) Life-saving basic preventative and curative healthcare
assistance, including prevention of and response to gender-based
violence
Democratic Republic of Congo
(g) Proposals must focus on Equateur Province, specifically on areas
receiving new refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR).
Proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of
intervention:
(i) Water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH)
(ii) Protection and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and
response, including psychosocial support and assistance to vulnerable
refugees
(iii) Peacebuilding and conflict resolution, including information
sharing, promotion of social cohesion, and/or conflict sensitivity
activities
(iv) Livelihoods, including vocational training/education
B. Federal Award Information
Proposed program start dates: June 1 – September 15 2015
Duration of Activity: Program plans for 12, 24, or
36 months will be considered. Applicants may submit multi-year proposals
with activities and budgets that do not exceed 36 months from the
proposed start date. Actual awards will not exceed 12 months in duration
and activities and budgets submitted in year one can be revised/updated
each year. Continued funding after the initial 12- month award requires
the submission of a noncompeting continuation application and will be
contingent upon available funding, strong performance, and continuing
need. In funding a project one year, PRM makes no representations that
it will continue to fund the project in successive years and encourages
applicants to seek a wide array of donors to ensure long-term funding
possibilities. Please see Multi-Year Funding section below for
additional information.
Funding Limits: Project proposals for Uganda and the DRC must not be more than $1,000,000 or they will be disqualified.
Project proposals for Tanzania must not be more than $500,000 or they will be disqualified.
C. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Nonprofits
having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher
education; (2) Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than
institutions of higher education; and (3) International Organizations.
International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations
agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to
this Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement. Multilateral
organizations that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this
announcement should contact the PRM Program Officer (as listed below) on
or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing, matching, or cost participation is not a requirement of an application in response to this funding announcement.
(a) Proposals must have a concrete implementation plan with
well-conceived objectives and indicators that are specific, measurable,
achievable, relevant and reliable, time-bound, and trackable (SMART),
have established baselines, and include at least one outcome or impact
indicator per objective; objectives should be clearly linked to the
sectors.
(b) Proposals must adhere to relevant international standards for humanitarian assistance. See PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines for a complete list of sector-specific standards including new guidance on proposals for projects in urban areas.
(c) PRM strongly encourages programs that target the needs of
potentially vulnerable and underserved groups among the beneficiary
population (women; children; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or
intersex (LGBTI) individuals; older persons; the sick; persons with
disabilities; and other minorities) and can demonstrate what steps have
been taken to meet the specific and unique protection and assistance
needs of these vulnerable groups effectively.
NOTE: PRM partners must complete a gender analysis
(see PRM proposal template, section 3a) that briefly analyzes (1)
gender dynamics within the target population (i.e., roles, power
dynamics, and different needs of men and women, girls and boys); (2)
associated risks and implementation challenges for the project posed by
those dynamics; and (3) how program activities will mitigate these
protection risks and be made accessible to vulnerable groups
(particularly women and girls). A gender analysis is a requirement prior
to PRM making a final funding award.
(d) PRM will accept proposals from any NGO working in the above mentioned sectors although, given budgetary constraints,
priority will be given to proposals from organizations that can demonstrate:
• a working relationship with UNHCR, current UNHCR funding, and/or a
letter of support from UNHCR for the proposed activities and/or overall
country program (this letter should highlight the gap in services the
proposed program is designed to address);
• a proven track record in providing proposed assistance both in the sector and specified location;
• evidence of coordination with international organizations (IOs) and
other NGOs working in the same area or sector as well as – where
possible – local authorities;
• a strong transition plan, where feasible, involving local capacity-building;
• where applicable, adherence to PRM’s
Principles for Refugee Protection in Urban Areas;
• an understanding of and sensitivity to conflict dynamics in the project location.
D. Application and Submission Instructions
1. Address to Request Application Package:
(a) Application packages may be downloaded from the website
www.Grants.gov.
2. Content and Form of Application:
(a) PRM Standardized Indicators:
Health: Proposals focusing on health in camp based/returnee settings must include a minimum of
one of the four following indicators and should try to include as many of the other indicators as are relevant:
• Number of consultations/clinician/day (Target: Fewer than 50 patients per clinician per day).
• Measles vaccination rate for children under five (Target: 95% coverage).
• Percentage of deliveries attended by a skilled birth attendant in a health care facility (Target: 100%).
• Percentage of reporting rape survivors given post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with 72 hours (Target: 100%).
Proposals focusing on health in urban/non-camp settings must include a minimum of
one of the six following indicators and should try to include as many of the other indicators as are relevant:
• Capacity-building: number of health care
professionals/administrators trained on providing health services to
beneficiary populations.
• Referrals: number of beneficiaries referred to appropriate
services, and percentage of those referred who were able to get needed
services.
• Community Outreach: number of beneficiaries who received targeted
messages on their rights and health-related services available to them.
• Health Staffing: number of total consultations per health care provider, disaggregated by refugee/national, sex, and age.
• Patient Satisfaction: percentage of beneficiary patients receiving
primary and emergency care who express satisfaction with services
received.
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis: percentage of reporting beneficiary rape survivors given PEP within 72 hours (Target: 100%).
NGO proposals seeking to fund service provision may include the following indicators as appropriate:
• Primary Care: number and percentage of beneficiary patients, by sex and age, receiving primary health care assistance.
• Emergency Care: number and percentage of beneficiary patients, by
sex and age, receiving care for trauma or sudden illness.
Proposals should include custom health indicators in addition to the relevant standardized indicator(s).
Key Resources – Health
• Sphere Handbook:
http://www.sphereproject.org/handbook/
• UNHCR Health Guidelines, Policies, and Strategies:
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646cdd.html
• OFDA NGO Guidance (pages 96-110)
: http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/guidelines_for_proposals_2012.pdf
Livelihoods: Proposals focusing on livelihoods in camp based/returnee settings must include a minimum of
one of the three following indicators and should try to include as many of the other indicators as are relevant:
• Number of project beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender and
population (refugee, national) receiving training on appropriate skills
as determined by market and livelihood assessments. This may include
language and skills training, entrepreneurship building, financial
literacy, business support services, job placement and apprenticeship
schemes, and/or legal aid.
• Number and percentage of program participants, disaggregated by
gender and population (refugee, national) reporting higher household
income level by end of project period as compared to the pre-project
baseline assessment.
• (Temporary Employment) Number of beneficiaries, disaggregated
by gender and population (refugee, national) participating in cash or
food for work programs.
Proposals focusing on livelihoods in urban/non-camp settings must include a minimum of
one of the eight following indicators and should try to include as many of the other indicators as are relevant:
• Number of project beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender and
population (refugee, national) receiving training on appropriate skills
as determined by market and livelihood assessments. This may include
language and skills training, entrepreneurship building, financial
literacy, business support services, job placement and apprenticeship
schemes, and/or legal aid.
• Number and percentage of program participants, disaggregated by
gender and population (refugee, national) reporting higher household
income level by end of project period as compared to the pre-project
baseline assessment.
• Number and percentage of program participants, disaggregated by
gender and population (refugee, national) in urban settings who are
placed in jobs by completion of the project period. Note: A chart should
be provided reflecting the length of employment for program
participants.
• (Temporary Employment) Number of beneficiaries, disaggregated
by gender and population (refugee, national) participating in cash or
food for work programs.
• The percentage of sampled host community employers who are able
to identify at least two skill-sets (e.g., carpentry, embroidery) among
program beneficiaries living in their municipality.
• The percentage of sampled host community employers who are able
to describe accurately the procedures for hiring program beneficiaries.
• The percentage of sampled urban program beneficiaries who:
o Are able to describe accurately the procedures for receiving permits to conduct business.
o Apply for and receive for business permits.
• The percentage of sampled urban program beneficiaries who are
economically self-reliant, as measured by self-reporting of household
consumption and income sources.
Proposals should include custom livelihoods indicators in addition to the relevant standardized indicator(s).
Key Resources – Livelihoods
•
USAID/OFDA Guidelines for Proposals, October 2012 (pgs. 82-96)
• Women’s Refugee Commission,
Preventing Gender Based Violence, Building Livelihoods: Guidance and Tools for Improved Programming
• Minimum Economic Recovery Standards, 2nd ed. Washington, DC, USA: The SEEP Network, 2010.
http://communities.seepnetwork.org/econrecovery
• Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit. (EMMA) Practical Action Publishing. 2010.
www.emmatoolkit.info (In French as of 2011.)
• Local Economic Recovery in Post-Conflict: Guidelines. Geneva: ILO, 2010.
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_emp/documents/instructionalmaterial/wcms_141270.pdf
(b)
Proposals must be submitted via Grants.gov (not via GrantSolutions.gov). If you are new to PRM funding, the Grants.gov registration process can be complicated. We urge you to refer to PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
“New to PRM Funding” section for information and resources to help
ensure that the application process runs smoothly. PRM also strongly
encourages organizations that have received funding from PRM in the past
to read this section as a refresher. Applicants may also refer to the
“Applicant Resources” page on Grants.gov for complete details on
requirements (
http://test.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-resources.html).
(c)
Do not wait until the last minute to submit your application on Grants.gov.
Organizations not registered with Grants.gov should register well in
advance of the deadline as it can take up to two weeks to finalize
registration (sometimes longer for non-U.S. based NGOs to get the
required registration numbers). To register with Grants.gov,
organizations must first receive a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number and register with the System for Award
Management (SAM) at
www.sam.gov which
can take weeks and sometimes months. We recommend that organizations,
particularly first-time applicants, submit applications via Grants.gov
no later than one week before the deadline to avoid last-minute
technical difficulties that could result in an application not being
considered.
PRM partners must maintain an active SAM
registration with current information at all times during which they
have an active federal award or an application under consideration by
PRM or any federal agency.
(d) To register with
Grants.gov, organizations must 1) receive a DUNS number; 2) register with the
System for Award Management
(SAM); 3) register with Grants.gov; and 4) designate points of contact
and authorized organization representatives in Grants.gov. Organizations
based outside the United States must also request and receive an
NCAGE code prior to registering with
SAM.gov.
(e)
Applications must be submitted under the authority of the
Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) at the applicant
organization. Having proposals submitted by agency headquarters helps to avoid possible technical problems.
(f)
If you encounter technical difficulties with Grants.gov please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk at support@grants.gov or by calling 1-800-518-4726.
Applicants who are unable to submit applications via Grants.gov due to
Grants.gov technical difficulties and who have reported the problem to
the Grants.gov help desk, received a case number, and had a service
request opened to research the problem, should contact the relevant PRM
Program Officer to determine whether an alternative method of submission
is appropriate.
(g) It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure the
appropriate registrations are in place and active. Failure to have the
appropriate organizational registrations in place is not considered a
technical difficulty and is not justification for an alternate means of
submission.
(h) Pursuant to U.S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001, stated on OMB
Standard Form 424 (SF-424), the Department of State is authorized to
consolidate the certifications and assurances required by Federal law or
regulations for its federal assistance programs. The list of
certifications and assurances can be found at:
https://www.statebuy.state.gov/fa/Documents/Listofoverseascertsandassurances.pdf.
3.
Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and System for Award Management (SAM)
Each applicant is required to: (i) be registered in SAM before
submitting its application; (ii) provide a valid DUNS number in its
application; and (iii) continue to maintain an active SAM registration
with current information at all times during which it has an active PRM
award or an application or plan under consideration by PRM. No federal
award may be made to an applicant until the applicant has complied with
all applicable DUNS and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not
fully complied with the requirements by the time the PRM award is ready
to be made, PRM may determine that the applicant is not qualified to
receive a PRM award and use that determination as a basis for making a
PRM award to another applicant.
4. Submission Dates and Times
Announcement issuance date: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Proposal submission deadline: Monday, April 6, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. noon EDT.
5. Intergovernmental Review – Not Applicable.
6. Funding Restrictions. Federal awards will not allow reimbursement of Federal Award costs without prior authorization by PRM.
7. Other Submission Requirements
Content and Formatting
(a) This announcement is designed to accompany PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
which contain additional administrative information on proposal content
and formatting, and explain in detail PRM’s NGO funding strategy and
priorities. Please use both the
General NGO Guidelines
and this announcement to ensure that your proposal submission is in
full compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities
are in line with PRM’s priorities. Proposal submissions that do not meet
all of the requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be
considered.
(b) PRM strongly recommends using the proposal and budget templates that are available upon email request from
PRM’s NGO Coordinator.
Please send an email, with the phrase “PRM NGO Templates” in the
subject line, to PRM’s NGO Coordinator to receive an automated reply
with the templates. Single-year proposals using PRM’s templates must be
no more than 20 pages in length (Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch
margins on all sides). If the applicant does not use PRM’s recommended
templates, proposals must not exceed 15 pages in length. Organizations
may choose to attach work plans, activity calendars, and/or logical
frameworks as addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do
not count toward the page limit total however annexes cannot be relied
upon as a key source of program information. The proposal narrative must
be able to stand on its own in the application process. For multi-year
funding application instructions, see section (e) below.
(c) To be considered for PRM funding, organizations must submit a complete application package including:
• Proposal reflecting objectives and indicators for each year of the program period.
• Budget and budget narrative for each year of the program period.
• Signed completed SF-424.
(d) In addition, proposal submissions to PRM should include the following information:
• Focus on outcome or impact indicators as much as possible. At a
minimum, each objective should have one outcome or impact indicator.
Wherever possible, baselines should be established before the start of
the project.
• To increase PRM’s ability to track the impact of PRM funding,
include specific information on locations of projects and beneficiaries
(GPS coordinates if possible).
• Proposals should outline how the NGO will acknowledge PRM
funding. If an organization believes that publicly acknowledging the
receipt of USG funding for a particular PRM-funded project could
potentially endanger the lives of the beneficiaries and/or the
organization staff, invite suspicion about the organization’s motives,
or alienate the organization from the population it is trying to help,
it must provide a brief explanation in its proposal as to why it should
be exempted from this requirement.
• The budget should include a specific breakdown of funds being
provided by UNHCR, other USG agencies, other donors, and your own
organization.
• Applicants whose proposals address gender-based violence (GBV)
through their projects must estimate the total cost of these activities
as a separate line item in their proposed budgets. PRM’s budget template
document has been updated to reflect this requirement.
• Gender analysis (See above. Required before an award can be made).
• Copy of the organization’s Code of Conduct (required before an award can be made).
• Copy of the organization’s Security Plan (required before an award can be made).
• Proposals and budgets should include details of any sub-agreements associated with the program.
• Most recent Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), if applicable.
• NGOs that have not received PRM funding since the U.S.
government fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 must be prepared to
demonstrate that they meet the financial and accounting requirements of
the U.S. government by submitting copies of 1) the most recent external
financial audit, 2) proof of non-profit tax status including under IRS
501 (c)(3), as applicable, 3) a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number, and 4) an Employer ID (EIN)/Federal Tax
Identification number.
• Organizations that received PRM funding in FY 2014 for
activities that are being proposed for funding under this announcement
must include the most recent quarterly progress report against
indicators outlined in the cooperative agreement. If an organization’s
last quarterly report was submitted more than six weeks prior to the
submission of a proposal in response to this funding announcement, the
organization must include, with its most recent quarterly report,
updates that show any significant progress made on objectives since the
last report.
(e)
Multi-Year Funding: Applicants proposing multi-year programs should adhere to the following guidance:
Applicants may submit proposals that include multi-year strategies
presented in 12-month cycles for a period not to exceed 36 months from
the proposed start date. Fully developed programs with detailed budgets,
objectives and indicators are required for
each year of activities.
These can be updated yearly upon submission of continuation applications.
Applicants should note that they may use PRM’s recommended multi-year
proposal template for this application, which is different from the
single year template. Multi-year funding applicants may also use PRM’s
standard budget template and should submit a separate budget sheet for
each project year. Multi-year proposals using PRM’s templates must be no
more than 30 pages in length (Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch
margins on all sides). If the applicant does not use PRM’s recommended
templates, proposals must not exceed 25 pages in length. Organizations
may choose to attach work plans, activity calendars, and/or logical
frameworks as addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do
not count toward the page limit total.
Multi-year applications selected for funding by PRM will be funded in
12- month increments based on the proposal submitted in the initial
application as approved by PRM. Continued funding after the initial 12-
month award requires the submission of a noncompeting continuation
application and will be contingent upon available funding, strong
performance, and continuing need. Continuation applications must be
submitted by the organization no later than 90 days before the proposed
start date of the new award (e.g., if the next project period is to
begin on September 1, submit your application by June 1). Continuation
applications are submitted in lieu of responding to PRM’s published call
for proposals for those activities. Late continuation applications will
jeopardize continued funding.
Organizations can request multi-year funding and continuation application templates by emailing
PRM’s NGO Coordinator with the phrase “PRM NGO Templates” in the subject line.
(f)
Branding and Marking Strategy: Unless exceptions
have been approved by the designated bureau Authorizing Official as
described in the proposal templates that are available upon email
request from
PRM’s NGO Coordinator, at a minimum, the following provision will be included whenever assistance is awarded:
• As a condition of receipt of this assistance award, all
materials produced pursuant to the award, including training materials,
materials for recipients or materials to communicate or promote with
foreign audiences a program, event, project, or some other activity
under this agreement, including but not limited to invitations to
events, press materials, event backdrops, podium signs, etc. must be
marked appropriately with the standard U.S. flag in a size and
prominence equal to (or greater than) any other logo or identity.
o Subrecipients and subsequent tier sub-award agreements are
subject to the marking requirements and the recipient shall include a
provision in the subrecipient agreement indicating that the standard,
rectangular U.S. flag is a requirement. In the event the recipient does
not comply with the marking requirements as established in the approved
assistance agreement, the Grants Officer Representative and the Grants
Officer must initiate corrective action.
E. Application Review Information
1. Criteria: Eligible submissions will be
those that comply with the criteria and requirements included in this
announcement. In addition, the review panel will evaluate the proposals
based on the following criteria:
(i) Problem Analysis
(ii) Program Description
(iii) Objectives and Indicators
(iv) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
(v) Beneficiary Interaction and Capacity Building
(vi) Coordination with other Stakeholders
(vii) Transition Plan
(viii) Management Capacity
(ix) Budget
2. PRM will conduct a formal competitive review of all proposals
submitted in response to this funding announcement. A review panel of at
least three people will evaluate submissions based on the
above-referenced programmatic criteria and PRM priorities in the context
of available funding.
F. Federal Award Administration Information
1. Federal Award Administration. A
successful applicant can expect to receive a separate notice from PRM
stating that an application has been selected before PRM actually makes
the federal award. That notice is not an authorization to begin
performance. Only the notice of award signed by the grants officer is
the authorizing document. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified
following completion of the selection and award process.
2.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.
PRM awards are made consistent with the following provisions in the
following order of precedence: (a) applicable laws and statutes of the
United States, including any specific legislative provisions mandated in
the statutory authority for the award; (b) Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR); (c) Department of State Standard Terms and Conditions of the
award;
(d) the award’s specific requirements; and (e) other documents
and attachments to the award.
3.
Reporting
(a)
Program Reports: PRM requires program reports
describing and analyzing the results of activities undertaken during the
validity period of the agreement. A program report is required within
thirty (30) days following the end of each three month period of
performance during the validity period of the agreement. The final
program report is due ninety (90) days following the end of the
agreement. The submission dates for program reports will be written into
the cooperative agreement. Partners receiving multi-year awards should
follow this same reporting schedule and should still submit a final
program report at the end of each year that summarizes the NGO’s
performance during the previous year.
The Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR) is a standard, government-wide performance reporting format available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/grants/approved_forms/sf-ppr.pdf.
Recipients of PRM funding must submit the signed SF-PPR cover page with
each program report. In addition, the Bureau suggests that NGOs
receiving PRM funding use the PRM recommended program report template
and reference this template as being attached in block 10 of the SF-PPR.
This template is designed to ease the reporting requirements while
ensuring that all required elements are addressed. The Program Report
Template can be requested by sending an email with only the phrase “PRM
NGO Templates” (without the quotation marks) in the subject line to
PRMNGOCoordinator@state.gov.
Successful applicants will be required to submit:
(a)
Financial Reports: Financial reports are
required within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year
quarter during the validity period of the agreement (January 30th,
April 30th, July 30th, October 30th). The final financial report
covering the entire period of the agreement is required within ninety
(90) days after the expiration date of the agreement. For agreements
containing indirect costs, final financial reports are due within sixty
(60) days of the finalization of the applicable negotiated indirect cost
rate agreement (NICRA).
Reports reflecting expenditures for the recipient’s overseas and
United States offices should be completed in accordance with the Federal
Financial Report (FFR SF-425) and submitted electronically in the
Department of Health and Human Services’ Payment Management System
(HHS/PMS) and in accordance with other award specific requirements.
Detailed information pertaining to the Federal Financial Report
including due dates, instruction manuals and access forms, is provided
on the HHS/PMS website at
http://www.dpm.psc.gov/grant_recipient/ffr_info/ffr_info.aspx.
For more details regarding reporting requirements please see PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines.
G. PRM Contacts
Applicants with technical questions related to this announcement
should contact the PRM staff listed below prior to proposal submission.
Please note that responses to technical questions from PRM do not
indicate a commitment to fund the program discussed.
Acting PRM Program Officer: Lin’An Bartlett (
BartlettL@stat.gov); (202) 453-9379; Washington, D.C.
Regional Refugee Coordinator: Josh Fischel (
FischelJ@state.gov); +256-414-306001 ext. 6519; U.S. Embassy Kampala.
